Dan Graham: career timeline

American · 1942–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 46 lots (80% 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.

Dan Graham: 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
1960s1210$1.7kSign upPhotograph
1970s96$7.4kSign upPhotograph
1980s85$10.6kSign upPhotograph
1990s42$2kSign upOther
2000s33$631Sign upPhotograph
2010s11$7.1kSign upPrint (other)

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1960s 12 works

Sold
10 of 12
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (6), Lithograph (2), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
—

1970s 9 works

Sold
6 of 9
Median
$7.4kSign up
Average
$7.8kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14 in (28 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 8 works

Sold
5 of 8
Median
$10.6kSign up
Average
$12.7kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14 in (28 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Drawing (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)

1990s 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 25 in (31 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Photograph (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

2000s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$631Sign up
Average
$9.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 16.5 in (33 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

2010s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$7.1kSign up
Average
$7.1kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14 in (28 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

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 2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$642Sign up
Average
$642Sign up
Typical size
16.5 × 16.5 in (43 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$5.4kSign up
Average
$13kSign up
Typical size
9 × 13.5 in (23 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

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 Dan Graham auction results →