Keith Sonnier: career timeline

American · 1941–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 23 lots (91% 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.

Keith Sonnier: 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	2	2	$19.9kSign up	Drawing
1970s	4	4	$753Sign up	Lithograph
1980s	5	5	$14.1kSign up	Other
1990s	2	2	$631Sign up	Screenprint
2000s	8	8	$2.2kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $19.9kSign up
Average: $19.9kSign up
Typical size: 53.5 × 10 in (136 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1968 Two works: (i) 1A ; (ii) 1B$826Sign up
1968 Green File$39kSign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $753Sign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 38.5 × 39.5 in (98 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Screenprint (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1975 Control Scene$318Sign up
1978 Orbit I (from the Wax-Wan 78 series)$1.2kSign up
1978 Orbit I, from Wax-Wan '78 Series (G. 787)$213Sign up
1979 Expanded SEL III$33kSign up

1980s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $14.1kSign up
Average: $12.8kSign up
Typical size: 61.5 × 39.5 in (156 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $631Sign up
Average: $631Sign up
Typical size: 47 × 23.5 in (120 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

1991 Elleptical Orbit$631Sign up
1991 Elliptical Orbit$631Sign up

2000s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $9.4kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 13 in (70 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Multiple (4)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $923Sign up
Average: $923Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 30.5 in (38 × 78 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Ohne Titel (No.63) (aus der Dyad Serie)$923Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $205Sign up
Average: $205Sign up
Typical size: 20 × 3 in (51 × 8 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Untitled$205Sign 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 Keith Sonnier auction results →