Robert Wilson: career timeline

American · 1941–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 57 of 70 lots (80% 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 Wilson: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1970s	6	6	$179Sign up	Oil
1980s	16	16	$912Sign up	Drawing
1990s	16	16	$1.4kSign up	Drawing
2000s	13	10	$1.5kSign up	Other
2010s	2	2	$10.8kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $179Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (46 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Etching (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

1972 The Valley - Mt Victoria$152Sign up · sold 2×
1972 The Three Old Gums$100Sign up
1974 Signs of Summer, Kangaroo Valley$100Sign up
1974 The Pine & the Bridge$206Sign up · sold 2×
1977 Hanging Chair (from the Life and Times of Sigmund Freud)$393Sign up
1977 Einstein Chair$6.1kSign up

1980s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $912Sign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 23 in (48 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Lithograph (5), Other (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1981 Great Day in the Morning #15; #16; and #22$630Sign up
1981 Untitled (two works from the Artifacts at the End of a Decade portfolio)$563Sign up
1982 Medea$730Sign up
1982 The CIVIL warS$929Sign up
1982 Medea, Act II$625Sign up
1984 Medea Act III$896Sign up
1985 Parsifal No. 5$252Sign up
1985 Parsifal No. 5$1.5kSign up
c. 1985 White Arches$2kSign up
1986 Alceste, Act III, Scene 9$252Sign up
1986 Hamletmachine Chair$4.1kSign up
1986 Chair, from Hamletmachine$1.9kSign up

Show 4 more (1980s)

1987 'Hamletmachine Chair', XO edition$3.1kSign up
c. 1988 The Forest Act IV$3.6kSign up
1988 A Letter for Queen Victoria (für Parkett 16)$114Sign up · sold 2×
1988 Bessie Smith Chair, aus „Cosmopolitan Greetings$14.5kSign up

1990s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 33 in (73 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (10), Sculpture (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Butterflies (1)

1991 The White Raven, Watermill New York 1991$1.7kSign up
1991 Parsifal Act II$1.1kSign up · sold 2×
1991 SEHEN WOLLEN, WO ZUKUNFT ENTSTEHT$12.1kSign up
1992 Drawing from Danton’s Death$2.3kSign up
1992 Small Stalin Chairs$5kSign up
1993 Waiting Chair, aus „Madame Butterfly$14.5kSign up
1993 Orlando, Interlude II$2kSign up
c. 1994 Rare “Zeus Chair"$17.5kSign up
1996 Ohne Titel$348Sign up
1997 Pelleas Prologue$4.7kSign up
1997 Untitled (Act II sc.1 from Pelléas et Mélisande)$953Sign up
1997 Untitled (Alti Sci. from Pelléas et Mélisande)$762Sign up

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1997 Untitled (Pelléas et Mélisande Act III, Scene 3)$889Sign up
1997 Untitled (Pelléas et Mélisande Act I, Scene 2)$889Sign up
1997 Untitled (Pelleas Prologue)$1.1kSign up
1999 The Gate$448Sign up

2000s 13 works

Sold: 10 of 13
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 19 in (55 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Drawing (3), Photograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

2000 Sehen wollen, wo Zukunft entsteht$392Sign up
2000 Untitled (Am I Aiming Over Your Head - For Paul Thek), from 1989: A Portfolio Honoring Artists Lost to AIDS$152Sign up
2000 Das Rheingold. - Götterdämmerung$3.3kSign up
2001 Proneteos (diptych)$1.8kSign up
2002 The CIVIL warS, #5$1.1kSign up
2002 Houston handbag$1.3kSign up
2004 Untitled$699Sign up
2005 Untitled Fables Drawing (Green, I Am)$3.5kSign up
2006 Salma Hayek (from the VOOM series)$2.5kSign up
2006 KOOL (Snowy Owl)$26.3kSign up
2006 Salma Hayek from the series VOOMUnsold
2006 Salma Hayek (VOOM Series)Unsold

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2006 Salma Hayek (VOOM Portraits)Unsold

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $10.8kSign up
Average: $10.8kSign up
Typical size: 42 × 14 in (107 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

Creation date not recorded

13 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $130Sign up
Average: $130Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2001 Phantastische Landschaft$130Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $917Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Salome (Beginning)$500Sign up
sold 2018 The White Raven$1.1kSign up
sold 2019 The White Raven$1.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $100Sign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 14.5 in (29 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Other (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1), Cattle & animals (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2020 Figures on a Beach, possibly Jibbon Beach, BundeenaUnsold
sold 2021 GAGA/MARAT$15.1kSign up
sold 2021 Farmyard Gum$70Sign up
sold 2021 Glen Alice - Capertee Valley$93Sign up
sold 2023 Fishing Boat and River$107Sign up
sold 2023 Panning for Gold$113Sign up

Show 3 more (2020s)

sold 2024 City Street in the Rain$53Sign up
sold 2025 Kangaroos and Cane Grass, NT$92Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$250Sign 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 Wilson auction results →