Mary Heilmann: career timeline

American · 1940–2026 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 43 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.

Mary Heilmann: 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
1970s	2	2	$75.7kSign up	Acrylic
1980s	6	6	$88.5kSign up	Oil
1990s	13	9	$20kSign up	Oil
2000s	15	15	$6.9kSign up	Oil
2010s	3	3	$3.8kSign up	Photograph
2020s	2	1	$5.1kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $75.7kSign up
Average: $75.7kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 16 in (99 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

1972 Shoot$25.4kSign up
1976 Yellow, Red + Blue Drawing$126kSign up

1980s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $88.5kSign up
Average: $89.1kSign up
Typical size: 57 × 36 in (145 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1990s 13 works

Sold: 9 of 13
Median: $20kSign up
Average: $43.9kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 21.5 in (76 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Aquatint (4), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Cut$2kSign up
1991 Shaped Serape$152kSign up
1992 Verde 2Unsold
1992 UntitledUnsold
1996 R.E.M.$32.5kSign up
1997 Lil Totem$138kSign up
1997 Untitled$43.8kSign up
1997 Franz West II$2.8kSign up
1998 Mint Boy$2.1kSign up
1998 Garden StudyResult not published
1998 Garden StudyResult not published
1998 Jellyfish$20kSign up

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1998 Graffiti$2.5kSign up

2000s 15 works

Sold: 15 of 15
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $37.6kSign up
Typical size: 34 × 32 in (86 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Lithograph (3), Other (2)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

2000 African$435Sign up
2000 Arbor Piece$219Sign up
2000 African$938Sign up
2000 Two Works: (i) Rompecabeza Uno 32; (ii) Rompecabeza Dos 24$6.9kSign up
2001 Big Bill$889Sign up
c. 2001 Glide$126kSign up
2002 Clubchair 1$7.6kSign up
2002 Hip Hop$3.3kSign up
2004 Clubchair 16$5.1kSign up
c. 2004 5 works: (i) Green Tile Table ; (ii) Clubchair 23 ; (iii) Clubchair 24 ; (iv) Clubchair 26 ; (v) Clubchair 29$7kSign up
2005 Cut and Mix$185kSign up
2006 Go Ask Alice$88.9kSign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 6.5 in (15 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1), Acrylic (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

2012 Catalina$3.8kSign up
2014 Sea, from Postcards from the Edge: A Benefit for Visual AIDS$5.1kSign up
2015 Yellow #4$762Sign up

2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 26 in (53 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2021 Geometric Spin$5.1kSign up
2021 Geometric SpinUnsold

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2019 Arbor Piece$938Sign 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 Mary Heilmann auction results →