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Marlene Dumas: career timeline

South African · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 128 of 174 lots (74% 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.

Marlene Dumas: 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
1980s4132$7.9kSign upLithograph
1990s6456$12.1kSign upLithograph
2000s1412$30.7kSign upPhotograph
2010s66$4.2kSign upLithograph

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1980s 41 works

Sold
32 of 41
Median
$7.9kSign up
Average
$300kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (15), Watercolor (7), Drawing (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 64 works

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56 of 64
Median
$12.1kSign up
Average
$148kSign up
Typical size
13 × 12.5 in (33 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (25), Watercolor (13), Oil (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 40 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 14 works

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12 of 14
Median
$30.7kSign up
Average
$485kSign up
Typical size
18 × 13.5 in (46 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4), Oil (3), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 2 more (2000s)

2010s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$4.2kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3), Print (other) (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

44 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 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$10.1kSign up
Average
$11.3kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (30 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (2), Drawing (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 26 works

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20 of 26
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$5kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 14 in (44 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (18), Photograph (2), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works

Sold
9 of 12
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 14 in (45 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (5), Print (other) (3), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 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 Marlene Dumas auction results →