Elaine de Kooning: career timeline
American · 1918–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 40 of 50 lots (83% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $10.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 6 | 6 | $24.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 11 | 11 | $19.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 11 | 9 | $5.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 8 | 7 | $16kSign up | Acrylic |
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1940s 3 works
1950s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $24.4kSign up
- Average
- $34.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 18 in (40 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Gouache (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2)
c. 1955 Untitled$7kSign up
c. 1957 Untitled (Bull)$32.5kSign up
c. 1957 Bullfight$75kSign up
c. 1958 Untitled (Juarez series)$2.3kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1959 Walter Auerbach in His Studio$16.3kSign up
c. 1959 Bull$75.6kSign up
1960s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $19.1kSign up
- Average
- $33.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 21.5 in (45 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Watercolor (3), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
1960 Sunday Afternoon$1.3kSign up
1960 Sunday Afternoon$3.5kSign up
1960 Faena$4.1kSign up
1961 Untitled (Bullfight Series)$152kSign up
1961 Bullfight$54kSign up
1964 Callicoon Woods$22.9kSign up
c. 1964 Barnett Newman and Willem de Kooning$56.3kSign up
1965 Untitled$11.4kSign up
1965 Catskill Series$27.7kSign up
1965 Abstract Landscape Composition$18.9kSign up
1967 Untitled$19.1kSign up
1970s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $5.8kSign up
- Average
- $18.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 20.5 in (64 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Lithograph (4), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1970 Portrait of Aristodimos KaldisUnsold
1973 John Glykos$69.3kSign up
1973 Taurus VII (T. 73-110)$2.8kSign up
1973 Taurus VII$1.9kSign up
1975 Untitled$11.3kSign up
1977 A Group of 3 Prints, 1977 (2); 1960$5.8kSign up
1977 Jardin de Luxembourg VIII (Tamarind 77-102)$1.5kSign up
1977 Kaldis$27.9kSign up
1977 Portrait of Houston Woman$42.8kSign up
1977 Jardin de Luxembourg$1.5kSign up
1979 Bacchus #104Unsold
1980s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $16kSign up
- Average
- $63.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 34 in (65 × 87 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (3), Drawing (3), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Sea & coast (1)
1980 Bacchus V$16kSign up
1981 Untitled$15kSign up
1981 Northwest Woods$10kSign up
1984 Desert and Sea (Cave #15)$41kSign up
1985 Cave #44 Reindeer, Cave Wall$27.9kSign up
c. 1986 The Animal Powers Cave #67$330kSign up
1988 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1988 Pastoral Ai-ShanUnsold
Creation date not recorded
8 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
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 13 in (24 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1), Other (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2005 (American, 1919-1989)Unsold
sold 2006 (American 1919-1989)$2.2kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1919-1989)Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $7.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 10 in (20 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2012 Along the City Canal$230Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2018 Untitled (Still Life)$15kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $5.2kSign up
- Average
- $5.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 19 in (65 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Aquatint (1), Oil (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2022 Untitled$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 JFKUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2026 Untitled (An Autumn River's Edge)$9kSign 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 Elaine de Kooning auction results →