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American · b. 1935 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 123 of 146 lots (85% 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 Cottingham: 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
1960s33$52.1kSign upOil
1970s2016$1.4kSign upLithograph
1980s1918$1.6kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1990s1717$938Sign upEtching
2000s5952$1.1kSign upScreenprint
2010s44$2kSign upLithograph

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1960s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$52.1kSign up
Average
$119kSign up
Typical size
38 × 56 in (97 × 142 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3)
Subjects
—

1970s 20 works

Sold
16 of 20
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 17 in (44 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (10), Gouache (3), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 8 more (1970s)

1980s 19 works

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18 of 19
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 27 in (57 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (6), Lithograph (5), Watercolor (3)
Subjects
—
Show 7 more (1980s)

1990s 17 works

Sold
17 of 17
Median
$938Sign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 19 in (32 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Etching (6), Lithograph (5), Aquatint (2)
Subjects
—
Show 5 more (1990s)

2000s 59 works

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52 of 59
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
32 × 32 in (81 × 81 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (52), Lithograph (4), Photograph (2)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
30 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

21 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 8 works

Sold
5 of 8
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 28 in (65 × 72 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Other (3), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold
8 of 13
Median
$451Sign up
Average
$579Sign up
Typical size
20 × 17.5 in (51 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Woodcut / linocut (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

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

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 Cottingham auction results →