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James Turrell: career timeline

American · b. 1943 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 44 of 49 lots (90% 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.

James Turrell: 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
1960s11$2.7kSign upAquatint
1980s2020$11.7kSign upAquatint
1990s106$4.7kSign upAcrylic
2000s87$84.5kSign upOther
2010s33$17.4kSign upEtching
2020s11$660kSign upOther

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1960s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$2.7kSign up
Average
$2.7kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 6 in (19 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$11.7kSign up
Average
$32.2kSign up
Typical size
39 × 27 in (99 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (11), Etching (7), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—
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1990s 10 works

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6 of 10
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$5.8kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13.5 in (25 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (3), Aquatint (2), Photograph (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)

2000s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$84.5kSign up
Average
$99.7kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 16 in (54 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Other (8)
Subjects
—

2010s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$17.4kSign up
Average
$30.4kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17 in (39 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Etching (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

2020s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$660kSign up
Average
$660kSign up
Typical size
60 × 78 in (152 × 198 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

5 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 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
39 × 27.5 in (100 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$8.1kSign up
Average
$14.4kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (3)
Subjects
—

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 James Turrell auction results →