Rachel Whiteread: career timeline

British · b. 1963 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 51 lots (94% 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.

Rachel Whiteread: 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
1990s	14	14	$4.1kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	25	19	$1.7kSign up	Other
2010s	7	7	$1.8kSign up	Multiple
2020s	2	2	$1.8kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1990s 14 works

Sold: 14 of 14
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $14.9kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 29.5 in (41 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Other (4), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1993 Untitled (Floor)$20.2kSign up
1993 Untitled$4.8kSign up
1994 Switch (for Parkett)$3.4kSign up
1995 House, from Stützmappe (Support Portfolio)$2.4kSign up
1996 DEMOLISHED, 1996$8.4kSign up
1996 Demolished$2.3kSign up
1996 Demolished (Portfolio)$10.3kSign up
1997 Untitled (Black Books)$97.7kSign up
1998 Untitled (Twenty-Four Switches)$8.6kSign up
1999 Daybed, 1999$3.1kSign up
1999 Untitled (Trafalgar Square Plinth)$39.8kSign up
1999 daybed$3kSign up

Show 2 more (1990s)

1999 daybed$3kSign up
1999 Daybed$950Sign up

2000s 25 works

Sold: 19 of 25
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $12.5kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 12 in (36 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Other (7), Sculpture (7), Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

Show 12 more (2000s)

2005 UNTITLED$1.1kSign up
2005 Black Box$10.6kSign up
2005 Black BoxUnsold
2005 BlockUnsold
2005 Untitled$10kSign up
2005 Block$125kSign up
2008 UNTITLED (FROM 'BILLBOARD FOR EDINBURGH' SERIES) – 2008$1kSign up
2008 UNTITLED (FROM 'BILLBOARD FOR EDINBURGH' SERIES) – 2008$1.2kSign up
2008 CutleryUnsold
2008 Cup & SaucerUnsold
2009 Poly Shelf$1.7kSign up
2009 Untitled$1.4kSign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Multiple (2), Other (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

2010 Ringmark #296/400$1.2kSign up
2010 Ringmark$1.3kSign up
2010 Ringmark$2.2kSign up
2010 12 Objects, 12 Etchings$13.1kSign up
2012 London 2012 Olympic Games LOndOn$708Sign up
2012 Gold Leaf$1.8kSign up
2018 House$18kSign up

2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 26 in (47 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

3 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 7.5 in (22 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 Herringbone Floor$1.7kSign up
sold 2004 Switch$3.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Untitled$1.2kSign 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 Rachel Whiteread auction results →