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American · b. 1943 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 43 lots (88% 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.

David Hammons: 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
1960s44$171kSign upOther
1970s54$532kSign upOther
1980s54$164kSign upPrint (other)
1990s1413$6.9kSign upOther
2000s66$117kSign upOther
2010s44$3.3kSign upScreenprint

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1960s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$171kSign up
Average
$411kSign up
Typical size
32 × 32 in (82 × 82 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
—

1970s 5 works

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4 of 5
Median
$532kSign up
Average
$491kSign up
Typical size
26 × 19.5 in (66 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 5 works

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4 of 5
Median
$164kSign up
Average
$999kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 12 in (21 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (3), Other (2)
Subjects
—

1990s 14 works

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13 of 14
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$759kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 20.5 in (42 × 52 cm)
Mediums
Other (6), Photograph (4), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Landscapes (4)
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2000s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$117kSign up
Average
$1.4MSign up
Typical size
44 × 29 in (112 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

2010s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$222kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 9 in (17 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (3), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

5 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 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$88.5kSign up
Average
$88.5kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 24.5 in (78 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$5.5kSign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
45 × 39.5 in (114 × 100 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$1.6MSign up
Average
$1.6MSign up
Typical size
80 × 70 in (203 × 178 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (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 David Hammons auction results →