Nancy Spero: career timeline

American · 1926–2009 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 31 lots (87% 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.

Nancy Spero: 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
1960s	3	3	$25.8kSign up	Gouache
1970s	2	2	$1.2kSign up	Mixed media
1980s	9	9	$4.4kSign up	Other
1990s	12	12	$3.5kSign up	Print (other)
2000s	1	1	$13.7kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $25.8kSign up
Average: $24.6kSign up
Typical size: 35 × 25 in (90 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (3)
Subjects: —

1966 Gunship$25.8kSign up
1966 Gunship$20.3kSign up
1968 Untitled (from the War Series)$27.7kSign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 14.5 in (41 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1970 Untitled (Running Woman)$1.9kSign up
c. 1978 Somnambulist$501Sign up

1980s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 19.5 in (51 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Print (other) (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1984 Crawling Woman$2.4kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1985 Genesis$12.7kSign up
1985 Untitled$1.5kSign up
1985 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1985 Hera and Fertility Symbols$7kSign up
1988 Hera Diptych IV$37.5kSign up
1989 Egyptian & Greek$4.7kSign up
1989 Untitled$1.9kSign up

1990s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $5.4kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 24.5 in (49 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (5), Screenprint (4), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Victimage (diptych)$14kSign up
1991 Goddess Nut and Torture Victim$2.4kSign up
1991 Maenad$1.5kSign up
1992 We are Pro Choice$2kSign up
1993 Masha Bruskina$15.2kSign up
1993 Frieze / Vietnamese / Dancers$523Sign up
c. 1993 ACT UP Art Box$3.8kSign up
1995 Gorgon and Runner$4.4kSign up
1996 Sheela-na-Gig$7.9kSign up
1996 Gestapo Victim / Goddess Nut$9.5kSign up
1997 Explicit$3.1kSign up
1998 Airborne (from the Exit 8 portfolio)$1kSign up

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $13.7kSign up
Average: $13.7kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 24.5 in (50 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

2001 Parade I$13.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $8.4kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 39.5 in (61 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2003 Avant de me suicider je demande qu'on m'assure de l'être Artaud$3.1kSign up
sold 2005 Elegie III$8.4kSign up
sold 2008 Eagle. Victims$9.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $805Sign up
Average: $805Sign up
Typical size: 7 × 10.5 in (18 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2014 The Somnambulist$805Sign 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 Nancy Spero auction results →