Ralph Bacerra: career timeline

American · 1938–2008 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 23 lots (70% 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.

Ralph Bacerra: 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	4	4	$3.2kSign up	Other
1980s	4	4	$2.7kSign up	Sculpture
1990s	4	4	$5.1kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	4	4	$3.7kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 24 in (52 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

1970 Condado$21.6kSign up
c. 1975 Stack of Four Boxes$1.5kSign up
1976 Animal$4.8kSign up
c. 1978 Ceramic Plate$938Sign up

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4)
Subjects: —

1990s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 14.5 in (36 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4)
Subjects: —

c. 1990 Covered bowl$1.9kSign up
1996 Cloud Vessel$13.1kSign up
1998 Untitled (Jar)$7kSign up
1999 Dinner service for nine$3.3kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $4.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 11.5 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4)
Subjects: Birds (1)

2000 Untitled (Jar)$3.4kSign up
2000 Untitled (Jar)$4.1kSign up
2001 Tea Pot$8.1kSign up
2004 Untitled (Square Charger with Birds)$2.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

7 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: $4.2kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 Glazed Art Piece$4.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $17.1kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Untitled (Lidded Sphere)$40kSign up
sold 2018 Dinner service (60)$4.4kSign up
sold 2019 Large sculpture from the Animal Series (Cameloid)$6.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2020 Portrait VesselUnsold
sold 2021 Untitled (Covered Jar)$1kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Cloud Vessel)$7.7kSign 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 Ralph Bacerra auction results →