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Magdalena Abakanowicz: career timeline

Polish · 1930–2017 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 156 of 166 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.

Magdalena Abakanowicz: 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
1960s64$21.3kSign upOther
1970s1817$50.8kSign upOther
1980s6150$7.6kSign upOther
1990s1716$58kSign upSculpture
2000s4843$21.2kSign upOther

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Enter what you know about a work by Magdalena Abakanowicz to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1960s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$21.3kSign up
Average
$34.6kSign up
Typical size
40 × 48 in (101 × 122 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Oil (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 18 works

Sold
17 of 18
Median
$50.8kSign up
Average
$72.2kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 25 in (90 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Other (11), Gouache (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Butterflies (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (1970s)

1980s 61 works

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50 of 61
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$35.3kSign up
Typical size
25 × 19 in (64 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Other (32), Sculpture (12), Etching (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 17 works

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16 of 17
Median
$58kSign up
Average
$239kSign up
Typical size
32 × 9.5 in (82 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (10), Other (6), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 5 more (1990s)

2000s 48 works

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43 of 48
Median
$21.2kSign up
Average
$114kSign up
Typical size
17 × 16 in (43 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Other (18), Drawing (11), Sculpture (10)
Subjects
Birds (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$133kSign up
Average
$133kSign up
Typical size
56 × 41 in (142 × 104 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold
5 of 6
Median
$140kSign up
Average
$120kSign up
Typical size
52.5 × 13.5 in (133 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
—

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 Magdalena Abakanowicz auction results →