Roger Ballen: career timeline
American · b. 1950 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 56 lots (64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | 4 | $3.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 11 | 11 | $3.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 17 | 16 | $2kSign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 3 | 2 | $3.5kSign up | Drawing |
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1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $7.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 14 in (36 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1983 Eleven Works: (i) Dresie & Casie Twins, Western Transvaal; (ii) Elias Coming out from Under John’s Bed; (iii) Old Man, Ottoshoop; (iv) Portrait of sleeping girl; (v) Puppy Between Feet; (vi) Sergeant F de Bruin. Department of Prisons Employee; (vii) Two men in Dormitory Northwest province; (viii) Untitled; (ix) Untitled; (x) Wife of abattoir worker holding puppies. Orange Free State; (xi) Woman sitting in front of bamboo fence$20.9kSign up
1983 Old Man, Ottoshoop$6.8kSign up
1984 Facade, AberdeenUnsold
1987 Children from Countryside in City Home Central Transvaal, 1987$1.1kSign up
1989 Bedroom, Bethulie, from the Dorps, 1983-5 series$1.1kSign up
1990s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $3.5kSign up
- Average
- $6.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 14.5 in (36 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1992 Sergeant F. de Bruin, Department of Prisons employee, Orange Free State$7.3kSign up
1993 Dresie and Casie, twins', Western Transvaal, South Africa 1993$8.7kSign up
1993 Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal$9.4kSign up
1993 Dresie and Casie, twins, Western Transvaal$10.1kSign up
1993 Dresie and Casie, Twins, Western Transvaal$24.6kSign up
1994 Wife of Abattoir Worker holding three Puppies, Orange Free State/South Africa$2.1kSign up
1996 Security Guard and Puppy on Staircase, Gauteng$1kSign up
1997 Dora and Cousin Attie$2kSign up
1998 Brian with Pet Pig$3.5kSign up
1999 Portrait of Joan with her pugs and Lilian$1.1kSign up
1999 Man holding small puppy$2.9kSign up
2000s 17 works
- Sold
- 16 of 17
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 16 in (42 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11), Print (other) (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Rabbits (1)
2000 Two FiguresUnsold
2000 Les hammering into wall$2.4kSign up
2000 Tommy, Samson and a mask$2.7kSign up
2000 Two Figures, 2000$6kSign up
2001 Lunchtime$1.4kSign up
2001 Twirling Wires$10.6kSign up
2001 Twirling Wires$7.7kSign up
2002 Little loose Rabbit$1.2kSign up
2002 Sitting Room$1.2kSign up
2003 Broken bag', South Africa 2003$5.8kSign up
2004 Closet$2.3kSign up
2004 Juxaposed$1.8kSign up
Show 5 more (2000s)
2005 Untitled$762Sign up
2005 Collision (from the series: Boarding House)$4kSign up
2006 Untitled$1.1kSign up
2007 Crazed$889Sign up
2008 Die Antwoord$555Sign up
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $3.5kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 29 × 29 in (74 × 74 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
2011 Embalmed, 2011$1.7kSign up
2011 RitualUnsold
2013 Ascension, 2013, Asylum of the Birds Series$5.2kSign up
Creation date not recorded
20 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 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 14 in (36 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (9), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 Bitten, from the Shadow Chamber series$1.8kSign up
sold 2011 Sitting Room, from the Shadow Chamber series$1.2kSign up
sold 2013 Puppy between feet$3.2kSign up
sold 2013 Wife of Abattoir worker holding three puppies, Orange Free State$2.4kSign up
sold 2018 Outland$28Sign up
sold 2018 Show Off$1.6kSign up
Show 4 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Die Antwoord, New York Times$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Newspaper Scene$885Sign up
sold 2018 Spooky Eyes$1.1kSign up
sold 2019 Pielie$961Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 7 of 10
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $919Sign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 14 in (36 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Lithograph (2), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Prick$630Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Bitch)Unsold
sold 2022 Hansel und Gretel, posterUnsold
sold 2022 Untitled$195Sign up
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold
sold 2024 Harnessed Dove$1.3kSign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Die Antwood: I Fink U Freeky$43Sign up
sold 2025 Security Guard and Puppy on Staircase$1kSign up
sold 2025 Bitten$1.6kSign up
sold 2025 Loner$1.6kSign 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 Roger Ballen auction results →