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Francis Alÿs: career timeline

Belgian · b. 1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 69 of 75 lots (92% 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.

Francis Alÿs: 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
1980s51$62.5kSign upOil
1990s3835$69.6kSign upOil
2000s2321$20kSign upOil
2010s22$43.2kSign upOther

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1980s 5 works

Sold
1 of 5
Median
$62.5kSign up
Average
$62.5kSign up
Typical size
5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5)
Subjects
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1990s 38 works

Sold
35 of 38
Median
$69.6kSign up
Average
$77.6kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9 in (25 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Oil (24), Photograph (3), Multiple (2)
Subjects
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Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 23 works

Sold
21 of 23
Median
$20kSign up
Average
$33.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 14.5 in (34 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Oil (11), Drawing (6), Other (4)
Subjects
—
Show 11 more (2000s)

2010s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$43.2kSign up
Average
$43.2kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 10.5 in (24 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

6 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 2010s 2 works

Sold
0 of 2
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
5.5 × 11 in (14 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
1 of 4
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$4.7kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15 in (39 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
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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 Francis Alÿs auction results →