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Joseph Cornell: career timeline

American · 1903–1972 · 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.

Joseph Cornell: 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
1930s10—Print (other)
1950s107$13.8kSign upMixed media
1960s1515$22.5kSign upMixed media
1970s1511$1.1kSign upScreenprint

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1930s 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
1.5 × 1.5 in (4 × 4 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1)
Subjects
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1950s 10 works

Sold
7 of 10
Median
$13.8kSign up
Average
$37.5kSign up
Typical size
13 × 9 in (33 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (5), Print (other) (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Birds (1)

1960s 15 works

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15 of 15
Median
$22.5kSign up
Average
$59.7kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (29 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (7), Photograph (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 3 more (1960s)

1970s 15 works

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11 of 15
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 11 in (37 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (6), Other (2), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)
Show 3 more (1970s)

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

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1 of 1
Median
$588Sign up
Average
$588Sign up
Typical size
8.5 × 6 in (22 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$22.7kSign up
Typical size
15 × 11.5 in (38 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$13.9kSign up
Average
$13.9kSign up
Typical size
3 × 2 in (7 × 5 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
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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 Joseph Cornell auction results →