On Kawara: career timeline
Japanese · 1933–2014 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | 6 | $18.5kSign up | Other |
| 1970s | 5 | 5 | $213kSign up | Other |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | $353kSign up | Other |
| 1990s | 5 | 5 | $8.1kSign up | Other |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | $161kSign up | Other |
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1960s 6 works
1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $213kSign up
- Average
- $474kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 10 in (21 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Drawing (2), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Four Decades (OCT.13, 1970 / MAY 7, 1980 / NOV.22, 1990 / APR.16, 2000)$1.6MSign up
1973 I Got Up At$63.8kSign up
1977 I Got Up$213kSign up
1977 NOV. 8, 1977 (from Today Series, no. 23)$330kSign up
1978 I Got Up$199kSign up
1980s 3 works
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $8.1kSign up
- Average
- $89.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8.5 in (26 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Print (other) (2), Engraving (1)
- Subjects
- —
1992 OCT.20$418kSign up
1995 Thanatophanies$2.5kSign up
1997 I am Still Alive$17kSign up
1999 One Million Years$1.8kSign up
1999 One Million Years (For All Those Who Have Lived and Died); and One Million Years (Past and Future #39-50)$8.1kSign up
2000s 4 works
Creation date not recorded
2 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 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $6.7kSign up
- Average
- $6.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 8 in (16 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2003 Ohne Titel (I am still Alive)$6.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $126kSign up
- Average
- $126kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 8.5 in (15 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2016 I AM STILL ALIVE$126kSign 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 On Kawara auction results →