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American · b. 1958 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 217 of 240 lots (90% 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.

Kenny Scharf: 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
1970s11$4.8kSign upLithograph
1980s3530$19.1kSign upAcrylic
1990s5446$9.7kSign upAcrylic
2000s4339$13.8kSign upOil
2010s2423$35.6kSign upOil
2020s5644$2.2kSign upScreenprint

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1970s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 23 in (42 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 35 works

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30 of 35
Median
$19.1kSign up
Average
$41.7kSign up
Typical size
30 × 30.5 in (76 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (15), Oil (6), Screenprint (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 54 works

Sold
46 of 54
Median
$9.7kSign up
Average
$37.7kSign up
Typical size
30 × 25 in (76 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (16), Screenprint (15), Oil (12)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 43 works

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39 of 43
Median
$13.8kSign up
Average
$37.8kSign up
Typical size
24 × 23 in (61 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Oil (14), Sculpture (9), Screenprint (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 24 works

Sold
23 of 24
Median
$35.6kSign up
Average
$76.2kSign up
Typical size
36.5 × 29.5 in (93 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Oil (7), Other (5), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
—
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2020s 56 works

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44 of 56
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$18.8kSign up
Typical size
25 × 24 in (64 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (26), Print (other) (10), Other (8)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

23 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 8 works

Sold
7 of 8
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$5.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 18.5 in (33 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Print (other) (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold
13 of 15
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$13.5kSign up
Typical size
22 × 23 in (56 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Sculpture (3), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Kenny Scharf auction results →