Hannah Wilke: career timeline

American · 1940–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 33 lots (97% 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.

Hannah Wilke: 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	1	1	$315Sign up	Drawing
1970s	25	16	$7.9kSign up	Other
1980s	5	4	$5.7kSign up	Other
1990s	1	1	$6.3kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $315Sign up
Average: $315Sign up
Typical size: 12 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1967 Untitled$315Sign up

1970s 25 works

Sold: 16 of 25
Median: $7.9kSign up
Average: $26.1kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 5 in (18 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Other (8), Photograph (8), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1970 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1973 In the Doghouse$3.3kSign up
1973 UntitledUnsold
1974 S.O.S. Starification Object SeriesUnsold
1974 S.O.S. Starification Object SeriesUnsold
1974 S.O.S. Starification Object SeriesUnsold
1974 S.O.S. Starification Object Series (Performalist Self-Portrait with Les Wollam)$225kSign up
1974 S.O.S. Starification Object Series$68.8kSign up
1974 S.0.S. Starification Object Series$37.5kSign up
1976 Lake Ontario$7.6kSign up
1976 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1976 Untitled$8.8kSign up

Show 12 more (1970s)

1976 Untitled$9.4kSign up
1977 Meeded Eraser-HerResult not published
1977 Senza titoloResult not published
c. 1978 Hername$1kSign up
1978 So Help Me Hannah, Performalist Self-Portrait with Donald Goddard$16.4kSign up
1978 So Help Me Hannah, Performalist Self-Portrait with Donald GoddardUnsold
1978 Untitled (Single Gum Sculpture)$5kSign up
c. 1978 Hername$2.4kSign up
c. 1978 HernameUnsold
1979 Untitled$12.1kSign up
1979 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1979 Three works (i-iii): UntitledUnsold

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 2.5 × 2.5 in (6 × 7 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1983 Untitled$9.4kSign up
1984 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1984 Untitled$7.6kSign up
1984 UntitledUnsold
1988 January$3.7kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6.3kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Untitled from the series B.C.$6.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 26 in (91 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Hername$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 Hannah Wilke auction results →