Stanley Whitney: career timeline

American · b. 1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 67 of 67 lots (100% 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.

Stanley Whitney: 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
1980s	2	2	$7.1kSign up	Lithograph
1990s	2	2	$20.6kSign up	Drawing
2000s	15	14	$181kSign up	Oil
2010s	40	38	$56.2kSign up	Oil
2020s	7	7	$6.5kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $7.1kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 37.5 in (67 × 95 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1985 Untitled$4.2kSign up
1985 Untitled$10kSign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $20.6kSign up
Average: $20.6kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 17.5 in (32 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1994 Untitled$10.3kSign up
1999 Untitled$31kSign up

2000s 15 works

Sold: 14 of 15
Median: $181kSign up
Average: $202kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 18 in (45 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (15)
Subjects: —

2001 Stay Songs$8.9kSign up
2001 Stay Songs$10.2kSign up · sold 2×
2001 Stay Songs$12.7kSign up
2003 Untitled$51.4kSign up
2003 Untitled$48.2kSign up
2004 Queen of Hearts$224kSign up
2005 Blue in Green$328kSign up
2005 Winter Rap$367kSign up
2005 UntitledUnsold
2006 Untitled (#4)$132kSign up
2006 Untitled$163kSign up
2007 N. O. 9th Ward$607kSign up

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2010s 40 works

Sold: 38 of 40
Median: $56.2kSign up
Average: $148kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 30.5 in (56 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Oil (16), Gouache (12), Print (other) (5)
Subjects: —

2011 Untitled$35.6kSign up
2012 Violet Times$371kSign up
2012 Black and White Series I-III$8.8kSign up
2014 Untitled$25.4kSign up
2014 Untitled$69.3kSign up
2014 Untitled$44.1kSign up
c. 2015 Untitled$44.5kSign up
2015 Untitled$55.9kSign up
2015 Untitled$51.5kSign up
2015 Untitled$60.5kSign up
2016 Untitled$11.5kSign up
2016 Untitled$57.6kSign up

Show 12 more (2010s)

2016 Untitled$49kSign up
2016 Untitled$2.3kSign up
2016 Untitled$25.6kSign up
2016 Untitled$44.5kSign up
2016 Untitled$106kSign up
2016 Untitled$176kSign up
2016 Untitled$40.3kSign up
2016 Untitled$38.7kSign up
2016 SunRa$338kSign up
2016 Slow Walk No. #2$121kSign up
2017 Untitled$41.3kSign up
2017 UntitledUnsold

…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $23.3kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 27.5 in (55 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Print (other) (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

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 Stanley Whitney auction results →