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John Chamberlain: career timeline

American · 1927–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 143 of 156 lots (92% 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.

John Chamberlain: 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
1950s10—Oil
1960s1716$49.4kSign upOther
1970s4440$11.9kSign upOther
1980s3229$10.2kSign upSculpture
1990s2925$9.5kSign upSculpture
2000s2015$221kSign upSculpture

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Enter what you know about a work by John Chamberlain 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 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
7.5 × 5.5 in (19 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1960s 17 works

Sold
16 of 17
Median
$49.4kSign up
Average
$156kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 9.5 in (22 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Other (9), Sculpture (4), Drawing (2)
Subjects
—
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1970s 44 works

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40 of 44
Median
$11.9kSign up
Average
$73kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 15.5 in (49 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Other (13), Lithograph (12), Sculpture (8)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (2)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 32 works

Sold
29 of 32
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$152kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 14.5 in (47 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (8), Lithograph (5), Screenprint (4)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 29 works

Sold
25 of 29
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$203kSign up
Typical size
22 × 24.5 in (56 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (11), Screenprint (5), Photograph (4)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 20 works

Sold
15 of 20
Median
$221kSign up
Average
$227kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 19 in (40 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (17), Other (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—
Show 8 more (2000s)

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 2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$5kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8 in (21 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$8.7kSign up
Average
$8.7kSign up
Typical size
88.5 × 30.5 in (225 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold
6 of 9
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
32.5 × 23 in (83 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Screenprint (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—
Show 3 more (2020s)

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 John Chamberlain auction results →