Michael Craig-Martin: career timeline
Irish · b. 1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 79 of 86 lots (92% 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 | 8 | 4 | $20.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 10 | 9 | $3.2kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2000s | 23 | 20 | $5.2kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2010s | 28 | 21 | $3.7kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2020s | 8 | 8 | $2.9kSign up | Screenprint |
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1980s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $20.9kSign up
- Average
- $24.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 34 × 33 in (87 × 84 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (5), Mixed media (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1980 Compass$23.5kSign up
1982 Study for single fileUnsold
1984 Private DancerUnsold
1985 Study for painting (armchair, chair, table)Unsold
1986 Wristwatch$18.3kSign up
1986 WristwatchUnsold
1986 Small Headphones$48.7kSign up
1987 Untitled$8.8kSign up
1990s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $12.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 26 in (70 × 66 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (7), Acrylic (3)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Order of Appearance (Book, Cassette, Canvas, Drawer)$3.4kSign up
1991 Untitled (Green and White), 1991$4.4kSign up
c. 1993 Narrative Painting$57kSign up
1996 Japanese Screen (C. 5)$862Sign up
1996 DISTANT RELATIONS$2kSign up
1997 Book$3.2kSign up
1997 PIANO AND METRONOMEUnsold
1999 Painting$1.9kSign up
1999 Common History: Vanitas$35.7kSign up
1999 PAINTING$852Sign up
2000s 23 works
- Sold
- 20 of 23
- Median
- $5.2kSign up
- Average
- $22kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 32 in (63 × 81 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (16), Acrylic (4), Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Full$212kSign up
2001 Intimate Relations: two prints (C. 11a-b)$3.2kSign up
2001 Intimate Relations$8kSign up
2001 Intimate Relations$10.4kSign up
2001 Intimate Relations$13.7kSign up
2001 Intimate Relations$6.5kSign up
2002 Deconstructing Seurat (blue)$588Sign up
2004 Deconstructing Seurat (blue) 2Unsold
2004 Deconstructing Seurat (blue)Unsold
2004 Deconstructing Seurat (green turquoise)Unsold
2004 Deconstruction Piero (turquoise blue)$970Sign up
2004 Folio$8.8kSign up
Show 11 more (2000s)
2005 COMPENDIUM$755Sign up
2005 Untitled (no. 11)$16.3kSign up
2006 Anthology$533Sign up
2006 Signs of Life$3.9kSign up
2006 Signs of Life$3.8kSign up
2007 N (Aus: Alphabet)$569Sign up
2007 F (Aus: Alphabet)$569Sign up
2008 Untitled (LUST)$32kSign up · sold 2×
2008 Greed (Aus: Seven Deadly Sins)$2.3kSign up
2008 Pitchfork (Pink)$18.8kSign up
2009 REAL$97.5kSign up
2010s 28 works
- Sold
- 21 of 28
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $6.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 23.5 in (61 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (18), Photograph (4), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- —
2010 Fake$572Sign up
2010 Fake$1.3kSign up
2010 Study (cans)Unsold
2011 All/Ball$14.8kSign up
2011 All/BallUnsold
2012 Art & Design (C. 30a-j)$11.2kSign up
2012 London 2012 Paralympic Games, Go$110Sign up
2012 Art & DesignUnsold
2014 Objects of Our Time: three plates$3.7kSign up · sold 2×
2014 Wireless Mic, from Objects Of Our Time$966Sign up
2014 Wireless Mic, from Objects Of Our TimeUnsold
2014 Juice Carton, from Objects Of Our Time$1.6kSign up
Show 12 more (2010s)
2014 Credit Card, from Objects Of Our Time$1.3kSign up
2014 Objects Of Our Time$30.2kSign up
2015 Chair, from Fragments (C. 42b)$4.8kSign up
2015 Briefcase, from Fragments (C. 42a)$2.4kSign up
2015 Umbrella$5.1kSign up
2015 UmbrellaUnsold
2015 Watch, from Fragments$7.5kSign up
2015 Watch , from Fragments$3.6kSign up
2015 'Timetable' deskUnsold
2016 Trainer, from Fundamentals (C. 47g)$5.5kSign up
2016 Bulb, from Fundamentals$2.9kSign up
2016 Umbrella, from Fundamentals$12.4kSign up
…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.
2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 23 in (58 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (7), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
2020 Gerberas, from The Help Portfolio (C. 65)$2.8kSign up
2020 Gerberas, from The Help Portfolio$2.3kSign up
2020 Gerberas, from The Help Portfolio$1.6kSign up
2020 Untitled (mask 1)$12.8kSign up
2021 Domesticated Flowers: two prints (C. 66b-c)$4.8kSign up
2022 Stiletto, from Personal Possessions (C. 70c)$1.6kSign up
2022 Watch, from Personal Possessions (C. 70e)$2.9kSign up
2022 Domesticated Nature$6.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
7 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 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $502Sign up
- Average
- $517Sign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 26 in (52 × 66 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Screenprint (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Senza titoloResult not published
sold 2022 MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN BY RICHARD CORK$211Sign up
sold 2022 MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN BY RICHARD CORKUnsold
sold 2022 Untitled$788Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$854Sign up
sold 2024 BeltUnsold
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2025 German World Cup Poster$216Sign 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 Michael Craig-Martin auction results →