Wallace Berman: career timeline
American · 1926–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 57 lots (91% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | 5 | $2.5kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1960s | 31 | 25 | $12.2kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1970s | 14 | 10 | $10.4kSign up | Mixed media |
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1950s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $5.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6 in (22 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (3), Photograph (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1956 Portrait of Rachel RosenthalUnsold
1957 Semina Two$2.5kSign up
c. 1957 Semina Magazine (three original issues)$18.8kSign up
c. 1958 Semina, Vol. 1-9, 1958-1964$3.4kSign up
c. 1959 Semina 4$1.8kSign up
1959 Semina, Volume Five$2.3kSign up
1960s 31 works
- Sold
- 25 of 31
- Median
- $12.2kSign up
- Average
- $38.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 11.5 in (34 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (17), Lithograph (9), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1960 Semina 5$600Sign up
c. 1963 UntitledUnsold
c. 1963 Untitled$2kSign up
c. 1963 Ephemera and correspondences$6.9kSign up
c. 1963 Posters (2)$3.9kSign up
c. 1964 Untitled$38.4kSign up
c. 1964 Untitled$4.8kSign up
c. 1964 UntitledUnsold
c. 1964 Untitled$16.4kSign up
c. 1964 Untitled #106$8.2kSign up
1964 Semina 9$5.3kSign up
c. 1965 Silence Series #11$94.5kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
c. 1965 Untitled$45.9kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled$26.5kSign up
c. 1965 Untitled$45.4kSign up
1965 Silent Series #10$119kSign up
1965 Untitled (CMN/Thumb Poster)$1.5kSign up
1965 Untitled$87.5kSign up
1966 Untitled$39.4kSign up · sold 2×
1966 Radio/Aether$164kSign up
c. 1966 Untitled$144kSign up
c. 1966 Radio/Aether Series$2kSign up
c. 1966 Radio/Aether SeriesUnsold
1967 The Beard poster$826Sign up
…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 14 works
- Sold
- 10 of 14
- Median
- $10.4kSign up
- Average
- $17.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 12.5 in (30 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (7), Photograph (2), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
1970 UntitledUnsold
1970 Untitled$2.3kSign up
c. 1972 Untitled$15.4kSign up
1972 UntitledUnsold
c. 1972 Untitled (Self-Portrait)$2kSign up
1972 Untitled$37.5kSign up
1974 Radio/Aether Series 1966/1974$6kSign up
c. 1974 UntitledUnsold
1974 UntitledUnsold
c. 1975 Untitled$11.1kSign up
1975 Untitled (C3-Cross, Al-White Horse)$81.3kSign up
1976 Posthumous Fragment 35c$10.2kSign up
Show 2 more (1970s)
1976 Untitled$10.6kSign up
1977 Timothea Stewart Gallery exhibition poster$625Sign up
Creation date not recorded
5 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 2000s 2 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Two exhibition announcements$4.8kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$3.6kSign up
sold 2025 Semina, vol. 1-9Unsold
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 Wallace Berman auction results →