Duane Stephen Michals: career timeline
American · 1932–2026 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 33 lots (67% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2 | 1 | $8.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $7.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 8 | 7 | $3.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 7 | 5 | $3.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | $2.9kSign up | Photograph |
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1950s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $8.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 8.5 in (15 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1958 Duane Michals. Portfolio mit 10 Fotografien$8.4kSign up
1958 Children in LeningradUnsold
1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $9.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 5 in (9 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
1965 René Magritte$6.1kSign up
1968 The Fallen Angel“, Sequenz$7.6kSign up
1968 The Spirit leaves the body“, Sequenz$14.5kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $3.5kSign up
- Average
- $5.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 7 in (12 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1970 The Candy Kiss$3.5kSign up
1973 Portrait of Andy Warhol, 1973$11kSign up
1973 THE BOGEYMAN“, Sequenz$9.3kSign up
1975 Take One and See Mt. Fujiyama$8kSign up
1978 The Pyramids by Moonlight$2.1kSign up
1978 Portrait of Esta Greenfield Smoking a CigaretteUnsold
1979 Magritte$2kSign up
1979 Magritte$2.1kSign up
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $5.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1980 Eating Money“, Sequenz$7.6kSign up
c. 1980 Eating Money$13.8kSign up
1984 Duane Duck$3.8kSign up
c. 1985 Harlequin$1.9kSign up
1986 Illuminated Man$1.9kSign up
1989 UntitledUnsold
1989 Untitled (from The Indomitable Spirit Portfolio)Unsold
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (27 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Nude with Model$4.5kSign up
1992 'Little Wilhelmina'$1.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
11 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 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $861Sign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 7.5 in (14 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2021 10 Fotografien portfolio$10.6kSign up
sold 2023 Man to Man', USA 1977 (seven-part work)Unsold
sold 2023 Figure in Harlequin Costume$650Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled (One Evening)$2.9kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$889Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$508Sign up
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sold 2025 Untitled$508Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$445Sign up
sold 2026 Illuminated Man (from the Year of Tibet Portfolio II)$2.3kSign up
sold 2026 Passage du Commerce$832Sign up
sold 2026 The Illuminated Man (Joseph Cornell)$1.7kSign 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 Duane Stephen Michals auction results →