Frank Auerbach: career timeline

British · 1931–2024 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 42 lots (86% 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.

Frank Auerbach: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1960s	9	8	$4.1kSign up	Screenprint
1970s	3	3	$8kSign up	Drawing
1980s	17	17	$4.2kSign up	Etching
1990s	2	2	$4kSign up	Etching
2000s	5	3	$3.5kSign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $69.8kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 23 in (79 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (6), Oil (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (7)

c. 1961 Reclining Model in the StudioUnsold
c. 1963 J.Y.M. in the Studio II$416kSign up
1965 Seated Figure I$122kSign up
1966 Reclining Figure I (1966)$1.9kSign up
1966 Reclining Figure I, from Heads and Figures$3.5kSign up
1966 Seated Figure, from Heads and Figures (M. 10)$8kSign up
1966 Head of G.B., from Heads and Figures (M. 13)$4.7kSign up
1966 Reclining Figure II$2.8kSign up
1969 Playing Card; Two Heads of J. Y. M.$265Sign up

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $8kSign up
Average: $11.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 8.5 in (25 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Etching (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1972 Mornington Crescent$8kSign up
1975 Trees at Tretire I (H. 7)$2.8kSign up
c. 1978 St. Pancras Steps$23.4kSign up

1980s 17 works

Sold: 17 of 17
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $53kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 5.5 in (18 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Etching (14), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (15), Landscapes (1)

1980 Joe Tilson, from Six Etchings of Heads (H. 9)$3.8kSign up
c. 1980 Gerda Boehm, from Six Etchings of Heads$4.2kSign up
c. 1980 Julia, from Six Etchings of Heads$3.9kSign up
c. 1980 Julia, from Six Etchings of Heads$5.9kSign up
1981 Gerda Boehm,' 1981 (From Six Etchings of Heads)$2.4kSign up
1981 Lucian Freud , from Six Etchings of Heads$16.9kSign up
1986 Study for Tree in Primrose Hill$5kSign up
c. 1987 J.Y.M. Seated in the Studio II$810kSign up
1989 Catherine, from Seven Portraits (H. 17)$3.3kSign up
c. 1989 Seven Portraits$20.5kSign up
1989 Catherine, from Seven Portraits (H. 17)$4.2kSign up
c. 1989 Catherine, from Seven Portraits$2.8kSign up

Show 5 more (1980s)

c. 1989 Geoffrey, from Seven Portraits$3.9kSign up
c. 1989 Julia, from Seven Portraits$2.1kSign up
c. 1989 JYM, from Seven Portraits$2.8kSign up
c. 1989 Michael, from Seven Portraits$4.3kSign up
c. 1989 Catherine, from Seven Portraits$4.9kSign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 6 in (18 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Geoffrey, from Seven Portraits (H. 20)$3.3kSign up
1990 Jake$4.7kSign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (21 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

2001 Sleep (H. 29)$3kSign up
2001 Julia Asleep$4kSign up
2004 Two Studies for 'Mornington Crescent - Summer Morning'Unsold
2006 Ruth$3.5kSign up
2007 Tower Blocks Hampstead RoadUnsold

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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $7.4kSign up
Average: $6.9kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 10 in (18 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Etching (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2017 Sketch for Camden Town$9.3kSign up
sold 2017 Sketch – four figures at a table$7kSign up
sold 2017 Sketch for Camden Town$7.8kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$3.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 32.5 × 24 in (82 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Untitled$2.5kSign up
sold 2024 Playing Cards - Two Heads$1.5kSign 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 Frank Auerbach auction results →