Rodney Graham: career timeline

Canadian · 1949–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 55 of 60 lots (92% 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.

Rodney Graham: 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
1980s	2	2	$40.6kSign up	Photograph
1990s	12	7	$5.3kSign up	Photograph
2000s	35	28	$1.2kSign up	Photograph
2010s	5	5	$1.6kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $40.6kSign up
Average: $40.6kSign up
Typical size: 92 × 70.5 in (234 × 180 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

1989 Willow, Mullem (from the series Flanders Trees)$41.1kSign up
1989 Oak, Mellaar from the series Flanders Trees$40kSign up

1990s 12 works

Sold: 7 of 12
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $34.2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 17 in (47 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9), Screenprint (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (3)

1990 Oxfordshire Oak, Bandord Fall$3.4kSign up
1991 A Design for a Mirrored Slipcase for Les Dernières Merveilles de la Science$5.3kSign up
1992 Ponderosa Pines, Princeton B.C./CAT hi-way yellow$4.4kSign up
1993 School Of Velocity: 24 Hours of Music Divided into Fifteen Minute Intervals (15 works)Unsold
1993 Oak Trees, Red Bluff (7)Unsold
1993 Oak Trees, Red Bluff (5)$10kSign up
1993 Oak Trees, Red Bluff (6)Unsold
1993 Children´s Trolley (McElligot's Pool)$20.5kSign up
1993 School of velocity: 24 hours of music divided into fifteen minute intervalsUnsold
c. 1996 untitled$3.8kSign up
1998 Welsh Oaks$192kSign up
1998 Welsh Oak #4Unsold

2000s 35 works

Sold: 28 of 35
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $7.6kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 16 in (50 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (10), Screenprint (10), Other (6)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3), Figures & portraits (1)

2000 A Little ThoughtUnsold
2000 City Self / Country Self$75.3kSign up
2000 A Little ThoughtUnsold
2001 City Self$346Sign up
2001 City Self$356Sign up
2001 City Self/Country Self wallpaper (three rolls)$688Sign up
2002 Weather Vane$2.8kSign up
2002 Weather Vane$2.3kSign up
2002 Oxfordshire Oak, Banford Fall 1990$750Sign up
2003 Untitled$2.3kSign up
2004 Untitled$1.2kSign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$3kSign up

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2005 A Glass of Beer$2.9kSign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$2kSign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$1.1kSign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$688Sign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$1.5kSign up
2005 A Glass of Beer$1kSign up
2006 Main Street TreeUnsold
2006 I Think We're Alone Now$462Sign up
2006 Essence of Smoke$38.1kSign up
2006 Paradoxical Western Scene$56.3kSign up
2006 Awakening Cross$195Sign up
2006 Awakening Cross$1.3kSign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $11kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 5.5 in (21 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

2010 Meissonier with My Thumb-Print$650Sign up
2010 Meissonier with my Thumb-Print$1.6kSign up
2010 Meissonier with My Thumb-Print$585Sign up
2012 Canadian Humorist$2.8kSign up
2013 Cactus Fan$49.2kSign 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 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $20.1kSign up
Average: $20.1kSign up
Typical size: 50 × 40 in (127 × 102 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Untitled$2.5kSign up
sold 2019 Cedars, Stanley Park (8)$37.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $8kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 8 in (53 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1), Gouache (1), Multiple (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2021 Oak Tree, Red Bluff #8$1kSign up
sold 2021 Cylindro-chromatic Abstraction Construction #16$22.8kSign up
sold 2025 Rare audio and text collection$191Sign 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 Rodney Graham auction results →