Lewis Baltz: career timeline

American · 1945–2014 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 43 of 53 lots (81% 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.

Lewis Baltz: 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	1	0	—	Photograph
1970s	33	29	$15.2kSign up	Photograph
1980s	3	3	$1.3kSign up	Photograph
1990s	5	4	$13.5kSign up	Photograph
2000s	1	1	$635Sign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 3.5 × 5 in (9 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1968 The Berkeley CrisisUnsold

1970s 33 works

Sold: 29 of 33
Median: $15.2kSign up
Average: $16.3kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (32), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (3), Markets & villages (3), Beach scenes (1)

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1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 9.5 in (18 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

1983 West Victoria$3kSign up
1988 No. 1 (from the Candlestick Point series)$1.3kSign up
1988 No. 11 (from the Fos, Secteur 80 series)$953Sign up

1990s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $13.5kSign up
Average: $16.9kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 29.5 in (100 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1991 Piazza Pugliese #2, aus der Serie „Generic Night Cities (and others)“, 1988–2000$38.1kSign up
1991 Rule Without ExceptionUnsold
1991 Rule Without Exception$18.8kSign up
1992 Amazonas$8.3kSign up
1995 Shhhhhh..$2.3kSign up

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $635Sign up
Average: $635Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2005 Three-volume set$635Sign up

Creation date not recorded

10 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 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $20.6kSign up
Average: $27.3kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 9.5 in (17 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 San Francisco (from the series: The Prototype Works)$20.6kSign up
sold 2014 The new Industrial Parks near Irvine, CaliforniaUnsold
sold 2014 Selected images from Park City$56.3kSign up
sold 2016 NevadaUnsold
sold 2018 Untitled$5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $9.7kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 9.5 in (16 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Other (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 New Construction$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 Northwest Wall Unoccupied Industrial Spaces 17875 C and D Skypark Circle Irvine$14Sign up
sold 2024 Three-volume setUnsold
sold 2024 Monographs, two$378Sign up
sold 2025 Nevada Portfolio$35.6kSign 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 Lewis Baltz auction results →