Louise Lawler: career timeline
American · b. 1947 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 104 of 109 lots (95% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 29 | 23 | $19.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 30 | 25 | $12.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 34 | 23 | $13.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 9 | 7 | $5kSign up | Print (other) |
| 2020s | 2 | 2 | $410Sign up | Photograph |
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1980s 29 works
- Sold
- 23 of 29
- Median
- $19.9kSign up
- Average
- $20.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 23 in (65 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (26), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1984 Circle, Mantle, Diamond$25.8kSign up
c. 1984 Nipple$18.3kSign up
1984 Fragment/Frame/Text; "Served the Needs of Northern European Grand Tourists"Unsold
1984 Blue Line$18.9kSign up
1984 Arranged by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Atmore Pope or Their Daughter Theodate (Manet)Unsold
1984 Three$20.7kSign up
1984 Diamonds$12.5kSign up
c. 1985 Looking back$764Sign up
1985 16$22.1kSign up
c. 1985 Looking back$423Sign up
1985 Once There Was a Little Boy and Everything Turned Out Alright. THE END$37.5kSign up
1986 Woman with PicassoUnsold
Show 12 more (1980s)
1986 BOUGHT IN PARIS, NEW YORK, SWITZERLAND, OR TOKYO Stella / Brass (detail) Les Indes Galantes IV... purchased from a banker, now located on the Blvd. Victor Hugo, 1966/1986$27.5kSign up
1987 Untitled$63.5kSign up
1987 Blurry Koons (Buster)$13.9kSign up
1987 A.C.A.D.E.M.Y.$44.1kSign up
1987 Service$8.9kSign up
1987 You Could Hear a Rat Piss on Cotton - Charlie Parker$22.8kSign up
1988 La Reserve$32.3kSign up
1988 La Reserve$25.2kSign up
1988 Les Coordonnes$19.9kSign up
c. 1988 Black CatUnsold
1988 BOUGHT AND INSTALLED BY DIDIER GUICHARD$23.3kSign up
1989 A Drinking Glass$10.2kSign up
…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 30 works
- Sold
- 25 of 30
- Median
- $12.9kSign up
- Average
- $19.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 24 in (52 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (26), Lithograph (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1990 Blue Nail$12.9kSign up
1990 Nothing we don't already knowUnsold
1990 Three woman/Three chairs$1.6kSign up
1990 Conditions of Sale$16.5kSign up
1990 Collage Cartoon$146kSign up
c. 1990 Untitled (Marilyn); Untitled (three Warhols); and Untitled (Mao/Lichtenstein)$3.5kSign up
1990 Untitled (History Portraits)Unsold
1991 UNTITLED (Marilyn)$1.7kSign up
1991 Black CatUnsold
1991 Untitled (Mao/Lichtenstein)$1.8kSign up
c. 1991 For Better or For Worse$22.8kSign up
1991 March 25$43.8kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1992 Untitled (Martin and Mike)$4.4kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled (Salon Hodler)$36.5kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled$18.1kSign up
1993 Banque$7.6kSign up
c. 1993 I-O (Brillo)$22.9kSign up
1993 Untitled (Dreams)$2.9kSign up
1994 What Else Could I Do$1.8kSign up
1994 A Good Room To Sleep In$30kSign up
1994 Claudio's$20.7kSign up
1994 What Else Could I Do$2.4kSign up
c. 1996 Notes on a Room: three plates$762Sign up
c. 1997 Pictures that May or May not go together$20.9kSign up
…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 34 works
- Sold
- 23 of 34
- Median
- $13.1kSign up
- Average
- $15.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 29.5 × 28.5 in (75 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (29), Print (other) (3), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2000 Photograph, Painting$41.6kSign up
c. 2001 18-20 Inches$38.4kSign up
c. 2001 Campanello, from BAM Photography Portfolio IV$3.6kSign up
c. 2001 18-20 inchesUnsold
c. 2001 GoingUnsold
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$1kSign up
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$819Sign up
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$715Sign up
2002 Not Lizard$19kSign up
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$938Sign up
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$1.3kSign up
2002 This Way I Can't Fight$1.3kSign up
Show 12 more (2000s)
2003 Metadata$14.1kSign up
c. 2003 An Element of AffectionUnsold
c. 2003 Thank you VitoUnsold
c. 2003 One Big One in an Edition of Five$6.1kSign up
c. 2003 One Big One in an Edition of FiveUnsold
c. 2003 One Big One in an Edition of FiveUnsold
2003 MetadataUnsold
2003 WindowUnsold
2004 Looks like… a Painting$12.8kSign up
c. 2004 Twice Untitled$6.5kSign up
2004 Not Yet Titled$22.5kSign up
2005 Roy's EyeUnsold
…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.
2010s 9 works
2020s 2 works
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
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 A SPOT ON THE WALL$2.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $6.1kSign up
- Average
- $6.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 22.5 in (21 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Prominence Given: Authority Taken$6.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $14.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2024 Painting, Photograph and Photograph, Painting (diptych)$40.3kSign up
sold 2024 Red, Yellow, Blue, Black and White and Light$1.2kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$2.8kSign 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 Louise Lawler auction results →