Jeff Wall: career timeline

Canadian · b. 1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 33 of 34 lots (97% 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.

Jeff Wall: 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
1980s	3	3	$3.1kSign up	Photograph
1990s	11	10	$3kSign up	Photograph
2000s	16	8	$19.6kSign up	Photograph
2010s	3	2	$10kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $163kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 15 in (36 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1980 The Bridge$485kSign up
1989 Boy on TV (Aus: Eviction Struggle) (für Parkett 22)$3.1kSign up
1989 Boy on TV, from Eviction Struggle (V. 28b, P. 22)$1.9kSign up

1990s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $12.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9), Other (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1993 Diagonal Composition$66.9kSign up
1997 Torso (V.75)$1kSign up
1997 Torso$945Sign up
1997 Ohne Titel (für Parkett 49)$3.1kSign up
1997 Torso (V. 75)Unsold
1997 Untitled (Edition for Parkett) (V. 74, P. 49)$1.9kSign up
1997 Torso$3kSign up
1997 Torso$4.8kSign up
1997 Picture for Parkett$4.5kSign up
1997 Torso$1.8kSign up
1999 Clipped Branches, E. Cordova St., Vancouver$35.6kSign up

2000s 16 works

Sold: 8 of 16
Median: $19.6kSign up
Average: $47.4kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 13 in (29 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (11), Other (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

2000 Blind window no. 3$4kSign up
2001 Sem Título - Série En el CieloResult not published
2001 CuttingsUnsold
2001 Night$138kSign up
2002 Pipe Opening$35.3kSign up
2003 Rome 1$2.8kSign up
2003 Rome 1$2.4kSign up
2003 Rome 1Unsold
2003 Staining bench, Furniture Manufactures, Vancouver$45kSign up
c. 2003 Basin in Rome 2Unsold
2003 Two works: (i) Basin in Rome I; (ii) Basin in Rome IIUnsold
2005 A woman consulting a catalogue$150kSign up

Show 4 more (2000s)

c. 2006 Rock SurfaceUnsold
2007 Searcher$1.4kSign up
2008 PassengerUnsold
2009 Corner Store, 2009Unsold

2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 25 in (51 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

1 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: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (21 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Blind Window No. 3$2.8kSign 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 Jeff Wall auction results →