James Welling: career timeline

American · b. 1951 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 82 of 91 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 Welling: 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	$819Sign up	Photograph
1980s	12	11	$4.9kSign up	Photograph
1990s	17	13	$1.8kSign up	Photograph
2000s	42	36	$5.4kSign up	Photograph
2010s	9	5	$12.5kSign up	Photograph
2020s	1	1	$35.3kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $819Sign up
Average: $819Sign up
Typical size: 5 × 4.5 in (13 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1977 Untitled #137 (from the Diary of Elizabeth and James Dixon / Connecticut Landscapes series) (diptych)$819Sign up

1980s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $4.9kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15.5 in (50 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (11), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980 2/29II$693Sign up
c. 1980 Untitled from Aluminum FoilUnsold
1981 Two works: (i) Waterfall ; (ii) Island$4.9kSign up
1981 Selected Images from Drapes$20kSign up
1984 40$5kSign up
1985 Tile Photograph 23$3kSign up
1985 Tile Photograph 13$4.4kSign up
1985 Tile Photograph 9$4.4kSign up
1985 Tile Photograph 4; Tile Photograph 7$8.2kSign up
1985 Borduas$3.8kSign up
c. 1987 Two works: (i) X; (ii) VIII$17.8kSign up
c. 1987 VI$8.8kSign up

1990s 17 works

Sold: 13 of 17
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 19.5 in (46 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (13), Print (other) (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Figures & portraits (1)

1990 MacVeagh Home$512Sign up
1990 CP Local Freight Buckingham Quebec$882Sign up
1990 The Shoreliner, Guilford, CT$3.5kSign up
1990 New Haven Line Tracks, Grand Central Station, New YorkUnsold
1990 New Haven Line Tracks, Grand Central Station, New YorkUnsold
c. 1991 Seascapes A-HUnsold
1991 Degrades (1XCY)$2.3kSign up
1991 Untitled (ITEY)$13.8kSign up
1992 Seascape: Frame 6 Conanicut Island, Rhode Island$1.5kSign up
1992 Degrades (19TB) (unique)$2.3kSign up
1992 Degrades (Lent)$1.4kSign up
1992 Seascape, Frame 6, Conanicut Island, Rhode IslandUnsold

Show 5 more (1990s)

1993 Untitled (from the series: Usines de Dentelle)$2.7kSign up
1995 Lisboa (Script)$1.8kSign up
1995 The English Department$381Sign up
1996 Gay Head$762Sign up
1999 Two works: (i) #19; (ii) #7$8.1kSign up

2000s 42 works

Sold: 36 of 42
Median: $5.4kSign up
Average: $7.3kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 28 in (69 × 71 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (39), Print (other) (3)
Subjects: Beach scenes (3), Flowers & still life (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 2001 Untitled (New York City Rooftops)$819Sign up
2001 I04W$8.8kSign up
2002 Mystery Photograph 1$2.1kSign up
2003 Two works: (i) Dégradé INDV; (ii) Dégradé ICYV$12.1kSign up
2003 Camper, Culver CityUnsold
2003 HollywoodUnsold
2004 Three works from Flowers : (i) #017 ; (ii) #020 ; (iii) #031$24.1kSign up
2004 ISBG$8.1kSign up
2004 #001$11.3kSign up
c. 2005 Torso 3-77$12kSign up
2005 War$127Sign up
2005 H-1$2.1kSign up

Show 12 more (2000s)

c. 2005 Torso 1-18Unsold
2005 IPNI$3.9kSign up
2005 ITRF$4.7kSign up
2005 IBAN$4.7kSign up
c. 2005 Torso 9-6$20kSign up
2005 5$2.9kSign up
2005 1$2.5kSign up
2005 Untitled (from Degrades)$8.4kSign up
2005 1Unsold
2005 #012$13.8kSign up
2006 001+7+A$5.7kSign up
2006 013$12.5kSign up

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 9 works

Sold: 5 of 9
Median: $12.5kSign up
Average: $9.4kSign up
Typical size: 41.5 × 40 in (105 × 102 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Other (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

2010 Hooks$508Sign up
2012 FDFV 1$13.8kSign up
2012 G13QW$13.8kSign up
2014 Feb (10) c. 2014$6.3kSign up
2015 7690Unsold
2015 9910Unsold
2015 7690$12.5kSign up
2015 Untitled (10715)Unsold
2015 Untitled (10715)Unsold

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $35.3kSign up
Average: $35.3kSign up
Typical size: 48 × 37 in (122 × 94 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2021 April$35.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

9 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: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.3kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 untitled$3.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 3.5 × 4.5 in (9 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (4), Photograph (4)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2021 Untitled$2.4kSign up
sold 2021 Melville C-$5.9kSign up
sold 2021 Whitman C-$6.9kSign up
sold 2021 Hawthorne C-$7.5kSign up
sold 2021 Red Dawn$625Sign up
sold 2021 White Bike$688Sign up

Show 2 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Untitled (42)$1.2kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$127Sign 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 James Welling auction results →