Tom Otterness: career timeline

American · b. 1952 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 65 of 80 lots (81% 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.

Tom Otterness: 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
1970s	3	3	$563Sign up	Sculpture
1980s	22	20	$1.5kSign up	Sculpture
1990s	12	11	$2.8kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	23	22	$2.2kSign up	Sculpture
2010s	4	4	$18.7kSign up	Sculpture
2020s	1	1	$640Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $563Sign up
Average: $792Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 3.5 in (20 × 9 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

1980s 22 works

Sold: 20 of 22
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (12), Other (7), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1980 Commemorative Plaque$500Sign up
1981 Vertical Figures$786Sign up
1981 Female Victory$1.4kSign up
1982 Zodiac Love$3.6kSign up
c. 1982 The Queen’s Boating Party$4.8kSign up
1982 Battle of the Sexes$5.6kSign up
1982 Documenta 7 plaque$504Sign up
1982 Woman Eating Children$767Sign up
1983 Ohne Titel$957Sign up
1983 Enlightened Worker$882Sign up
1983 Enlightened Worker$2.4kSign up
1983 Enlightened Worker$3kSign up

Show 10 more (1980s)

1983 Enlightened Worker$875Sign up
1983 Enlightened Worker$1kSign up
1983 Enlightened Worker 1983$284Sign up
1983 Two works: (i) Surprised Worker; (ii) Everyday WorkerUnsold
1984 Kings Parade-König's Haus bookends, pair$1.6kSign up
c. 1985 Hanging Eye$15.1kSign up
1985 Jack and Jill$75kSign up
1987 Beer Can Bronze$15.5kSign up
1989 Untitled (Head)$7.5kSign up
c. 1989 Nero's Apartment HouseUnsold

1990s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $5.6kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Drypoint (3), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1990 Podium FigureUnsold
1991 Dodo lamp$1kSign up
1992 Aus: Educating the Rich$68Sign up
1992 Lovers$10.6kSign up
1992 Lovers$9.4kSign up
1992 Foot$6.9kSign up
c. 1993 Small Visionary$16.3kSign up
1994 Giant$953Sign up
1994 Giant$1.4kSign up
1994 Giant$1.9kSign up
c. 1995 Earrings$2.8kSign up
1998 Small Taxpayer and Eagle (Head Down)$10.2kSign up

2000s 23 works

Sold: 22 of 23
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $10.1kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (21), Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (10), Markets & villages (1)

c. 2000 Untitled (Pencil Lifters)$1.5kSign up
2000 Rebellion to Tyrants$33kSign up
2000 The Rich Visionaries pair (A and B)$30kSign up
2000 Free Money$16.3kSign up
2001 Kindly Geppetto$33.5kSign up
2001 Untitled$1kSign up
2001 Cone Figure; and Untitled (14th street)Unsold
2003 Duck$19.2kSign up
2004 Broad Prize for Urban Education$21.8kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider$889Sign up
2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$1.7kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$1.7kSign up

Show 11 more (2000s)

2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$1.4kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$1.3kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider maquette$1.8kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider maquette$2kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$2.4kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider maquette$3.3kSign up
2004 Horse and Rider Maquette$1.8kSign up
2006 Macy's Humpty Dumpty$721Sign up
2007 Mouse$10.3kSign up
2008 Free Speech$16.3kSign up
2008 Free Speech$21.3kSign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $18.7kSign up
Average: $34.5kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 17 in (49 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4)
Subjects: —

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $640Sign up
Average: $640Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 4.5 in (17 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

2020 Family in Corner$640Sign up

Creation date not recorded

15 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $850Sign up
Average: $964Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 3 in (34 × 8 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2012 Queen, King and 2 Rooks.$950Sign up
sold 2018 Untitled$158Sign up
sold 2019 Two Figures$2kSign up
sold 2019 Coupling$750Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 7 in (17 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Etching (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2020 Humble King Wall$2.1kSign up
sold 2020 Podium$5.6kSign up
sold 2020 Battle of the Sexes$1.2kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$593Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$937Sign up
sold 2021 Hanging Nude Figural$2.5kSign up

Show 5 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Untitled$1.4kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Sterling Silver Worker Mirrors$1.8kSign up
sold 2023 Commemorative Plaque$504Sign up
sold 2025 Horse and Rider$1.1kSign 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 Tom Otterness auction results →