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Lucas Samaras: career timeline

American · 1936–2024 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 51 lots (71% 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.

Lucas Samaras: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1950s32$9.9kSign upOil
1960s65$9.2kSign upPastel
1970s2322$6.5kSign upPhotograph
1980s21$9.5kSign upDrawing
2000s11$5.1kSign upPhotograph
2010s11$18.5kSign upOther

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1950s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$9.9kSign up
Average
$9.9kSign up
Typical size
24 × 18 in (61 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects
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1960s 6 works

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5 of 6
Median
$9.2kSign up
Average
$30.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 9 in (30 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Pastel (2), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 23 works

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22 of 23
Median
$6.5kSign up
Average
$7.6kSign up
Typical size
3.5 × 3.5 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (16), Screenprint (4), Oil (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 11 more (1970s)

1980s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$9.5kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 17.5 in (57 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

2000s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 21.5 in (52 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

2010s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$18.5kSign up
Average
$18.5kSign up
Typical size
35 × 62 in (89 × 157 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

15 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 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$5.6kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
3 × 3 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
3 × 3 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works

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6 of 11
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$4.2kSign up
Typical size
19 × 17 in (48 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Screenprint (2), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (2)
Show 5 more (2020s)

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 Lucas Samaras auction results →