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Robert Rauschenberg: career timeline

American · 1925–2008 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 1,000 of 1,144 lots (87% 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 Rauschenberg: 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
1940s11$6.3kSign upPhotograph
1950s55$17.5kSign upPhotograph
1960s181165$2kSign upLithograph
1970s386341$2.4kSign upLithograph
1980s214191$3.6kSign upLithograph
1990s165137$2.4kSign upLithograph
2000s2515$2.1kSign upScreenprint

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1940s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$6.3kSign up
Typical size
15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$17.5kSign up
Average
$88.7kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 14.5 in (37 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1), Print (other) (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)

1960s 181 works

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165 of 181
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$11.6kSign up
Typical size
33 × 25 in (84 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (149), Print (other) (10), Gouache (6)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (20), Figures & portraits (5), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 157 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 386 works

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341 of 386
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$7.2kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 24 in (78 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (147), Screenprint (130), Print (other) (36)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (17), Birds (8), Sea & coast (6)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 362 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 214 works

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191 of 214
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$27.5kSign up
Typical size
34.5 × 24 in (88 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (67), Screenprint (46), Photograph (22)
Subjects
Sea & coast (4), Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 190 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 165 works

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137 of 165
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$20.5kSign up
Typical size
34.5 × 27 in (88 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (62), Screenprint (30), Print (other) (26)
Subjects
Markets & villages (6), Sunsets & night (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 141 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 25 works

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15 of 25
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
36 × 26.5 in (91 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (7), Photograph (6), Lithograph (6)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (2)
Show 12 more (2000s)

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

Creation date not recorded

144 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 12 works

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12 of 12
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$16.1kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 25 in (78 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (5), Lithograph (3), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 53 works

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50 of 53
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
29 × 22 in (73 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Other (25), Lithograph (11), Screenprint (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Birds (2)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 41 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 79 works

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59 of 79
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 22 in (75 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (31), Screenprint (14), Print (other) (10)
Subjects
Birds (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 67 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 Rauschenberg auction results →