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Dale Chihuly: career timeline

American · b. 1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 453 of 746 lots (61% 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.

Dale Chihuly: 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
1960s33$2.5kSign upOther
1970s4444$5.5kSign upOther
1980s133131$8.2kSign upOther
1990s143141$7.6kSign upOther
2000s10799$8.1kSign upOther
2010s2120$7kSign upOther
2020s11$7kSign upOther

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Enter what you know about a work by Dale Chihuly to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1960s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 5 in (30 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Other (3)
Subjects
—

1970s 44 works

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44 of 44
Median
$5.5kSign up
Average
$6kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 6 in (19 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Other (44)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 133 works

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131 of 133
Median
$8.2kSign up
Average
$9.7kSign up
Typical size
9 × 15.5 in (23 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Other (131), Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (3), Sea & coast (2), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 109 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 143 works

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141 of 143
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$12.3kSign up
Typical size
10 × 12.5 in (26 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Other (133), Acrylic (8), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Rivers & marshes (1), Abstract (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 119 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 107 works

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99 of 107
Median
$8.1kSign up
Average
$14.9kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 14 in (24 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Other (85), Acrylic (10), Mixed media (4)
Subjects
Birds (4), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 83 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 21 works

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20 of 21
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$8.2kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13 in (26 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Other (19), Lithograph (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—
Show 9 more (2010s)

2020s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$7kSign up
Typical size
4.5 × 8.5 in (11 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

292 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 2000s 11 works

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7 of 11
Median
$4.9kSign up
Average
$5kSign up
Typical size
25 × 22 in (63 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Other (10), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 94 works

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91 of 94
Median
$4.1kSign up
Average
$8kSign up
Typical size
7 × 10.5 in (18 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Other (88), Engraving (4), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1), Birds (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 82 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 187 works

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178 of 187
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$7.2kSign up
Typical size
30 × 22.5 in (76 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Other (141), Acrylic (15), Sculpture (14)
Subjects
Birds (3), Sea & coast (3), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 175 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Dale Chihuly auction results →