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Robert Adams: career timeline

American · b. 1937 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 124 of 134 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.

Robert Adams: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s22$818Sign upDrawing
1950s1010$1.6kSign upDrawing
1960s2722$17.6kSign upPhotograph
1970s4842$15.2kSign upPhotograph
1980s2725$12.5kSign upPhotograph
1990s97$12.6kSign upPhotograph
2000s11$256Sign upPrint (other)

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1940s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$818Sign up
Average
$818Sign up
Typical size
15 × 15.5 in (38 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)

1950s 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$6.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 15 in (29 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (4), Sculpture (3), Gouache (2)
Subjects
—

1960s 27 works

Sold
22 of 27
Median
$17.6kSign up
Average
$22kSign up
Typical size
6 × 6 in (15 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (26), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 48 works

Sold
42 of 48
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$17.7kSign up
Typical size
6 × 8 in (16 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (44), Sculpture (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (4)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 27 works

Sold
25 of 27
Median
$12.5kSign up
Average
$17.4kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 10 in (22 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (26), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Beach scenes (1), Palms (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 9 works

Sold
7 of 9
Median
$12.6kSign up
Average
$18.8kSign up
Typical size
9 × 11 in (23 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9)
Subjects
—

2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$256Sign up
Average
$256Sign up
Typical size
17 × 10.5 in (43 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

10 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
2 of 2
Median
$17.5kSign up
Average
$17.5kSign up
Typical size
6 × 7.5 in (15 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold
6 of 8
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
14 × 9 in (36 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3), Watercolor (3), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 2 more (2020s)

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 →