Ilya Kabakov: career timeline

Ukrainian · 1933–2023 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 23 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.

Ilya Kabakov: 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
1970s	1	1	$816Sign up	Print (other)
1980s	2	2	$331kSign up	Other
1990s	10	10	$1.1kSign up	Screenprint
2000s	4	1	$233kSign up	Oil
2010s	2	2	$57.8kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $816Sign up
Average: $816Sign up
Typical size: 20 × 14 in (51 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1971 Der im Schrank sitzende Primakov (Mappe 1 aus: 10 Personen)$816Sign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $331kSign up
Average: $331kSign up
Typical size: 51 × 41.5 in (130 × 105 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Sobakin$661kSign up
1988 Über den Portikus$816Sign up

1990s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $14.7kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 13 in (40 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (5), Lithograph (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

2000s 4 works

Sold: 1 of 4
Median: $233kSign up
Average: $233kSign up
Typical size: 64.5 × 97 in (164 × 247 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

2002 Landscape with a Pioneers CampUnsold
2002 In the Park 1972$233kSign up
2005 Painting No. 11 (from the series Under the Snow )Unsold
2006 A. B. Borisova: And Pick the Shoes from the Repair Shop Today!Unsold · sold 2×

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $57.8kSign up
Average: $57.8kSign up
Typical size: 42 × 63.5 in (107 × 161 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2012 Why didn't you draw my stomach?$426Sign up
2013 The Paintings about Sun, #1$115kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 18 in (40 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 Vorwort (Preface)$9.3kSign up
sold 2016 Ohne Titel (Aus: "Lettre international")$938Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Untitled$2kSign 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 Ilya Kabakov auction results →