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Sean Scully: career timeline

American · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 391 of 442 lots (89% 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.

Sean Scully: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s76$68.2kSign upAcrylic
1980s6451$8.9kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1990s167152$4.6kSign upEtching
2000s10193$5.8kSign upAquatint
2010s4644$7.1kSign upEtching
2020s21$435Sign upOil

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1970s 7 works

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6 of 7
Median
$68.2kSign up
Average
$116kSign up
Typical size
27 × 36 in (69 × 91 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (5), Watercolor (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 64 works

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51 of 64
Median
$8.9kSign up
Average
$66kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (18), Etching (14), Oil (10)
Subjects
—
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…and 40 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 167 works

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152 of 167
Median
$4.6kSign up
Average
$26.5kSign up
Typical size
15 × 19 in (38 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Etching (73), Photograph (22), Watercolor (20)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Boats (1), Beach scenes (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 143 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 101 works

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93 of 101
Median
$5.8kSign up
Average
$94.9kSign up
Typical size
18 × 21.5 in (46 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (32), Lithograph (21), Photograph (15)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (3), Figures & portraits (2)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 77 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 46 works

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44 of 46
Median
$7.1kSign up
Average
$343kSign up
Typical size
28 × 28 in (71 × 71 cm)
Mediums
Etching (19), Oil (14), Lithograph (5)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (2), Sea & coast (1)
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…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$435Sign up
Average
$435Sign up
Typical size
22 × 23 in (56 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

50 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 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$24.9kSign up
Average
$24.9kSign up
Typical size
17 × 17.5 in (43 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Aquatint (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 22 works

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22 of 22
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$12.4kSign up
Typical size
19 × 17.5 in (48 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Other (17), Aquatint (2), Etching (2)
Subjects
—
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…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works

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23 of 26
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$24.5kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 22.5 in (45 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Other (10), Etching (4), Pastel (3)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Sean Scully auction results →