Ruth Asawa: career timeline
American · 1926–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 28 lots (75% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $23.1kSign up | Other |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | $733kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 6 | 6 | $186kSign up | Other |
| 1970s | 10 | 9 | $10.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $531kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $25kSign up | Sculpture |
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1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $23.1kSign up
- Average
- $23.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 2.5 × 6.5 in (6 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1948 Untitled (S.364 Basket form)$23.1kSign up
1950s 2 works
1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $186kSign up
- Average
- $389kSign up
- Typical size
- 41.5 × 20.5 in (105 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Untitled (S.230, Hanging Single-Lobed, Five-Layered Continuous Form within a Form)$1MSign up
c. 1960 Untitled$60kSign up
c. 1960 untitled (Continuous Form Within a Form)$31.2kSign up
1965 Chair (TAM.1558, Addie's Chair (Positive))$17.8kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled (S.809)$313kSign up
1965 Untitled (S.386, Hanging, Five-Lobed, Multi-Layered, Interlocking Continuous Form Within a Form with Two Interior Spheres)$905kSign up
1970s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $10.9kSign up
- Average
- $127kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 6.5 in (13 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Drawing (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (3)
1970 Untitled (S.443, Hanging Single-Lobed, Five-Layered Continuous Form within a Form)$903kSign up
1970 Untitled (SD.085, Sculpture Drawing: Tied wire with 8 branches)$56.3kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled$16.3kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled (Tied-Wire)$145kSign up
1979 Untitled (Flower)$10.9kSign up
1979 Untitled (Flower)$5.3kSign up
1979 Untitled (Flower)$7kSign up
1979 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1979 UntitledUnsold
1979 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1980s 1 work
1990s 1 work
1998 Untitled (S.002)$25kSign up
Creation date not recorded
7 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $87.3kSign up
- Average
- $87.3kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 Untitled (Continuous Form)$80.8kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled, S.750 (Hanging Open Form with Four Fluted Edges)$93.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $31.2kSign up
- Average
- $901kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2020 Untitled (S.045, Hanging Five-Lobed, Multilayered Continuous Form within a Form, with Spheres in the First, Second and Third Lobes)$3.5MSign up
sold 2020 Untitled (S.549)$60kSign up
sold 2022 Chrysanthemums$2.4kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Flower)$1.9kSign 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 Ruth Asawa auction results →