John Divola: career timeline

American · b. 1949 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 22 lots (59% 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 Divola: 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	3	3	$5kSign up	Photograph
1980s	4	4	$1.8kSign up	Photograph
1990s	6	5	$5.1kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $8.3kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 38.5 in (80 × 98 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

1977 Zuma #75, from Zuma series$3.1kSign up
1978 Zuma #20$5kSign up
c. 1978 Zuma #25$16.7kSign up

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1986 Untitled$1kSign up
1986 Red Dog- Desire$2kSign up
1987 Head Covered with Hexagon$1.7kSign up
1989 89CN01 (Cone)$3.8kSign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $8.1kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 31 in (38 × 79 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1995 Isolated House$516Sign up
c. 1995 Selected Images from 'Isolated Houses'$5.1kSign up
c. 1995 Selected Images from Isolated Houses$11.9kSign up
c. 1996 Selected Images from Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert$21.3kSign up
1999 Untitled (Panoramic View with White House)Unsold
1999 American Desert Landscape$1.9kSign 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 2020s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6), Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Zuma #5$1.7kSign up
sold 2024 3100 Block of Florence Ave., LA, CA 1999 colorUnsold
sold 2024 Dogs Chasing My Car in the Desert (diptych)$8.2kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (from the Vandalism portfolio)$4.4kSign up
sold 2025 Rock falling in water part I; II (diptych)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$528Sign up

Show 3 more (2020s)

sold 2025 Untitled$889Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$1.5kSign up
sold 2025 3100 Block of Florence Ave., LA, CA 1999 colorUnsold

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 Divola auction results →