José de Rivera: career timeline
American · 1904–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 48 lots (85% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 2 | 2 | $823Sign up | Pastel |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $5.8kSign up | Other |
| 1950s | 12 | 12 | $1.6kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 12 | 12 | $2.1kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 8 | 8 | $3.3kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $823Sign up
- Average
- $823Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 15 in (31 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1930 Untitled (Study)$832Sign up
c. 1930 Untitled (Study)$813Sign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $5.8kSign up
- Average
- $7.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 16 in (29 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
1940 Untitled$2.1kSign up
1940 Untitled (Red and Black)$16.3kSign up
1945 Blue Black$3.3kSign up
1948 untitled$8.3kSign up
1950s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 7 in (17 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (7), Sculpture (5)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
c. 1950 Untitled Construction$1.7kSign up
1950 Abstract$1.6kSign up
c. 1950 Untitled (Maquette)$1.5kSign up
1950 Untitled$6.3kSign up
1952 Construction #18$5.1kSign up
1952 Construction 6-52$1.1kSign up
1952 Untitled (Blue and Black)$6.3kSign up
1953 Six Aluminum Elements$1.5kSign up
1955 Working Model No. 20$1.6kSign up
1955 Working Model No. 10$1.1kSign up
1955 Working Model No. 3$1.4kSign up
1955 Working Model No. 2$1.3kSign up
1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 9.5 in (33 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1965 Construction 5-65 (Kinetic Sculpture)$1.5kSign up
c. 1966 Construction #197$2kSign up
1966 Construction 3-7-66$7.7kSign up
1970s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 7 in (23 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9), Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 Construction$1.1kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Kinetic Sculpture)$3.3kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Kinetic Sculpture)$6.9kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (kinetic sculpture)$5.3kSign up
1971 Construction 7-1-71 (Kinetic Sculpture)$1.1kSign up
1977 Construction 176-77$699Sign up
1977 Construction 176-77$1.1kSign up
1978 Construction 2-6-77 (Kinetic Sculpture)$2.6kSign up
1979 Construction 4-79 (Kinetic Sculpture)$2.1kSign up
1979 Construction 3-1-79$2.1kSign up
1979 Construction 6-1-66 (Kinetic Sculpture)$1kSign up
1979 Construction 6-79 (Kinetic Sculpture)$4.8kSign up
1980s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 14 in (37 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Other (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1980 Untitled$5kSign up
1982 Untitled (Black Lines, Red Square)$2kSign up
1982 Construction 9-82 (Kinetic Sculpture)$3.8kSign up
1982 Untitled (Black Lines, Yellow Square)$3.3kSign up
1982 Untitled (Black Lines, Blue Square)$3.3kSign up
1982 Construction 8-82$5.9kSign up
1983 Untitled (Black Lines, Red Square)$3.3kSign up
1984 Belt Buckle No. 5$1.3kSign up
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
sold 2014 Construction #184$3.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $4.1kSign up
- Average
- $5.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 16.5 in (47 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Construction No. 125$10.2kSign up
sold 2021 Construction No. 44$9.6kSign up
sold 2024 Relief #4$2.8kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Study for Sculpture)$630Sign up
sold 2026 Blue and Black #20$4.1kSign 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 José de Rivera auction results →