Ray Johnson: career timeline
American · 1927–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 60 of 72 lots (83% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $4.4kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | $4.2kSign up | Print (other) |
| 1960s | 11 | 10 | $2kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 36 | 35 | $2.2kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1980s | 7 | 7 | $2.8kSign up | Other |
| 1990s | 1 | 0 | — | Mixed media |
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1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 26 in (29 × 66 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1945 untitled (Skyline)$4.4kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (2), Mixed media (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1953 Little Sailors$1.9kSign up
c. 1953 Landscape (Cityscape with black orb)$4kSign up
c. 1956 Untitled (Moticos with RENNE CO)$4.4kSign up
c. 1956 Untitled$8.8kSign up
1960s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 9 in (22 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Other (2), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Untitled (Mail Art), 1960$875Sign up
c. 1960 I am John Daly$1kSign up
1961 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1962 Paper Box$3.6kSign up
1962 Untitled$5.2kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1967 Untitled$693Sign up
1968 Twelve Massage Balls, 1968$1.2kSign up
1968 Foot$2.1kSign up
c. 1969 Untitled$2.1kSign up
1969 UntitledUnsold
1970s 36 works
- Sold
- 35 of 36
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 7.5 in (18 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (17), Drawing (12), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
c. 1970 Untitled (June 13th)$6.1kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled$5kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled$8.1kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (My Nephew)$17.5kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Moved)$640Sign up
c. 1970 Untitled$3kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Dear John)$938Sign up
1970 Untitled (Suzy)$3kSign up
1972 Untitled (B.B. is a Cool Ol Lady)$1.4kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (Pacific Telephone)$1.8kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (collection of six works)$1.3kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (Miss Size 12)$313Sign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
c. 1972 Untitled (Image Bank)$625Sign up
c. 1972 Untitled (But I Do!)$896Sign up
c. 1972 Untitled (Beautiful Eleanor Antin)$1.3kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (To Christo)$1.3kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (Andy Warhol's Spit)$1.7kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (Rimbaud)$1.2kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled (The Classic Garbo)$448Sign up
1972 Untitled (Albert Fine's Spit)$320Sign up
1972 Untitled (Babar Tonto)$1.1kSign up
1972 Untitled$2.5kSign up
c. 1973 The Marcel Duchamp Club$3kSign up
c. 1973 Untitled (Rubber Ducky Collection)$2.8kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 10 in (26 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Mixed media (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Rabbits (1)
c. 1983 Untitled (Art in Contact)$504Sign up
1983 Untitled (Dear Keith Haring)$1.2kSign up
c. 1984 Collection of fifteen works$3.6kSign up
c. 1984 untitled (Bunny)$7kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled (Skeeter Davis)$4.4kSign up
1987 Dusty Springfield$2.8kSign up
1988 Dalí's House$2.4kSign up
1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 6 × 5 in (15 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Dotted Andy with SnailUnsold
Creation date not recorded
12 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 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 5 in (13 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 untitled (Egg)$750Sign up
sold 2018 Two works of art$1.3kSign up
sold 2018 collection of art and ephemera$1.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (3), Other (3), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2021 Untitled, abstract composition, one from a series of ten commissioned by John Brook of New York City, ink$2.4kSign up
sold 2023 Face Collage$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Skulls with Fingers and Eyelash)$3.8kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled$1kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Photo by Andy Warhol)$504Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled (New York Gymnastic School, Pre Pop Shop)$567Sign up
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Untitled (Portrait of Donna Deer)$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Dear Mr. Held)$1.4kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled (Albert Fine's Spit)$550Sign 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 Ray Johnson auction results →