Lawrence Weiner: career timeline

American · 1942–2021 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 70 of 75 lots (93% 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.

Lawrence Weiner: 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	5	5	$438Sign up	Drawing
1970s	4	4	$493Sign up	Print (other)
1980s	11	8	$6.6kSign up	Screenprint
1990s	18	16	$1.4kSign up	Screenprint
2000s	23	21	$567Sign up	Lithograph
2010s	8	8	$512Sign up	Other
2020s	1	1	$8.6kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $438Sign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Multiple (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1963 untitled (This is a drawing of three things)$2.5kSign up
1968 Statements$333Sign up
1968 Turf, Stake and String (from the S.M.S. portfolio)$256Sign up
1968 Turf, Stake and String (from the S.M.S. portfolio)$438Sign up
1968 Untitled$12kSign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $493Sign up
Average: $531Sign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (3), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1970 Left of Center, Middle of the Road, Right of Center$482Sign up
1971 Collection of eight artist's books$384Sign up
c. 1971 Artist's books, eighteen$756Sign up
c. 1972 Artist's books, eleven$504Sign up

1980s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $6.6kSign up
Average: $26.9kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 15 in (42 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Mixed media (2), Gouache (2)
Subjects: —

1990s 18 works

Sold: 16 of 18
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 19 in (34 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (7), Other (2), Aquatint (2)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2)

1990 Polaris, from The Readymade Boomerang$1.5kSign up
1991 Untitled$3.3kSign up
1992 Afloat at the Mercy of the Waves$114Sign up
1993 Rome Was Built for a Day & If That Day Don't Come$2.7kSign up
1994 Eile mit Weile (... bis zum bitteren Ende)$277Sign up
1994 Unter den Linden (Parkett No. 42)$126Sign up
1994 Stretched As Tightly As Is Possible (Satin) & (Petroleum Jelly)$69.8kSign up
1994 Vorstellungsrealitaten (Imaginary Realities)$563Sign up
1994 Lost At Sea$125Sign up
1995 With a warm Embrace (Come what May)$5.5kSign up
1995 With a Warm Embrace (Come What May)Unsold
1996 Shot to Hell...$1.3kSign up

Show 6 more (1990s)

1996 Shot to Hell...Unsold
1996 West of the Rocky Mountains$846Sign up
1996 East of Eden$917Sign up
1997 Written in the Sand, Written on the Wind$6.2kSign up
1999 Untitled$5.5kSign up
1999 California Dreaming$13.3kSign up

2000s 23 works

Sold: 21 of 23
Median: $567Sign up
Average: $9.5kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 16 in (48 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (11), Acrylic (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

Show 11 more (2000s)

2007 Untitled (from the XY & Z portfolio)$64Sign up
2007 Untitled (from the XY & Z portfolio)$194Sign up
2007 Untitled (from the XY & Z portfolio)$378Sign up
2007 Untitled (from the XY & Z portfolio)$252Sign up
2007 Untitled (from XY & Z)$567Sign up
2007 Untitled (from XY & Z)$500Sign up
2007 Aphorism-Archimedes, from Wall Works$27kSign up
2008 In a Whirl$446Sign up
2008 Here and There some Swimming in a vast Whirlpool$518Sign up
2008 Swimming in a Vast Whirlpool$1.9kSign up
2008 In a Whirl$1.4kSign up

2010s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $512Sign up
Average: $10.7kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 18 in (42 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Screenprint (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

2010 Preparatory Drawings For Gyroscopically Speaking$81.9kSign up
2013 UNDER GROUND, from 15 for 150$1.3kSign up
2013 UNDER GROUND, from 15 for 150$524Sign up
2013 The Travel of Margaret Mary$500Sign up
2014 Zeit ist zeitlich / Time is temporal$212Sign up
2015 A RESPITE AT SOME POINT ASAP$704Sign up
2015 A RESPITE AT SOME POINT ASAP$387Sign up
2019 Learn to Read Art$462Sign up

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $8.6kSign up
Average: $8.6kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 20.5 in (69 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Edition for The Kitchen$8.6kSign 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: $14.5kSign up
Average: $14.5kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 23 in (42 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2009 Untitled (Rhine-Sea)$14.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 12 in (28 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Golf as we know it wishing upon a star$3.4kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled$10.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 15.5 in (45 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Apropos to Cul-de Sacs$332Sign up
sold 2026 Group of Various Lawrence Weiner Art Books and Exhibition Catalogues$1.8kSign 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 Lawrence Weiner auction results →