Ronald B. Kitaj: career timeline

American · 1932–2007 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 56 of 75 lots (76% 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.

Ronald B. Kitaj: 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
1940s	1	0	—	Drawing
1960s	20	20	$580Sign up	Screenprint
1970s	22	21	$666Sign up	Screenprint
1980s	7	5	$318Sign up	Screenprint
1990s	1	1	$6.9kSign up	Drawing
2000s	5	5	$5.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1949 Sydney CartonResult not published

1960s 20 works

Sold: 20 of 20
Median: $580Sign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 22.5 in (78 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (19), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1960 POSTSCRIPT / THE TWIN BIRTHDATES OF MARTIN LUTHER, 1960$5.7kSign up
c. 1964 Mahler Becomes Politics, Beisbol: 8 plates$1.1kSign up
c. 1965 Group of prints (4)$2.3kSign up
c. 1965 Group of prints (8)$4.7kSign up
c. 1965 Mahler Becomes Politics: seven plates; Poster for New Perspective on Floors; and Kneeling Figure II$1kSign up
1965 The Desire for Lunch is a Bourgeoise Neurosis$660Sign up
1966 Truman in the Whitehouse$266Sign up
1966 Truman in the White House$326Sign up
1966 Mort$326Sign up
1967 Barrio$258Sign up
1967 The Defects of its Qualities$500Sign up
1968 Bacon one$245Sign up

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1970s 22 works

Sold: 21 of 22
Median: $666Sign up
Average: $684Sign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 21 in (70 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (17), Lithograph (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1970 Hail Those Who Play, Michael McClure$300Sign up
c. 1970 A Day Book by Robert Creeley; including two additional prints$1.6kSign up
c. 1970 A Day Book by Robert Creeley; including two additional printsUnsold
1971 Men and Books$393Sign up
c. 1971 Kenneth Koch Peasant$165Sign up
1971 Aviator$368Sign up
1972 Olympic Games Munich 1972 poster$39Sign up
1972 Men of Europe 1915$441Sign up
1972 Greetings Pablo Ruiz (Aus: Hommage à Picasso)$56Sign up
1972 The Most Important Film Ever Made$438Sign up
1972 Greetings Pablo Ruiz$121Sign up
1972 Boss Tweed$900Sign up

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1980s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $318Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 20.5 in (66 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Etching (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1980 Mary Ann$318Sign up
1982 Performing Arts Center (from the New York, New York portfolio)$189Sign up
1982 Title: New York Says It (Performing Arts Center), 1982, Medium:Result not published
1982 Place de la concorde; and Self portrait (After Matteo)$4kSign up
1983 Lauren$2.4kSign up
1983 LaurenUnsold
1984 Untitled (from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror)$130Sign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $6.9kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 30.5 in (56 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1997 Pianist (Morton Feldman)$6.9kSign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 2003 Los Angeles No. 27 (Go Down)$16.8kSign up
2003 Self Portrait as a Mondrian$15.4kSign up
2006 Spinoza$3.9kSign up
2007 Sigmund Freud$5.1kSign up
2007 After Giotto$4.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

18 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: $683Sign up
Average: $13.3kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 22.5 in (54 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2003 2 Bll.: Waiting for Lefty. Graduate Notebook$542Sign up
sold 2005 BOOK COVER OF "PREVENTION OF DESTITUTION" BY SYDNEY AND BEATRICE WEBB AND HANGING IN CHAINS: TWO WORKS, both initialed in pencil "R.K." lower right$300Sign up
sold 2005 Star Betelgeuse Robert Duncan$823Sign up
sold 2007 OHNE TITEL (HORSES)$51.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $288Sign up
Average: $440Sign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 33 in (50 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3), Other (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2018 World Ruin through Black Magic after Karl Kraus$250Sign up
sold 2018 Yaller Bird$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 For Fear$325Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$233Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$233Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$414Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 5 of 8
Median: $520Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 16.5 in (56 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2020 MortResult not published
sold 2021 Female Nude$2.4kSign up
sold 2021 R B Kitaj (American$479Sign up
sold 2022 Female HeadUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2023 Female Head$3.5kSign up
sold 2023 With Scott to the PoleUnsold

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sold 2025 A Life (Kinsman 85)$520Sign up
sold 2026 Truman in the White House (A romance by R.B. Kitaj)$98Sign 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 Ronald B. Kitaj auction results →