Philip Taaffe: career timeline
American · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 43 lots (90% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7 | 3 | $63.5kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1990s | 15 | 12 | $4.4kSign up | Mixed media |
| 2000s | 13 | 10 | $17.5kSign up | Mixed media |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | $625Sign up | Screenprint |
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1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 3 of 7
- Median
- $63.5kSign up
- Average
- $52.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 39 × 26.5 in (99 × 67 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (3), Mixed media (2), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1983 Overtone$83.8kSign up
1985 UntitledUnsold
1985 Strangulation with NecktieUnsold
1987 Rosette$63.5kSign up
1987 Acrab$10kSign up
1988 UntitledUnsold
1989 Bahia BagdadUnsold
1990s 15 works
- Sold
- 12 of 15
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $24.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 24.5 in (70 × 63 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (5), Oil (5), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1990 Untitled Abstract Monoprint, c.1990sResult not published
1990 Lineament Monotypes (für Parkett 26)$421Sign up
1991 Untitled (Rangavalli Glass Monotype)$1.9kSign up
1991 Three works: Rangavalli$4.5kSign up
1991 Zone of the Straits$74.4kSign up
1993 St. John's GateUnsold
1993 Untitled$2.4kSign up
c. 1993 CHARTERHOUSE$137kSign up
1993 Ohne Titel (Flower)$13.6kSign up
c. 1995 Tsuba Figure$14.1kSign up
1995 Untitled - Red and Blue Flowers$1.4kSign up
1995 Untitled$3.8kSign up
Show 3 more (1990s)
1998 Fern$4.4kSign up
1998 Composition with Ornamental Fragments II$31.3kSign up
1998 UntitledUnsold
2000s 13 works
- Sold
- 10 of 13
- Median
- $17.5kSign up
- Average
- $32.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 39.5 × 39.5 in (100 × 100 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (7), Oil (5), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 2000 Villa Urbana IIIUnsold
2000 Untitled #7$20kSign up
2000 Untitled #5$15kSign up
2001 Porte Amur$48.3kSign up
2001 Composition with Gemstones$106kSign up
2002 Untitled$508Sign up
2002 Untitled$1.1kSign up
2004 Melting HeadUnsold
2007 Timoresen-Schadel$5.1kSign up
2007 Acerodont$1.5kSign up
2007 Spiraling PortalUnsold
c. 2009 Large Cairene Window$63.8kSign up · sold 2×
Show 1 more (2000s)
2009 Bardo Triangle$62.5kSign up
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $625Sign up
- Average
- $526Sign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 28 in (50 × 71 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2014 Untitled (from the LSD series)$625Sign up
2016 Lizard Page$254Sign up
2016 Extinct Leaf Page$699Sign 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 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 19.5 in (70 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2004 Ohne Titel$2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $8.3kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 32 in (43 × 82 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2023 Senza titolo$8.3kSign up
sold 2023 Senza titolo$8.3kSign up
sold 2023 Senza titolo$2.3kSign 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 Philip Taaffe auction results →