Gavin Turk: career timeline

British · b. 1967 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 52 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.

Gavin Turk: 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
1990s	8	8	$2.6kSign up	Screenprint
2000s	33	30	$39.2kSign up	Sculpture
2010s	6	6	$9kSign up	Photograph
2020s	1	1	$1.7kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1990s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $20.5kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 19 in (59 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Robert Morris Untitled 1965-72$133kSign up
1995 Relic (Cave), 1995$2.2kSign up
1995 Relic (Cave)$2.9kSign up
1995 Relic (Cave)$7.3kSign up
1995 Relic (Cave)$638Sign up
1997 Black Jack$1kSign up
1998 Bronze Roller$16.2kSign up
1999 Death of Marat de Sade$630Sign up

2000s 33 works

Sold: 30 of 33
Median: $39.2kSign up
Average: $38.9kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (46 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (21), Acrylic (7), Other (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2000 Brillo 1$20.8kSign up
2000 Pablos Melon$58.2kSign up
2001 Nomad$75kSign up
2001 Wood 'N' Melon$67.3kSign up
2002 Box$40kSign up
2002 Box$47.1kSign up
2003 Brillo (5)$30.8kSign up
2003 Divine InsulationUnsold
2003 Box$50kSign up
2004 Drunk and Bitten$2.5kSign up
2004 Equivalent 42$1.4kSign up
2004 Tip$43.2kSign up

Show 12 more (2000s)

2004 Dump$41.1kSign up
2004 Dump$38.5kSign up
2004 Pile$131kSign up
2004 DumpUnsold
2004 Pile$164kSign up
2004 Faces$6.8kSign up
2004 Double Cup$7kSign up
2005 Green Fright Wig$6.3kSign up
2005 Diamond Beuys$3.8kSign up
2005 Pink Che$57.4kSign up
2006 Paradise Lost$8.5kSign up
2006 The Other$5kSign up

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $9kSign up
Average: $14.3kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 20.5 in (43 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Acrylic (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 23.5 in (80 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2022 Blue Trash; and Pink Trash$1.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $274Sign up
Average: $242Sign up
Typical size: 39 × 27.5 in (100 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Untitled$298Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled$381Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$251Sign up
sold 2024 Gavin Turk$39Sign 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 Gavin Turk auction results →