Carrie Mae Weems: career timeline
American · b. 1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 56 of 65 lots (86% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | $6.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 7 | 4 | $9.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 37 | 33 | $6.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 7 | 6 | $3.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 3 | 2 | $21.9kSign up | Photograph |
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1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $6.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 36.5 in (62 × 93 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1978 Mom at Work from Family Pictures and Stories$6.9kSign up
c. 1978 Mom at WorkUnsold
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $9.1kSign up
- Average
- $17.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1987 White Patty You Don't Shine from Ain't JokingUnsold
1987 White Patty You Don't Shine from Ain't JokingUnsold
c. 1988 High Yella Girl from Colored People$50kSign up
1988 Jim, If You Choose to Accept, The Mission is to Land on Your Own Two Feet$1.2kSign up
c. 1989 #3156 from American Icons$13.8kSign up
1989 Jim, if you choose to accept, the mission is to land on your own two feet.$4.4kSign up
1989 Jim, if you choose to accept, the mission is to land on your own two feetUnsold
1990s 37 works
- Sold
- 33 of 37
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $18.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (50 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (32), Screenprint (2), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (10), Birds (2), Sea & coast (2)
c. 1990 Untitled (Woman and daughter with Makeup)$4.3kSign up
c. 1990 Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), from FOUR$2.8kSign up
c. 1990 Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird), from FOUR$4.1kSign up
1990 Untitled (man smoking) from Kitchen Table Series$70kSign up
1990 Untitled (Woman and phone) from the series The Kitchen Table$35kSign up
1990 Red Bone Boy$35kSign up
1990 Untitled (mother and daughter)$40kSign up
1990 Untitled (Woman and daughter with makeup) from Kitchen Table Series$52.5kSign up
1990 Untitled (Woman and phone) from The Kitchen Table$23.8kSign up
1990 Untitled, (Playing Cards Malcolm X)Unsold
1990 Untitled (Playing Cards Malcolm X)$25kSign up
1990 Untitled$3.8kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1990 Untitled (Woman Playing Solitaire) from The Kitchen Table$62.5kSign up
1990 Untitled (Eating Lobster) from The Kitchen Table$32.5kSign up
1990 The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Eating Lobster)$27.5kSign up
1990 Untitled (Woman and daughter with children)$32.5kSign up
c. 1990 Kitchen Table Series$2.6kSign up
c. 1990 untitled (from the Kitchen Table Series)$5.6kSign up
1992 Untitled from Sea IslandsUnsold
1992 Untitled from the series Sea Islands$37.5kSign up
1992 Untitled (Let the door hit ya, where the dog shoulda bit ya!!!)$4.4kSign up
c. 1992 Landed in Africa Plates, set of five$3.3kSign up
1993 Shape of Things (female) (from 'Africa')$1.4kSign up
1993 The Apple of Adam's Eye (Weems p. 26)$5.1kSign up
…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 33.5 × 20 in (85 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Other (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Not Manet's Type$4.4kSign up
2003 Hush our Silence, from Exit Art$2kSign up
2003 Hush our Silence, from Exit ArtUnsold
2004 Untitled (from the Eatonville portfolio)$1.3kSign up
2006 When and Where I Enter—Mussolini's Rome (from the BAM Photography Portfolio IV)$2.4kSign up
2009 Afro Chic$19.4kSign up
2009 Side Girls$23.2kSign up
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $21.9kSign up
- Average
- $21.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 29.5 × 44 in (75 × 111 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1), Print (other) (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2012 The Broken, See Duchamp$18.9kSign up
2014 Color Real and Imagined$25kSign up
2017 All the BoysUnsold
Creation date not recorded
9 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $6.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 7.5 in (19 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7), Multiple (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (4), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 Violet Colored Girl -$31.3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Woman feeding Bird) (from FOUR)$2.3kSign up
sold 2023 Nikkie's PlaceResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird) (from the FOUR series)$4.4kSign up
sold 2024 Inkjet$2.3kSign up
sold 2024 The Shape of Things (female) (from the Africa series)$1.4kSign up
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Untitled (from the Africa series)$3kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird) (from the FOUR series)$2.5kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled (Woman Feeding Bird) (from the Kitchen Table series)$1.9kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Carrie Mae Weems auction results →