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Joseph Kosuth: career timeline

American · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 54 of 62 lots (87% 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 Kosuth: 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
1960s1312$53.5kSign upPhotograph
1970s51$313Sign upOther
1980s168$11.7kSign upScreenprint
1990s106$824Sign upScreenprint
2000s83$22.1kSign upScreenprint
2010s22$52kSign upOther

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1960s 13 works

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12 of 13
Median
$53.5kSign up
Average
$53.4kSign up
Typical size
48 × 48 in (122 × 122 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4), Drawing (3), Multiple (3)
Subjects
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Show 1 more (1960s)

1970s 5 works

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1 of 5
Median
$313Sign up
Average
$313Sign up
Typical size
39.5 × 27.5 in (100 × 70 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Mixed media (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 16 works

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8 of 16
Median
$11.7kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
26 × 40 in (66 × 101 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (6), Photograph (4), Other (2)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (1980s)

1990s 10 works

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6 of 10
Median
$824Sign up
Average
$6.4kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 25 in (53 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (5), Photograph (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

2000s 8 works

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3 of 8
Median
$22.1kSign up
Average
$20.9kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 39.5 in (60 × 100 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (4), Other (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

2010s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$52kSign up
Average
$52kSign up
Typical size
38 × 74.5 in (96 × 189 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

8 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 2010s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$964Sign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
16 × 27 in (41 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (2), Drawing (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$12.8kSign up
Typical size
27 × 37 in (69 × 94 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
—

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 Kosuth auction results →