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Robert Mapplethorpe: career timeline

American · 1946–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 336 of 368 lots (91% 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 Mapplethorpe: 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
1970s3734$11.2kSign upPhotograph
1980s298258$17.8kSign upPhotograph

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1970s 37 works

Sold
34 of 37
Median
$11.2kSign up
Average
$37.3kSign up
Typical size
14 × 14 in (35 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (37)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (1)
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…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 298 works

Sold
258 of 298
Median
$17.8kSign up
Average
$27.9kSign up
Typical size
19 × 15 in (48 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (272), Etching (20), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (32), Figures & portraits (16), Sea & coast (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 274 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

32 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 2000s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$5.5kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
17 × 15 in (43 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 12 works

Sold
11 of 12
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$20.2kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 7.5 in (19 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7), Other (4), Etching (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works

Sold
14 of 14
Median
$7.2kSign up
Average
$11.7kSign up
Typical size
19 × 15 in (48 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9), Other (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Boats (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 2 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 Mapplethorpe auction results →