Dennis Oppenheim: career timeline
American · 1938–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 40 lots (87% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | — | Other |
| 1970s | 16 | 14 | $410Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 10 | 5 | $5.4kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 5 | 4 | $3.4kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | $6.3kSign up | Sculpture |
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1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 40 × 30 in (102 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1968 ProgettoResult not published
1970s 16 works
- Sold
- 14 of 16
- Median
- $410Sign up
- Average
- $462Sign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (13), Photograph (2), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Compression - Poison OakResult not published
1970 Ground MutationsResult not published
1970 Reading Position for Second Degree Burn$938Sign up
1971 Untitled$126Sign up
1977 Untitled$63Sign up
1977 Untitled$126Sign up
1977 Untitled$819Sign up
1978 Untitled$441Sign up
1978 Untitled$756Sign up
1978 Time Line, Kent, Maine$459Sign up
1978 lithographs, set of three$1.4kSign up
1978 Objectified Common Forces$138Sign up
Show 4 more (1970s)
1978 Identity Transfer$150Sign up
1979 Cobalt Vectors$252Sign up
1979 Cobalt Vectors$378Sign up
1979 Devil's Hole$441Sign up
1980s 10 works
- Sold
- 5 of 10
- Median
- $5.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 44.5 × 50 in (112 × 127 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1980 A Device for Converting a Chilling Underground Wind into MemoryResult not published
1980 A Device for Converting a Chilling Underground Wind into MemoryResult not published
1981 Rolling Launching Structure for Geneva. (From the Fireworks Series)$5.4kSign up
1981 Projection Grid. Project for Geneva. (From the Fireworks Series)$5.4kSign up
1984 Title: And The Winds Came, Proposal for the City of Anchorage Alaska, 1984, MediumResult not published
1984 Roots in Cubism, Hearts in the Stars, Forest for Cezanne$5.6kSign up
1988 Study for Second Generation Image Appliance Spirit #2$3.8kSign up
1988 Study for "Soft CollisionResult not published · sold 2×
1988 Study for Impersonation Station: Proposal for Police Precinct$2.3kSign up
1989 Study for 2nd generationUnsold
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 37 × 41.5 in (94 × 105 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Acrylic (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1990 Study for vibrating Doll$6.5kSign up
1992 Study for Object Dreams of Flying$126Sign up
1994 "Detail Study: Incident at Stutter Pond. 200' long. Project for Lille, France. Underwater strobe lights- car with mask- raft- steel arcs-letters- flowers on bleachers"$11.3kSign up
1998 Study of Uppercut (American, Electric City, Washington 1938-2011 New York)$310Sign up
1998 Senza titoloUnsold
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 36 in (61 × 92 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Boats (1)
2000 Iron/Boat$6.3kSign up
2008 Project for ArizonaUnsold
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 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $2.7kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 50 × 38 in (127 × 97 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2006 (American b.1938)$3kSign up
sold 2006 (American b.1938)Unsold
sold 2006 (American b.1938)$2.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $175Sign up
- Average
- $175Sign up
- Typical size
- 41.5 × 29.5 in (105 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2025 Whirpool-Eye of the Storm$150Sign up
sold 2025 Branded Mountain$200Sign up
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 Dennis Oppenheim auction results →