Mark Grotjahn: career timeline

American · b. 1968 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 63 of 64 lots (98% 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.

Mark Grotjahn: 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
1990s	2	2	$151kSign up	Other
2000s	42	36	$149kSign up	Drawing
2010s	18	15	$75kSign up	Sculpture
2020s	1	1	$30.5kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $151kSign up
Average: $151kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14 in (44 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1996 Untitled$40.6kSign up
1997 Untitled (Three-Tiered Perspective)$260kSign up

2000s 42 works

Sold: 36 of 42
Median: $149kSign up
Average: $474kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 18.5 in (60 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (26), Oil (10), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Butterflies (21), Figures & portraits (1)

2000 Untitled (Three-tiered perspective)$214kSign up
2000 Untitled (Three-Tiered Perspective)$1.3MSign up
2000 Untitled$21.3kSign up
2001 Michael's Favorites$4.4kSign up
2001 Two works: Untitled (Blue and Cream)$40.3kSign up
2001 Untitled (White Butterfly Hawaiian Lapis)$1.6MSign up
2002 Untitled$15kSign up
2002 Untitled$119kSign up
2002 Untitled (MG01-02)$32.5kSign up
2002 Butterfly$473kSign up
2003 Untitled (Butterfly Five Color Ray)$205kSign up
2003 Untitled (Butterfly)$137kSign up

Show 12 more (2000s)

2003 Untitled (Butterfly)$82.3kSign up
2003 Untitled (Butterfly)Unsold
2003 Untitled (Orange Butterfly Green M 2003 G)$3.6MSign up
2003 Untitled (Orange Butterfly Over Green)$966kSign up
2003 Butterfly (Black, Red, Orange)$255kSign up
2004 Untitled$72.8kSign up
2004 Untitled (Black and White Butterfly 330)Unsold
2004 Untitled$108kSign up
2004 Untitled (Brown Butterfly Purple)$1.9MSign up
2004 Untitled (Three Butterfly Wings)$293kSign up
2004 Untitled$119kSign up
2004 Untitled (2 Wings)$389kSign up

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 18 works

Sold: 15 of 18
Median: $75kSign up
Average: $1.1MSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 19.5 in (80 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7), Oil (5), Drawing (3)
Subjects: Butterflies (3)

Show 6 more (2010s)

2013 Untitled (Butterfly for the Kitchen Black, Yellow and Tuscan Red 45.16)$25kSign up
2013 Untitled (Three Sided with X Out of Shell Standing Flat SF4.a)$287kSign up
2014 Untitled (Circus No. 12 Face 44.30)$9.8MSign up
2014 Untitled (Top and Interior Gates, DeWalt Mask M33.f)$189kSign up
2014 Untitled (Free Standing Large Garden Sculpture Mask M24.g)$519kSign up
c. 2015 Untitled (Crimson Red and Canary Yellow Butterfly 45.93)$1.4MSign up

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $30.5kSign up
Average: $30.5kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 4 in (15 × 10 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

2021 Untitled$30.5kSign 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: 1 of 1
Median: $174Sign up
Average: $174Sign up
Typical size: 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 BACKCOUNTRY (EXHIBITION POSTER)$174Sign 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 Mark Grotjahn auction results →