Dennis Oppenheim: career timeline
American · 1967–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 31 lots (53% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | 3 | $645Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $1.7kSign up | Print (other) |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | $8.8kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
| 2010s | 2 | 0 | — | Screenprint |
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1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $645Sign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 38 × 29.5 in (97 × 74 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Cattle & animals (1)
c. 1977 Untitled: six printsUnsold
1978 Ground Based Shape Collections; Tar Wells; Tank Skid; Star Field - Western United States; and Two Ways to Skin a Cat$645Sign up
1978 Ghost Trip; Death Ramp; No Room for Horses; Dry Wells; Cage Screen Test; and Occasion for Expansion. A Combat of Structural Projections.$645Sign up
1979 Untitled (Project for Wenkenpark, Basel)Unsold · sold 2×
1979 A Way Station Launching an Obsolete Power (A Thought Collision Factory in Pursuit of a Journey) (A Clip in a Rifle - a Weapon)$4.3kSign up
1980s 5 works
1990s 3 works
2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 16 × 20 in (41 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Identity StretchUnsold
2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 46 × 53 in (117 × 135 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
2011 Washington 1938 - New York 2011 / Senza titolo, 1978Result not published
2011 Washington 1938 - New York 2011 / Study for Saturn-up, 1979Result not published
Creation date not recorded
14 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
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 17.5 in (57 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2007 Project for Frozen Lake - Aroostook Co. Maine$3.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 6 of 9
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $5.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 37 in (67 × 94 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5), Print (other) (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Identity Stretch$8.8kSign up
sold 2021 Variation on excavated structures$565Sign up
sold 2021 Viewing station #1$565Sign up
sold 2023 Ground Gel$16.2kSign up
sold 2024 Rocked HandUnsold
sold 2025 Ghost TripUnsold
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2025 2 Stage Transfer DrawingUnsold
sold 2025 Route 20 Transfer$6kSign up
sold 2025 TOP VIEW FILL UP$2kSign 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 →