György Kepes: career timeline
Hungarian · 1906–2001 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 35 lots (68% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | $18.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $1.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $5.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 9 | 7 | $5kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 4 | 3 | $1.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | $6.3kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $18.8kSign up
- Average
- $17.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 6.5 in (24 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1937 Juliet (with peacock feather and red concentric circles)$12.7kSign up
c. 1938 Juliet with Frames$21.9kSign up
c. 1939 untitled$18.8kSign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 10.5 in (23 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- —
1940 Untitled #42$1.1kSign up
c. 1940 untitled$1.9kSign up
1942 Untitled$3.5kSign up
1943 Light Reflection (Puddles on Pavement)$1.1kSign up
1950s 1 work
1960s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 22 in (56 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (8), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Reflections in Blue and Black$5kSign up
1961 Roma$11.9kSign up
1962 Glow Granary$5.6kSign up
1964 Color Fragrance$8.1kSign up
1965 Souvenir for Children$2.4kSign up
1965 Glow StructureResult not published
1965 Light Foliage$1.5kSign up
1965 Sanctuary$1kSign up
c. 1966 UntitledUnsold
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 22 in (71 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1971 Misti 1971$1.4kSign up
1972 Tilled Skytract$11.9kSign up
1977 UntitledUnsold
1977 untitled$1.4kSign up
1980s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 48 × 48 in (122 × 122 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
1980 October Horizon$7.5kSign up
1983 Untitled$5kSign 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 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $5.6kSign up
- Average
- $5.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 49 × 49 in (124 × 124 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2004 Loose Fabric$5.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
sold 2013 Topological Form$1.9kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled (Lens Abstraction)$1.9kSign up
sold 2013 Microlabyrinth$1.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 20 in (68 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (3), Oil (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2021 Terrestrial$4.5kSign up
sold 2023 Great Ideas of Western Man$243Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 Two Abstract Compositons, including glass production plate$319Sign up
sold 2023 Abstract Composition$765Sign up
sold 2023 Black Rectangle$1.9kSign up
sold 2023 Radiance$1.2kSign up
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sold 2023 Stained Glass studies - 16 panels$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 György Kepes auction results →