Jonathan Borofsky: career timeline
American · b. 1942 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 72 of 79 lots (90% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 | 5 | $960Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 34 | 31 | $1.1kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1990s | 16 | 14 | $1.4kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | $3.7kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | $522Sign up | Screenprint |
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1970s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $960Sign up
- Average
- $886Sign up
- Typical size
- 39.5 × 29 in (100 × 74 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Acrylic (2), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
c. 1970 Split Head with Hammering Man 2688108$445Sign up
c. 1976 Pied Piper #2,466,159$508Sign up
1977 Untitled (#2783634)$960Sign up
c. 1978 Head at 2,779,854$1.5kSign up
c. 1978 Head at 2,779,854Unsold
1978 2522585, 1978; 2481385 (2)Unsold
1978 2464634$1kSign up
1980s 34 works
- Sold
- 31 of 34
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 36 × 22.5 in (91 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (12), Drawing (6), Lithograph (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (8)
c. 1980 I Dreamed a Dog Was Walking a Tightrope at 2663115$2.3kSign up
1980 Wolf Dancer at 2738112$1.1kSign up
c. 1980 Man in Prison at 2,607,001$5kSign up
1981 Drawing 2,766,760$350Sign up
c. 1981 Self-Portrait$381Sign up
1981 Drawing, 2766760Unsold
1982 2740152, from Portfolio 2740475$1.7kSign up
1982 Untitled at 2,786,362 (Oqunquit)$1kSign up
1982 Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games$32Sign up
1982 2740475$3.3kSign up
c. 1982 I dreamed I was having my photograph taken with a group of people. Suddenly I began to rise up and fly around the room. Half way around I tried to get out the door. When I couldn't get out I continued to fly around the room until I landed and sat down next to my mother who said I had done a good job!, No. 2822484 (G. 1100)$2.3kSign up · sold 2×
1982 2740475$475Sign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1983 Subway Dream$191Sign up
1983 Flying Man with Briefcase No. 2816933$13.8kSign up
1983 Molecule Men$10kSign up
1983 2824113, 1983; 2829924, 1983 (2)Unsold · sold 2×
1983 2522585, 1983; 2481385 (2)Unsold
1984 I Dreamed I Could Fly at 2,883,114"$15.1kSign up
1984 I Dreamed I Found A Red Ruby$1.9kSign up
1985 Workers on Planet Earth at 2941455$699Sign up
1985 Foot Prints (Right)$7.5kSign up
1986 Numbered Money$896Sign up
1986 Foot Prints (Left)$960Sign up
1986 Man with a Briefcase (The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 3/17/86-5/18/86)$250Sign up
…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 16 works
- Sold
- 14 of 16
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 38 × 36.5 in (97 × 93 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (8), Woodcut / linocut (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Cattle & animals (1)
1990 I Dreamed I Could Fly at No. 3088752 (State IV)$512Sign up
1990 I Dreamed I Could Fly No. 3088749Result not published
1990 I Dreamed I Could Fly No. 3088750Result not published
c. 1990 Man With a Briefcase (C) (G. 1484)$11.3kSign up
1990 Man with a Briefcase No. 3274682$10kSign up
1990 Pied Piper #3,785,264$500Sign up · sold 2×
1990 Pied Piper$1.9kSign up
1991 White Horse (Gemini 1464)$90Sign up · sold 3×
1991 Man with a Briefcase (A)$10.8kSign up
1991 Beyond Good and Bad, It's Amazing to Be Alive$889Sign up
1991 Piece of Infinity (C)$3.2kSign up
1991 Beyond Good and Bad, It's Amazing to Be Alive$756Sign up
Show 4 more (1990s)
2000s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 34 × 30.5 in (86 × 78 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (4), Lithograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Male/Female$1.5kSign up
2005 Human Structure #3 (G. 2058)$4kSign up
2006 Male/Female$5.3kSign up
2006 Human Structures #1; #2; and #3$5.3kSign up
2008 Human Structures and the Light of Consciousness for Obama (from the Artists for Obama portfolio)$254Sign up
2008 Human Structures and the Light of Consciousness for Obama (from the Artists for Obama portfolio)$189Sign up
2009 Human Structures Painting Study #7$3.7kSign up
2010s 2 works
Creation date not recorded
7 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $768Sign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 35.5 in (72 × 90 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (2), Lithograph (2), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Beyond Good and Bad It's Amazing to Be Alive -$375Sign up
sold 2023 Stonehead at 2,687,312$1.5kSign up
sold 2024 Ohne Titel$14.6kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$768Sign up
sold 2026 color$156Sign 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 Jonathan Borofsky auction results →