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Jesús Rafael Soto: career timeline

Venezuelan · 1923–2005 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 203 of 306 lots (68% 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.

Jesús Rafael Soto: 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
1950s1212$11.8kSign upOther
1960s11092$8.5kSign upScreenprint
1970s5542$6.9kSign upScreenprint
1980s95$2.8kSign upScreenprint
1990s1010$2.8kSign upScreenprint
2000s75$2.8kSign upScreenprint

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Enter what you know about a work by Jesús Rafael Soto to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1950s 12 works

Sold
12 of 12
Median
$11.8kSign up
Average
$54.2kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Sculpture (3), Screenprint (3)
Subjects
—

1960s 110 works

Sold
92 of 110
Median
$8.5kSign up
Average
$35.2kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 15 in (42 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (54), Multiple (22), Other (18)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
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…and 86 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 55 works

Sold
42 of 55
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$30.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 20 in (49 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (31), Multiple (8), Other (6)
Subjects
Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 31 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 9 works

Sold
5 of 9
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$87.8kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 24.5 in (55 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (7), Acrylic (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Abstract (2)

1990s 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$58.1kSign up
Typical size
23 × 28 in (58 × 71 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (7), Multiple (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

2000s 7 works

Sold
5 of 7
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$46.2kSign up
Typical size
7 × 4.5 in (18 × 12 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (3), Multiple (2), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

97 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 28 works

Sold
13 of 28
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$23.2kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 14 in (45 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (8), Other (6), Acrylic (5)
Subjects
—
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…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 27 works

Sold
14 of 27
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$11.1kSign up
Typical size
23 × 16.5 in (59 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (12), Acrylic (4), Other (4)
Subjects
—
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…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 42 works

Sold
24 of 42
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$7.3kSign up
Typical size
20 × 15 in (50 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (26), Sculpture (8), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 30 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 Jesús Rafael Soto auction results →