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American · 1940–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 179 of 196 lots (91% 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.

Mel Bochner: 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
1960s11$12kSign upWatercolor
1970s1713$4.4kSign upDrawing
1980s1111$1.3kSign upEtching
1990s2320$1.7kSign upScreenprint
2000s1815$11.3kSign upPrint (other)
2010s9186$22.7kSign upPrint (other)
2020s1614$24.8kSign upPrint (other)

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1960s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$12kSign up
Average
$12kSign up
Typical size
13 × 19 in (33 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 17 works

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13 of 17
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$7.9kSign up
Typical size
22 × 28 in (56 × 71 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (6), Watercolor (3), Etching (3)
Subjects
—
Show 5 more (1970s)

1980s 11 works

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11 of 11
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
27 × 35 in (69 × 89 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Aquatint (3), Oil (2)
Subjects
—

1990s 23 works

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20 of 23
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
19 × 29 in (48 × 74 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (9), Etching (4), Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects
—
Show 11 more (1990s)

2000s 18 works

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15 of 18
Median
$11.3kSign up
Average
$18.1kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 16 in (37 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (11), Oil (5), Etching (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2000s)

2010s 91 works

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86 of 91
Median
$22.7kSign up
Average
$34.5kSign up
Typical size
23 × 30 in (58 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (49), Screenprint (23), Etching (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 67 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 16 works

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14 of 16
Median
$24.8kSign up
Average
$30.5kSign up
Typical size
28.5 × 30 in (73 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (7), Etching (4), Screenprint (3)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2020s)

Creation date not recorded

17 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 10 works

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10 of 10
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
30 × 44.5 in (76 × 113 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Aquatint (4), Etching (1)
Subjects
—
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

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6 of 7
Median
$7.3kSign up
Average
$10.4kSign up
Typical size
34.5 × 30.5 in (88 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (3), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
Show 1 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 Mel Bochner auction results →