Hélio Oiticica: career timeline

Brazilian · 1937–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 61 lots (41% 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.

Hélio Oiticica: 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
1950s	12	6	$155kSign up	Gouache
1960s	3	1	$22.5kSign up	Screenprint
1970s	10	3	$20kSign up	Photograph

Where does mine fit?

Enter what you know about a work by Hélio Oiticica to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1950s 12 works

Sold: 6 of 12
Median: $155kSign up
Average: $164kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 16.5 in (39 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (7), Watercolor (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1960s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $22.5kSign up
Average: $22.5kSign up
Typical size: 37 × 45 in (94 × 114 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1968 SEJA MARGINAL SEJA HERÓI, 1968-2012Result not published
c. 1968 Seja marginal seja herói (Be an Outlaw Be a Hero)Unsold
c. 1968 Seja marginal seja herói$22.5kSign up

1970s 10 works

Sold: 3 of 10
Median: $20kSign up
Average: $215kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 23 in (67 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Screenprint (3), Multiple (1)
Subjects: —

1972 P31 Parangolé, capa 24, Escrerbuto$615kSign up
1972 Jeff wearing p31 parangolé cape 24, New York$10kSign up
1972 Omar no seu ninho em BABYLONESIS, 81, 2nd Ave, Loft 4, New York, série Mangue Bangúme, 1972Unsold
1972 Bangú Mangue$20kSign up
1972 Luis Fernando Guimarâes veste parangolé no cais 42, NY, 1972Unsold
1972 OITICICAMangue-Bangue, 1972Unsold
c. 1973 23/CC5 (Hendrix War / Cosmococa Program in-progress), 1973/2003Unsold
c. 1973 13/CC1 (Trashiscapes / Cosmococa Pragram in-progress), 1973/2003Unsold
c. 1973 Cosmococa CC5/Hendrix War # 26, 1973-2003Unsold
c. 1973 Cosmococa Quasi Cinema Programa in Progress CC2 Onobject, 1973-2003Result not published

Creation date not recorded

36 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 1990s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 19 × 23.5 in (49 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 1999 Centro não centradoResult not published

Undated, sold in the 2000s 11 works

Sold: 0 of 11
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 15.5 × 16 in (40 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (7), Photograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2003 Metaesquema Projeto HoUnsold
sold 2004 BloqueadoResult not published
sold 2004 Metaesquema - Projeto HOResult not published
sold 2005 UntitledResult not published
sold 2006 Marlyn - Momentos frames - Cosmococa - Programa -in-ProgressResult not published
sold 2006 MetaesquemaResult not published

Show 5 more (2000s)

sold 2008 Sem título - Grupo frenteResult not published
sold 2008 Cosmococa quasi cinema programa in progress CC2Result not published
sold 2009 Grupo frenteUnsold
sold 2009 Grupo frenteUnsold
sold 2009 CC3 - 27 MailerynResult not published

Undated, sold in the 2010s 15 works

Sold: 0 of 15
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 19 × 20.5 in (48 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (5), Screenprint (4), Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Sem títuloResult not published
sold 2011 Mangue-bangueResult not published
sold 2011 MetaesquemaResult not published
sold 2011 CC3, Cosmococa Programa in ProgressUnsold
sold 2011 Cosmococa CC3 # 33 MarilynResult not published
sold 2012 UntitledResult not published

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2012 14/CC5 (Hendrix War/ Cosmococa Program-in-Progress)Unsold
sold 2012 MetaesquemaResult not published
sold 2013 Seja Marginal Seja HeróiResult not published
sold 2013 LopsiUnsold
sold 2013 Seja Marginal Seja HeróiResult not published
sold 2013 MetaesquemaResult not published

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold: 0 of 9
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 19 × 23.5 in (49 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (5), Watercolor (2), Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Seja marginal, Seja HeróiResult not published
sold 2020 Metaesquema 33Result not published
sold 2021 Seja Marginal - Seja HeróiResult not published
sold 2021 PARANGOLÉ VESTIDO POR LUIZ FERNANDO GUIMARÃES, PRÓXIMO AO CAIS 42 NEW YORK 3/9/72Result not published
sold 2022 Seja Marginal - Seja HeróiResult not published
sold 2023 Seja Marginal - Seja HeróiResult not published

Show 3 more (2020s)

sold 2024 METAESQUEMAResult not published
sold 2024 PARANGOLÉ VESTIDO POR LUIZ FERNANDO GUIMARÃES, PRÓXIMO AO CAIS 42 NEW YORK 3/9/72Unsold
sold 2026 MANGUE-BANGUEUnsold

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 Hélio Oiticica auction results →