Christopher Wool: career timeline

American · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 197 of 207 lots (95% 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.

Christopher Wool: 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
1980s5750$25.2kSign upOther
1990s3832$65kSign upOther
2000s7569$18.8kSign upScreenprint
2010s2119$4.4kSign upScreenprint
2020s33$127Sign upLithograph

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1980s 57 works

Sold
50 of 57
Median
$25.2kSign up
Average
$100kSign up
Typical size
23 × 16 in (58 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Other (28), Screenprint (20), Acrylic (3)
Subjects
—
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…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 38 works

Sold
32 of 38
Median
$65kSign up
Average
$916kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 26.5 in (90 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Other (18), Lithograph (8), Photograph (4)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 75 works

Sold
69 of 75
Median
$18.8kSign up
Average
$256kSign up
Typical size
39 × 29 in (99 × 74 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (51), Other (9), Photograph (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6)
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…and 51 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 21 works

Sold
19 of 21
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$18.2kSign up
Typical size
19 × 14.5 in (48 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (8), Lithograph (7), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Landscapes (1)
Show 9 more (2010s)

2020s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$127Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
23 × 16.5 in (59 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

10 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 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Lithograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2020s)

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 Christopher Wool auction results →