Masao Yamamoto: career timeline
Japanese · b. 1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 24 lots (54% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $960Sign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 7 | 7 | $1.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 3 | 2 | $762Sign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $1.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 2020s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
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1980s 1 work
1990s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 3.5 in (9 × 9 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- —
1990 #225 (from the series: A Box of Ku)$1.2kSign up
1991 Untitled #18 and Untitled #49 (from 'Box of Ku')$1.4kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled #98, Untitled #61, and Untitled #517 (from 'Box of Ku')$1.5kSign up
1992 #140-A Box of Ku$700Sign up
1992 A Box Of Ku #215$1kSign up
1996 #642-A box of Ku$800Sign up
c. 1997 Untitled #637 and Untitled #619 (from 'Box of Ku')$1.2kSign up
2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $762Sign up
- Average
- $762Sign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 3.5 in (15 × 9 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2000 Selected Images from Nakazora and Box of KuUnsold
2002 Nakazora #1041$500Sign up
2003 Ōmizuao (Pillow Book)$1kSign up
2010s 1 work
2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 6.5 in (24 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2021 #5003 (from the series: La Vie Simple)Unsold
Creation date not recorded
11 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
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $10.1kSign up
- Average
- $10.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 1.5 × 2.5 in (4 × 7 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2012 Image #13 from A Box of Ku$938Sign up
sold 2013 #1400 (from the series: Nakazora)$1.4kSign up
sold 2013 Selected Images from a Box of Ku and Nakazora$18.8kSign up
sold 2017 Nakazora$22.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 3.5 in (13 × 9 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
sold 2023 Untitled, nude$600Sign up
sold 2023 Nakazora #1021$650Sign up
sold 2023 Nakazora #1165$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled, bird's nest$400Sign up
sold 2023 Kawa = Flow #1639$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 #45$3kSign up
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sold 2025 A Box of Ku #257$1.8kSign 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 Masao Yamamoto auction results →