Catherine Opie: career timeline

American · b. 1961 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 67 of 69 lots (97% 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.

Catherine Opie: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1990s3023$5.3kSign upPhotograph
2000s2519$7.5kSign upPhotograph
2010s1111$8.2kSign upPhotograph
2020s11$4.8kSign upPhotograph

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1990s 30 works

Sold
23 of 30
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$6.7kSign up
Typical size
8 × 11.5 in (20 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (29), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 25 works

Sold
19 of 25
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$30.3kSign up
Typical size
23 × 40 in (58 × 102 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (18), Print (other) (7)
Subjects
Markets & villages (5), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 11 works

Sold
11 of 11
Median
$8.2kSign up
Average
$32.1kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)

2020s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 8 in (30 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2010s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
2 × 6.5 in (6 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

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 Catherine Opie auction results →