Vito Acconci: career timeline
American · 1940–2017 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 50 of 53 lots (94% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 2 | $8.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 19 | 9 | $7.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 18 | 15 | $1.5kSign up | Etching |
| 1990s | 6 | 5 | $635Sign up | Screenprint |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | $1.1kSign up | Lithograph |
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1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 2 of 5
- Median
- $8.8kSign up
- Average
- $8.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 14.5 in (40 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1968 A Performace Situation Using Alphabets (triptych)Unsold
1969 Steps: Stepping-OffResult not published
1969 Reaching PieceUnsold
1969 Photographs: Traffic Light Piece (November 23, 1969)$12.7kSign up
1969 Performance situation sending / sending out$5kSign up
1970s 19 works
- Sold
- 9 of 19
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $15.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10), Etching (6), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Service Area$20.3kSign up
1971 WaterwaysResult not published
1971 WaterwaysResult not published
1971 PullResult not published
1972 SeedbedUnsold
1973 Undertone$1.2kSign up
1975 Walkover$52.9kSign up
1976 False Center for LAResult not published
1976 False Center for LAResult not published
1977 Waiting for the End - Moca, San Francisco June 1975Result not published
1977 Excerpt from The Red Tapes (Part I )$18.8kSign up
1977 Waiting for the End - Moca, San Francisco June 1975Result not published
Show 7 more (1970s)
1979 Let's Pretend this is an Apparatus for a Political Suicide$30.5kSign up
c. 1979 20 Foot Ladder for Any Size Wall$7.6kSign up
c. 1979 Three Flags for 1 Space and 6 Regions$4.8kSign up
1979 20-Foot Ladder for Any-Size Wall (8)$3.1kSign up
c. 1979 20 Foot Ladder for Any Size Wall$3.2kSign up
c. 1979 Wings for Wall and PersonUnsold
c. 1979 2 Wings for Wall and PersonUnsold
1980s 18 works
- Sold
- 15 of 18
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 24.5 in (61 × 63 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (5), Other (4), Screenprint (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1980 Diagram for Instant House$12.5kSign up
1980 Hands Up / Hands Down (3-teilig)$23.1kSign up
1983 End Mask; People Mask; and Red Mask$572Sign up
c. 1983 Building Blocks for a Doorway$7.5kSign up
1983 Red Mask, People Mask, End MaskUnsold
1984 Face Flag$938Sign up
1984 Crash, 1984$1.4kSign up
1984 Car Crash$1.5kSign up
1984 Flag Face$1.8kSign up
1984 Crash (2)$2.8kSign up
1984 Crash -$1.4kSign up
1984 Flag Face$1.3kSign up
Show 6 more (1980s)
1985 Convertible Clam Shelter Maquette$1.6kSign up
1986 The Fragmented Figure (The Broken Father)$875Sign up
1986 Project for Vienna FestivalResult not published
1987 Overstuffed Chair$630Sign up
1987 Thou Shalt not Commit Adultery, from The Ten Commandments Portfolio, 1987, 3 colorResult not published
1988 Untitled, from Gran Pavese – The Flag Project$6.3kSign up
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $635Sign up
- Average
- $750Sign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 24 in (53 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (3), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Modular Fluorescent SofaUnsold
1990 Wav(er)ing Flags$1.5kSign up
1992 Blown-Up Baby Doll$320Sign up
1992 Blown-Up Baby Doll$635Sign up
1992 Blow-Up Baby Doll$567Sign up
1994 No one in the Plaza$769Sign up
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 33 in (28 × 84 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
2003 Acclaim Studio$438Sign up
c. 2004 SKATE-BOWLS SAN JUAN: WORDS FOR IMAGE$1.8kSign up
Creation date not recorded
3 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 2018 Name Calling Chair$5kSign up
sold 2019 UntitledUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 UntitledUnsold
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 Vito Acconci auction results →