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Isamu Noguchi: career timeline

American · 1904–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 225 of 440 lots (51% 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.

Isamu Noguchi: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s3027$3.3kSign upPrint (other)
1940s7169$3.1kSign upOther
1950s8883$2.3kSign upOther
1960s87$3.3kSign upOther
1970s1412$20.1kSign upSculpture
1980s1313$750Sign upOther

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1930s 30 works

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27 of 30
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$169kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 5.5 in (16 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (14), Other (13), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
—
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 71 works

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69 of 71
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$39.8kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 50 in (40 × 127 cm)
Mediums
Other (57), Multiple (9), Acrylic (4)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1)
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…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 88 works

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83 of 88
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$13.8kSign up
Typical size
24 × 21 in (61 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Other (65), Sculpture (16), Drawing (6)
Subjects
—
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…and 64 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$5.8kSign up
Typical size
18 × 12 in (46 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Sculpture (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 14 works

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12 of 14
Median
$20.1kSign up
Average
$26.1kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 18 in (70 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (7), Other (6), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2)
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1980s 13 works

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13 of 13
Median
$750Sign up
Average
$8.6kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 14.5 in (90 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Other (10), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1980s)

Creation date not recorded

215 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 16 works

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14 of 16
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
28.5 × 35.5 in (72 × 90 cm)
Mediums
Other (14), Sculpture (1), Engraving (1)
Subjects
—
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…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 199 works

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195 of 199
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$5.7kSign up
Typical size
34 × 17 in (86 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Other (123), Sculpture (47), Drawing (26)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 187 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Isamu Noguchi auction results →