Mr. Imagination: career timeline

American · 1948–2012 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 20 lots (70% 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.

Mr. Imagination: 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
1980s	2	2	$384Sign up	Other
1990s	6	6	$2kSign up	Mixed media
2000s	6	6	$954Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $384Sign up
Average: $384Sign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 5 in (39 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

1987 Sandstone Creature, 1987$195Sign up
1988 Untitled$572Sign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 14.5 in (73 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (3), Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Untitled (100 Faces)$1.3kSign up
1990 Self-Portrait Broom Head, 1990$688Sign up
1991 Memory Shoe, 1991$750Sign up
1996 Button Shovel$2.8kSign up
1997 Throne$4.8kSign up
1998 Family Bowling Pins$4.9kSign up

2000s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $954Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 47 × 27.5 in (119 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)

Creation date not recorded

6 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 6 works

Sold: 1 of 6
Median: $125Sign up
Average: $125Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

sold 2021 Carved Male Head$125Sign up
sold 2022 Standing FigureUnsold
sold 2022 Male Broom PortraitUnsold
sold 2022 Female Broom PortraitUnsold
sold 2025 Artists in Residence Bottle Cap / Paint Brush Mardi Gras Wall FantasiaUnsold
sold 2026 Memory ShoeUnsold

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 Mr. Imagination auction results →