Sophie Calle: career timeline
French · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 28 lots (86% 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 | 6 | 5 | $13.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 13 | 10 | $4.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | $20kSign up | Photograph |
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1980s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $13.8kSign up
- Average
- $22.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 33 in (77 × 84 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6)
- Subjects
- —
1980 Les Dormeurs / Bob Garison$11kSign up
1981 L’Hôtel – Room 29, 19 February“, aus der Serie „L’Hotel$24.9kSign up
1981 The Shadow (La Filature)$53.3kSign up
1986 Hair, My Bedroom (The Blind)$13.8kSign up
c. 1988 Autobiographical Stories, Wedding Dress: Photo and Text, 1988-89Result not published
1989 Le Striptease (from 'Les Autobiographies')$9.6kSign up
1990s 13 works
- Sold
- 10 of 13
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $10.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 16 in (60 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10), Print (other) (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1990 Graves (Father and Mother) (diptych)$3.6kSign up
1990 Untitled$756Sign up
1990 Les Tombes (Mother/Father)$4.9kSign up
1990 Les Tombes 'Mother, Father'$7.2kSign up
1990 Les Tombes (Father, Mother, Brother)$4kSign up
1990 Four Works: i) Father, Brother, Mother (The Graves #48); ii) Father, Mother (The Graves #25); iii) Grandpa, Grandma (The Graves #20); iv) Brother, Sister (The Graves #21)$17.5kSign up
1990 untitled (Orphan)$1.9kSign up
1990 Les Tombes (Father Mother), 1990 (2 parts)$4.3kSign up
1991 Last Seen... (Rembrandt, The Storm in the Sea of Galilée)$37.5kSign up
1992 Autobiographical Stories (The Hostage)Result not published
1992 Les Tombes (Father, Mother, First Wife, Brother, Sister)Unsold
1992 La Rivale (from the series: Les Autobiographies)Unsold
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2000s 5 works
Creation date not recorded
4 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
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $12.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 5.5 in (72 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 The TieResult not published
sold 2018 Autobiographic Stories (The Hostage) –$12.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
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 Sophie Calle auction results →