Karl Wirsum: career timeline
American · 1939–2021 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 49 lots (77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $3kSign up | Drawing |
| 1970s | 8 | 7 | $12.9kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1980s | 18 | 18 | $2.4kSign up | Drawing |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | $5kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | $4.1kSign up | Drawing |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | $2.8kSign up | Drawing |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | $750Sign up | Screenprint |
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1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 11 in (35 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1965 Broken Balloons$1.3kSign up
1965 Girl and Kite$3kSign up
1966 Untitled (Walking Woman with Leg Options)$6.7kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $12.9kSign up
- Average
- $15.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 19 in (57 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (4), Screenprint (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1970 UntitledUnsold
1970 First Portrait of the Brand New Star (from the Screen Prints 1970 portfolio)$780Sign up
1970 First Portrait of the Brand New Star (from the Screen Prints 1970 portfolio)$625Sign up
1976 Ahh! Macy's Grazed$22.9kSign up
1977 Mr. Big Arms in a No Swipe Place$37.8kSign up
1977 Tonto Disguised as the Lone Ranger$34.4kSign up
1978 Untitled$12.9kSign up
1978 Moming Benefit Poster, 1978$390Sign up
1980s 18 works
- Sold
- 18 of 18
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 18 in (61 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (9), Lithograph (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1980 Dancing Hare Toddy$445Sign up
c. 1980 Untitled (Robot Figure)$4.4kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$2.1kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$1.8kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$2.3kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$2.5kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$3kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$1.5kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$1.5kSign up
c. 1980 untitled$2.5kSign up
1982 The Phantom of Shoulders Separation State Park$11.9kSign up
1983 Count Fasco's Mouse Piece Whitey Jr. #2$10.3kSign up
Show 6 more (1980s)
1983 Mouse Meow$2.5kSign up
1983 Wade 'N' C Policy$1.5kSign up
1983 Wade 'N' C Policy$2kSign up
1983 Mouse Meow, 1983$2.6kSign up
1987 It's Not a Crack That's Just the Way I Part My Hair$10.7kSign up
1989 Jello Joel$219Sign up
1990s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $12.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 14 in (45 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1), Other (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1994 Blue Burger Quartet à la Carte (Pie in the Sky Not Included)$1.1kSign up
1995 O Bald Music at Dawn$32.5kSign up
1997 Toboggan Toes$5kSign up
2000s 1 work
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 17.5 in (61 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2012 Study for Clap Trap$7.1kSign up
c. 2013 Study for the painting Toot Toot Tutu Toodle-oo$2.8kSign up
2015 Untitled (Study for Baseball Girl, 1964)$344Sign up
2020s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
11 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 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 4 of 11
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 29 × 25 in (74 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (4), Lithograph (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 Hyde Park Art Auction FlyerResult not published
sold 2022 Oops GoopsResult not published
sold 2022 Skull DaysResult not published
sold 2022 Remind Me To Call Off The DogsResult not published
sold 2022 Moming Masked BallResult not published
sold 2022 Whats the Coinfusion I Can't Make Heads or Tails of It? Sum One Flipped! Now That Makes Cents$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 Karl Wirsum auction results →