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Vija Celmins: career timeline

American · b. 1939 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 142 of 143 lots (99% 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.

Vija Celmins: 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
1960s66$353kSign upOil
1970s2222$17.3kSign upLithograph
1980s2525$8.8kSign upEngraving
1990s2020$11.1kSign upWoodcut / linocut
2000s6259$9.4kSign upScreenprint
2010s77$12.9kSign upEngraving

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1960s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$353kSign up
Average
$703kSign up
Typical size
13 × 18 in (32 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Etching (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
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1970s 22 works

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22 of 22
Median
$17.3kSign up
Average
$24.7kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 16.5 in (31 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (22)
Subjects
Sea & coast (7)
Show 10 more (1970s)

1980s 25 works

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25 of 25
Median
$8.8kSign up
Average
$322kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 10 in (21 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Engraving (11), Aquatint (5), Drypoint (4)
Subjects
Sea & coast (5), Sunsets & night (3)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$11.1kSign up
Average
$133kSign up
Typical size
12 × 9.5 in (31 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (9), Lithograph (6), Engraving (4)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (2)
Show 8 more (1990s)

2000s 62 works

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59 of 62
Median
$9.4kSign up
Average
$28.5kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 19 in (39 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (28), Etching (13), Engraving (9)
Subjects
Sea & coast (22), Sunsets & night (13)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$12.9kSign up
Average
$15.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 8.5 in (30 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Engraving (7)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (2)

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$6.3kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Engraving (1)
Subjects
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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 Vija Celmins auction results →