Peter Halley: career timeline

American · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 126 of 131 lots (96% 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.

Peter Halley: 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
1970s	1	0	—	Other
1980s	8	7	$75kSign up	Acrylic
1990s	48	45	$4.8kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	43	36	$62.1kSign up	Acrylic
2010s	19	19	$84.8kSign up	Acrylic
2020s	4	3	$63.5kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

c. 1977 Boats Crosses Trees Figures 1977-78 Special Edition book with original paintingUnsold

1980s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $75kSign up
Average: $108kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 21.5 in (57 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (4), Etching (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1990s 48 works

Sold: 45 of 48
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $52.5kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 34 in (62 × 86 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (22), Screenprint (15), Gouache (2)
Subjects: —

1990 Three works (from the Organizational Charts suite)$693Sign up
1990 Three works from the Organizational Charts suite$756Sign up
1990 UntitledUnsold
1990 untitled (Study)$4.1kSign up
1991 Fluke$1.5kSign up
1991 Untitled (from the BAM III portfolio)$508Sign up
1991 Display$945Sign up
1991 Core$882Sign up
1991 Soul Control$320kSign up
1991 Core“ / „Fluke“ / „Display$4.8kSign up
1991 World of MireUnsold
1991 Overthruster$176kSign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

1991 World of MireUnsold
1991 Serie von 3 Lithografien$2.2kSign up
1991 Core; Display; and Fluke$4.8kSign up
1991 303$400kSign up
1991 Untitled$13.8kSign up
1991 Untitled$10kSign up
1991 Display$1kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled (Brown Cell)$2.3kSign up
1992 Station$94.1kSign up
c. 1992 Untitled$945Sign up
c. 1992 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1992 Thrust$1.6kSign up

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 43 works

Sold: 36 of 43
Median: $62.1kSign up
Average: $74.4kSign up
Typical size: 54 × 44 in (137 × 112 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (38), Lithograph (3), Screenprint (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

2000 Red Cell$2.5kSign up
2000 Differential Phase$163kSign up
2000 Pink Cell$52.5kSign up
2000 Pink Prison$52.5kSign up
2000 Blue Prison$52.5kSign up
2001 Untitled Cell$1.8kSign up
2001 Blue Prison$87.5kSign up
2001 Relief$9.5kSign up
2002 Contamination 1Result not published
2002 Conspiracy Theory$116kSign up
2002 Contamination 1Result not published
2002 Contamination 1Result not published

Show 12 more (2000s)

2002 Open Source$154kSign up
2002 Blue Prison$38kSign up
2002 White PrisonUnsold
2003 White Prison$74.6kSign up
2003 Collocation$70.3kSign up
2004 Cell Over Horizontal PrisonUnsold
2004 Red Prison Above Black Prison$43.8kSign up
2004 Blue Cell Over Horizontal Red Prison$35kSign up
2004 Two Cells, Horizontal Prison$52.5kSign up
2004 Six Prisons$61.7kSign up
2005 Silver Prison$32kSign up
2005 BLACK PRISON$61kSign up

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 19 works

Sold: 19 of 19
Median: $84.8kSign up
Average: $84.7kSign up
Typical size: 72 × 70 in (183 × 178 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (19)
Subjects: —

2010 Impulse$128kSign up
2010 Untitled (6.15.10.1)$16.3kSign up
2011 Here and There$95.8kSign up · sold 2×
2011 Orange Prison$43.8kSign up
2011 The Color Wheel$123kSign up
2011 Discursion$82kSign up
2011 Unknown$60kSign up
2012 Layover$106kSign up
2013 Reign$120kSign up
2014 Five Silver Cells$38.7kSign up
2014 Untitled (8.4.12.5)$8.3kSign up · sold 2×
2014 Direction No. 7$84.8kSign up

Show 7 more (2010s)

2016 Triple 9$82.5kSign up
2017 White Prison$62.5kSign up
2018 929$83.8kSign up
2018 Half Magic$139kSign up
2018 Action Point$136kSign up · sold 2×
2018 Bright$100kSign up
2019 The Turning$99.6kSign up

2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $63.5kSign up
Average: $60.2kSign up
Typical size: 64.5 × 59.5 in (163 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (3), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

2021 SpreeUnsold
2021 Spell$114kSign up
2021 White Prison$63.5kSign up
2022 Galaxia II$2.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $300Sign up
Average: $300Sign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 20 in (60 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Peter Halley (American, b$300Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $22.2kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 27 in (64 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Acrylic (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Contamination II$439Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled$5.5kSign up
sold 2025 RED PRISON$82.7kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$350Sign 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 Peter Halley auction results →