Judy Chicago: career timeline

American · b. 1939 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 37 lots (86% 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.

Judy Chicago: 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	5	$46.1kSign up	Acrylic
1970s	13	12	$4.7kSign up	Lithograph
1980s	8	7	$2.2kSign up	Screenprint
2010s	4	4	$1.2kSign up	Other
2020s	1	1	$5.1kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $46.1kSign up
Average: $92.2kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 14.5 in (35 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (5), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1964 Car Hood$288kSign up
1965 Seven$46.1kSign up
1967 Study for Six Erotic Cookies on an Edible Plate, 1967; Study for Cookie Cutter, 1967; Six Erotic Cookies on an Edible Plate, 1967 (3)Unsold
1968 Dark Red, Blue, Green Domes (Small)$43.8kSign up
c. 1969 Pasadena Lifesavers Yellow #5$59.4kSign up
c. 1969 Pasadena Lifesavers Yellow Series #5, 1969 / 1970$24kSign up

1970s 13 works

Sold: 12 of 13
Median: $4.7kSign up
Average: $16kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (45 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Drawing (2), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2), Sunsets & night (1)

1971 Red Flag$2.3kSign up
1971 Evening Fan (from Fresno Fans Series)$60kSign up
1972 Through the Flower Twice (II)$1.7kSign up
1972 Through the Flower 2$8.8kSign up
1973 Mary, Queen of Scots (C. p. 208)$4.9kSign up
1975 From Now On$1.8kSign up
1975 Growing Pains from the series Six Views from the Womantree$81.9kSign up
1976 Submerged/Emerged$3.3kSign up
c. 1977 Test Plate for Hatshepsut, 1977-78; Study for The Dinner Party, 1975 (2)$13.8kSign up
1978 Illuminated Capital for Eleanor of Aquitaine$9kSign up
1979 The Dream of the Dinner Party (Permanent Housing)$750Sign up
1979 Test Chalice (from The Dinner Party)$4.5kSign up

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1979 Reaching/Uniting/Becoming FreeUnsold

1980s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $6.2kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 35 in (61 × 89 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (5), Lithograph (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1983 Almost Born$875Sign up
1984 Study for Rainbow Man$33kSign up
1985 Birth Tear/Tear (from the Birth Project portfolio)$2.8kSign up
1985 Earth Birth (from the Birth Project portfolio)$1.3kSign up
1985 Birth Trinity (from The Birth Project portfolio)$2.6kSign up
1985 The Creation (from The Birth Project portfolio)$2.2kSign up
1985 Birth Tear/TearUnsold
1985 The Creation #Colour Final Proof$361Sign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 18.5 in (69 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Print (other) (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: Butterflies (1)

2013 OLD, 2013$423Sign up
2018 Butterfly skate decks (set of three)$1.8kSign up
2018 The Dinner Party (five plates)$6.3kSign up
2019 On Fire at Eighty$640Sign up

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 32 × 22.5 in (81 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2020 What if Women Ruled the World?$5.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 7 in (33 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 (American b. 1939)$1.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Lithograph (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2022 OldResult not published
sold 2025 Amazon plates (from The Dinner Party series), set of five$2.9kSign up
sold 2025 Elizabeth R. plates (from The Dinner Party series), set of five$4kSign up
sold 2026 Immolation$2.4kSign 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 Judy Chicago auction results →