Robert Ryman: career timeline
American · 1930–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 44 lots (89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $965kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 9 | 8 | $340kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1970s | 5 | 5 | $12.5kSign up | Aquatint |
| 1980s | 3 | 1 | $1kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 11 | 8 | $6.9kSign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 10 | 8 | $11.7kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1950s 1 work
1960s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $340kSign up
- Average
- $444kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (3), Oil (2), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- —
1962 Untitled$581kSign up
c. 1963 UntitledUnsold
1965 Untitled$699kSign up
1965 Untitled$1.6MSign up
1969 Untitled, Prototype$254kSign up
1969 Untitled (S. RRG2)$5kSign up
1969 Untitled, from On the Bowery$2kSign up
1969 Untitled, from On The Bowery$3.4kSign up
1969 Untitled (Paris 69)$425kSign up
1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $19.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (50 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Aquatint (3), Other (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Bent Line Drawing 20" x 20"$56.3kSign up
1972 Seven Aquatints$21.3kSign up
1972 Etching in Four Parts$5kSign up
1972 Seven Aquatints portfolio$12.5kSign up
1972 Untitled (from Seven Aquantints)$2.8kSign up
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 32 × 32 in (82 × 81 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Aquatint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1982 SignUnsold
1982 SignUnsold
1989 Nohow On, with text by Samuel Beckett$1kSign up
1990s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $23.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 17 in (49 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (5), Aquatint (4), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Test Plate #3$1.4kSign up
1990 Four Aquatints and One Etching (S. RRG10/1-5)$10.1kSign up
1991 Four Aquatints and One Etching (S. RRG10/1-5)$15.1kSign up
1991 Four Aquatints and One Etching$16.3kSign up
1993 Untitled$2.4kSign up
c. 1993 ManualUnsold
1993 Prints 1969-1993 (the Catalogue Raisonne by Amy Baker Sandback)Unsold
1993 Robert Ryman Prints 1969-1993$3.8kSign up
1993 Untitled$3.3kSign up
1993 Prints 1969-1993 (the Catalogue Raisonné by Amy Baker Sandback)Unsold
1995 CORE XXI$138kSign up
2000s 10 works
- Sold
- 8 of 10
- Median
- $11.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.3MSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (7), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Hour$5.2MSign up
2002 Mark$3.8MSign up
2003 Conversion$7.6kSign up
2003 Conversion$14kSign up
2003 Conversion$7.5kSign up
2003 Conversion$7.5kSign up
2003 ConversionUnsold
2003 First ConversionUnsold
2003 Conversion$9.4kSign up
2004 Series #25 (White)$1.4MSign up
Creation date not recorded
5 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $6.8kSign up
- Average
- $8.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 30.5 in (77 × 78 cm)
- Mediums
- Aquatint (3), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2002 Ohne Titel$1.5kSign up
sold 2006 Seven Aquatints$18.9kSign up
sold 2006 Ohne Titel$10.1kSign up
sold 2006 Ohne Titel$3.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
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 Ryman auction results →