Lorna Simpson: career timeline

American · b. 1960 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 47 of 50 lots (94% 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.

Lorna Simpson: 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	$57.6kSign up	Photograph
1990s	29	26	$1.9kSign up	Photograph
2000s	5	3	$26.9kSign up	Photograph
2010s	11	8	$20.4kSign up	Screenprint
2020s	1	1	$133kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $57.6kSign up
Average: $57.6kSign up
Typical size: 62.5 × 25.5 in (159 × 65 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1988 Portrait$57.6kSign up

1990s 29 works

Sold: 26 of 29
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 17 in (47 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (12), Lithograph (6), Other (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1990 2 Tracks$38.1kSign up
1991 Counting$4.5kSign up
1991 C-RationUnsold
1991 C-Ration$9.5kSign up
1991 CountingUnsold
1991 C-Rations$1.7kSign up
1991 Counting$6.3kSign up
1992 Practical Joke$36.2kSign up
1992 Lower Region$21.3kSign up
1992 Lower Region$10kSign up
1992 Lower RegionUnsold
1994 III$693Sign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

1994 Van Der Zee Prop Vase, from 1993 Whitney Biennial in Seoul$381Sign up
1994 III$630Sign up
1994 III (Peter Norton Family Christmas Project)$630Sign up
1994 III (Peter Norton Family Christmas Project)$441Sign up
1994 III, Peter Norton Family Christmas Edition, 1994$407Sign up
1994 III$813Sign up
1994 Untitled, from Portraits$4kSign up
1994 III$1.5kSign up
1995 Untitled$826Sign up
1995 Untitled$756Sign up
1995 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1995 Untitled$1.7kSign up

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $26.9kSign up
Average: $33kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 45 in (57 × 114 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2)

2010s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $20.4kSign up
Average: $28.5kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 21.5 in (61 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (5), Mixed media (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

2011 Gold Head Q$15kSign up
2011 Gold Head W$20kSign up
2013 Double Portrait$11.3kSign up
2013 Ultra Blue$44.9kSign up
2013 Double Portrait$32.5kSign up
2013 Twosomes$63.5kSign up
2013 Ultra Blue$20.7kSign up
2013 Two works: (i) Condensation; (ii) Composed Blue$20kSign up
2016 Three Part SoulUnsold
2016 Three Part SoulUnsold
2016 Three Part SoulUnsold

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $133kSign up
Average: $133kSign up
Typical size: 67 × 50 in (170 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Constellation$133kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Cure/Heal$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$1.9kSign up
sold 2025 CountingResult not published

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 Lorna Simpson auction results →