Joel Shapiro: career timeline
American · 1941–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 108 of 121 lots (89% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | — | Pastel |
| 1970s | 21 | 18 | $806Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 46 | 39 | $1.4kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 26 | 24 | $1.6kSign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 8 | 7 | $38.1kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2010s | 4 | 3 | $68.2kSign up | Pastel |
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1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 12 in (24 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970s 21 works
- Sold
- 18 of 21
- Median
- $806Sign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 36 × 29.5 in (91 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (15), Drawing (4), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1973 UntitledUnsold
1977 Untitled$9kSign up
1977 Untitled$16.3kSign up
1978 Untitled$4kSign up · sold 2×
1979 UntitledResult not published
1979 Untitled$792Sign up
1979 Untitled$572Sign up
1979 Untitled (No. 1)$396Sign up
1979 Untitled$1.7kSign up
1979 Untitled$660Sign up
1979 Untitled$5.1kSign up
1979 Untitled$774Sign up
1980s 46 works
- Sold
- 39 of 46
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (19), Woodcut / linocut (8), Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- —
1980 Untitled (Naples Yellow)Result not published
1980 Untitled (Naples Yellow)$396Sign up
1980 Untitled (Naples Yellow)$826Sign up
1980 Untitled (Naples Yellow)$318Sign up
1980 Untitled (Naples Yellow)$189Sign up
1980 Untitled (Double Green)$630Sign up
1980 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1980 Untitled (Double Green)$813Sign up
1980 Untitled (Double Green)$1kSign up
1980 UntitledUnsold
1980 Untitled (Double Green)$1.1kSign up
1980 Untitled (Black)$1.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1980 Untitled (Green)$1.3kSign up
c. 1980 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1980 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1980 Untitled (Double Purple)$1.9kSign up
1980 Untitled (Double Red)$2kSign up
1980 Untitled (Double Green)$1.9kSign up
1980 Untitled$12kSign up
1980 Untitled (Double Red)$1.6kSign up
1980 Untitled (Two white circles within black form)$563Sign up
1980 Untitled (Black square)$600Sign up
1981 Untitled$2kSign up
1981 Untitled$1.6kSign up
…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 26 works
- Sold
- 24 of 26
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $49.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 29 × 21.5 in (74 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (10), Sculpture (6), Pastel (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1990 Untitled$450Sign up
1990 Three works from the Crommelynck portfolio$3kSign up
1990 Untitled (from the Crommelynck portfolio)$1.3kSign up
1990 Untitled (from the Crommelynck portfolio)$1.6kSign up
1990 Untitled (from Crommelynck portfolio)$1.6kSign up
1990 Untitled; and Untitled, from Untitled (Crommelynck portfolio of 4)Unsold
1991 Untitled (JS 972)$7.5kSign up
1992 Two works: (i-ii) Untitled$9kSign up
1992 Untitled$1.3kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled$103kSign up
1992 Untitled$1.2kSign up
1992 Untitled$81.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1992 Untitled, 1992, Etching and aquatint in colors (Framed)$1.5kSign up
1992 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1992 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1994 Untitled$693Sign up
1994 Untitled$47.9kSign up
1994 #5$8.1kSign up
1995 Untitled$346kSign up
1996 Untitled (Jazz at Lincoln Center)$960Sign up
1996 Untitled$382kSign up
1996 Untitled (Jazz at Lincoln Center) 1996$840Sign up
1996 Untitled (Jazz at Lincoln Center)$1.3kSign up
1997 UntitledUnsold
…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 8 works
2010s 4 works
Creation date not recorded
13 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 8 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
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 Joel Shapiro auction results →