Robert Adams: career timeline
British · 1917–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 27 lots (93% 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 | $599Sign up | Print (other) |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | $1kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 9 | 9 | $5.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 8 | 8 | $4.1kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | $11.6kSign up | Sculpture |
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1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $599Sign up
- Average
- $599Sign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 19.5 in (68 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1949 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, 1949$599Sign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 16 in (41 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Screenprint (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1953 Small Round Form, circa 1953$1.6kSign up
c. 1955 TABLE MAT, c.1955-60$343Sign up
1957 UNTITLED, 1957$468Sign up
1959 TWO CURVES, 1959 (OPUS 78)$15.8kSign up
1960s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $5.6kSign up
- Average
- $10.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (8), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 SPIRAL FORMS No. 3, 1960 (OPUS 105)$2.3kSign up
1961 Three Circular Forms (Wall Sculpture), 1961$37.7kSign up
1963 FORMS ON A FRAME (CURVED), 1963 (OPUS 206)$5.3kSign up
1965 Vertical Form No.1, 1965, Opus 237$13.7kSign up
1967 CURVING FLANGE 1, 1967 (OPUS 297)$5.6kSign up
1968 Polarity, 1968$11.2kSign up
1968 Colorado Springs$15kSign up
1969 SQUARE MINUS, 1969 (OPUS 307)$2kSign up
1969 Square Minus, 1969$4.2kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $4.1kSign up
- Average
- $9.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 7.5 in (33 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 BLOCK 4, 1970 (OPUS 325)$1.3kSign up
1970 UNTITLED, 1970$2.4kSign up
1972 COL DEVELOPMENT, 1972 (OPUS 342)$2.4kSign up
1973 SLIM BRONZE NO. 3, 1973 (LARGE VERSION OPUS 347)$29.4kSign up
1973 Untitled$13.8kSign up
1973 Fissure (Opus 352)$3.9kSign up
1979 CRESCENT, 1979 (OPUS 388)$15.7kSign up
1979 SENTINEL ONE, 1979 (OPUS 390)$4.4kSign up
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $11.6kSign up
- Average
- $9.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 6.5 in (31 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- —
1980 PTERINEA FORM NO.1, 1980 (OPUS 402)$11.6kSign up
1980 CRYPTIC FORM No. 1, 1980 (OPUS 394)$13.9kSign up
1982 SEMAPHONE$1.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
2 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 2 works
sold 2016 Old Growth Stump, Cape Disappointment, Washington$5kSign up
sold 2016 Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado$5.6kSign 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 Robert Adams auction results →