John McCracken: career timeline

American · 1934–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 40 lots (95% 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 McCracken: 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
1960s	6	6	$34.8kSign up	Drawing
1970s	13	13	$33.1kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	10	10	$27.1kSign up	Sculpture
1990s	4	4	$98kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	5	4	$127kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1960s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $34.8kSign up
Average: $62.7kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16.5 in (40 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

1964 Untitled$5.6kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled$3.3kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled$3.3kSign up
1965 IOS$151kSign up
1966 Black Block$64kSign up
1966 Untitled$149kSign up

1970s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $33.1kSign up
Average: $99.2kSign up
Typical size: 35 × 32 in (89 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Screenprint (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Untitled (Plank)$41.4kSign up
1971 12-III$138kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled$1.8kSign up
1972 Mostly Mozart Festival$2.5kSign up
1973 Painting #6$103kSign up
1973 #1 (Mandala)$31.3kSign up
1973 Painting #6$238kSign up
1974 Untitled (Mandala)$7.5kSign up
1974 Untitled$401kSign up
1974 Five Paintings III$275kSign up
1975 Untitled (Bullshit, Bullshit)$4.7kSign up
1976 Untitled (Plank - Red with blue)$33.1kSign up

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c. 1979 Untitled$12.8kSign up

1980s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $27.1kSign up
Average: $39.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 9.5 in (45 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Watercolor (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Untitled$3kSign up
1980 Untitled$9.4kSign up
1982 Untitled$1.5kSign up
1985 Akitannai$121kSign up
1985 Point View$15.2kSign up
1988 Alpha-2$28.4kSign up
1988 Untitled$51.6kSign up
1988 Untitled$25.8kSign up
1988 Samothrace$48.3kSign up
1989 Xingu$90.3kSign up

1990s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $98kSign up
Average: $113kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 30 in (36 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1992 Amara$75kSign up
1992 Chieftain$256kSign up
1993 Metal$1.6kSign up
1994 Molecule$121kSign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $127kSign up
Average: $137kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 14.5 in (47 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5)
Subjects: —

2000 FeelUnsold
2002 Fling$191kSign up
2002 Flare$261kSign up
2005 Vibe$63.5kSign up
2008 Arrow$32.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $58kSign up
Average: $58kSign up
Typical size: 32 × 48.5 in (82 × 123 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Blue-Purple BlockUnsold
sold 2026 Five Paintings III$58kSign 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 John McCracken auction results →