Liu Wei: career timeline

Chinese · b. 1965 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 33 lots (97% 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.

Liu Wei: 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
1980s	1	1	$57.1kSign up	Mixed media
1990s	6	5	$123kSign up	Oil
2000s	13	11	$227kSign up	Oil
2010s	11	7	$89.3kSign up	Oil
2020s	1	1	$49kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $57.1kSign up
Average: $57.1kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 7 in (34 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1989 Beauties from Peking$57.1kSign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $123kSign up
Average: $165kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 22.5 in (43 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1993 Swimming$173kSign up
1998 You Like Smoking?$485kSign up
1998 No SmokingUnsold
1999 You Want?$33.2kSign up
1999 Untitled$12.6kSign up
1999 Dog No. 2$123kSign up

2000s 13 works

Sold: 11 of 13
Median: $227kSign up
Average: $251kSign up
Typical size: 78.5 × 59 in (200 × 150 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Photograph (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (4), Flowers & still life (3)

2004 Flowers$166kSign up
2004 Landscape (in 6 parts)$48kSign up
2004 LandscapeUnsold
2005 Landscape No. 2Unsold
2006 Purple Air III No. 2 (diptych)$195kSign up
2006 Purple Air 5$227kSign up
2006 Purple Air III No. 2 (diptych)$554kSign up
2006 Purple Air 6$258kSign up
2006 Landscape$400kSign up
2006 Flowers$151kSign up
2006 Flowers$89.5kSign up
2007 Purple Air IV-4$358kSign up

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2008 Purple Air D1$319kSign up

2010s 11 works

Sold: 7 of 11
Median: $89.3kSign up
Average: $111kSign up
Typical size: 86.5 × 77 in (220 × 195 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Other (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

2010 Landscape$154kSign up
2012 Jungle 1Unsold
c. 2012 Jungle No. 17$48.5kSign up
2012 Beyond the Sky Limits No.2$177kSign up
2012 Exotic Lands No.14$51.1kSign up
2012 Jungle No. 6$51.1kSign up
2012 Beyond the Sky Limits$208kSign up
2012 Colours No. 14Unsold
c. 2016 Purple Air 2017 No. 1Unsold
2018 Omen$89.3kSign up
2018 OmenUnsold

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $49kSign up
Average: $49kSign up
Typical size: 78.5 × 67 in (200 × 170 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Bloom$49kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 26 × 10 in (66 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2026 Colourful WomenUnsold

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 Liu Wei auction results →