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Nam June Paik: career timeline

South Korean · 1932–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 134 of 163 lots (82% 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.

Nam June Paik: 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
1960s113$4.7kSign upOther
1970s97$2.5kSign upOther
1980s3128$13.2kSign upSculpture
1990s7768$9.3kSign upScreenprint
2000s22$18.5kSign upPhotograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Nam June Paik to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1960s 11 works

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3 of 11
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$23kSign up
Typical size
39.5 × 55 in (100 × 140 cm)
Mediums
Other (7), Screenprint (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (8)

1970s 9 works

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7 of 9
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$8.3kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15 in (39 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Lithograph (3), Etching (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 31 works

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28 of 31
Median
$13.2kSign up
Average
$23.5kSign up
Typical size
25 × 25 in (63 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (8), Acrylic (6), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Rabbits (1), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 77 works

Sold
68 of 77
Median
$9.3kSign up
Average
$34.7kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 23 in (57 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (18), Other (18), Lithograph (12)
Subjects
Rabbits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 53 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$18.5kSign up
Average
$18.5kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 23 in (47 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

29 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 2000s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$50.8kSign up
Typical size
24 × 26.5 in (61 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Sculpture (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 2 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 14 works

Sold
11 of 14
Median
$6.2kSign up
Average
$7.3kSign up
Typical size
19 × 18 in (48 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (5), Other (3), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold
5 of 7
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 15.5 in (30 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Lithograph (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—
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 Nam June Paik auction results →