Robert Kelly: career timeline
American · b. 1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 29 lots (75% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9 | 4 | $525Sign up | Mixed media |
| 1990s | 5 | 4 | $1.5kSign up | Other |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | $12.8kSign up | Oil |
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1980s 9 works
- Sold
- 4 of 9
- Median
- $525Sign up
- Average
- $663Sign up
- Typical size
- 29 × 33.5 in (74 × 85 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (4), Screenprint (3), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1983 Padma LXIII$600Sign up · sold 2×
1984 Vajra XLIII, Square$450Sign up
1984 Vajra III, Square$200Sign up
1985 Kalasa IResult not published
1985 Kalasa IIResult not published
1985 Hyperion VIII$1.4kSign up
1986 Alcasa IVResult not published
1989 Asana II, 1989, colorResult not published
1989 Asana II, 1989, colorResult not published
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 12 in (43 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1994 Arabesque IResult not published
1995 Untitled$2.1kSign up
1995 Untitled$819Sign up
1995 Untitled$378Sign up
1999 Tantra XV (diptych)$6.1kSign up
2000s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $12.8kSign up
- Average
- $12.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 60 × 48 in (153 × 122 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Gouache (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Tantra XXV$12.8kSign up
2001 Thicket LXIX$20.2kSign up
c. 2001 Quemado VII$22.5kSign up
2002 Parable Ledger$630Sign up
2004 Nocturne Assemblage XVI$2.4kSign up
2004 Conjunctio I$4.8kSign up
2005 Mimesis XXI$25kSign 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 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $9.5kSign up
- Average
- $9.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 67 × 54 in (170 × 137 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2019 Thicket XLIII$18kSign up
sold 2019 Puye$1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 44 × 68 in (112 × 173 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (2), Other (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2023 Antiquary XXXIX 2002Unsold
sold 2025 Asana LV$3.2kSign up
sold 2025 Arana LVUnsold
sold 2026 The Night Ferry #A/P$130Sign up
sold 2026 Untitled$10kSign 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 Kelly auction results →