Wesley Willis: career timeline

American · 1963–2003 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 64 of 68 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.

Wesley Willis: 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	35	35	$2kSign up	Drawing
1990s	27	27	$1.8kSign up	Drawing
2000s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 35 works

Sold: 35 of 35
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 42 in (71 × 107 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (23), Other (12)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (3), Markets & villages (3), Rivers & marshes (3)

Show 12 more (1980s)

1987 Untitled (Chicago scene)$1.2kSign up
1987 The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st. St. Toward 47th St.$1.4kSign up
1987 The Dan Ryan Expressway 51st St.$3kSign up
1987 The Shore Line$968Sign up · sold 2×
1987 Chicago River Congress Expressway$1.8kSign up
1987 The Lakefront, 1987$3.5kSign up
1987 The Chicago Skyline, 1987$1.8kSign up
1987 The Newberry Library, Clark St. Dearborn St., 1987$2.1kSign up
1987 The Dan Ryan Expressway, past 51st, st. towards 47th, St., 1987$2.1kSign up
1987 Skyline of Chicago, 1987$3.1kSign up
1988 Michigan Av.$1.9kSign up
1988 Day Time (N. Michigan Ave.)$1.5kSign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 27 works

Sold: 27 of 27
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 41 in (71 × 104 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (20), Other (7)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (5), Sea & coast (3), Landscapes (1)

1990 Untitled (View from I-94 Chicago)$1.3kSign up
1990 Chicago Sun Times$1.9kSign up
1990 Buckingham Fountain$1.4kSign up
1990 The Dan Ryan Expressway, Root St, 1990$2.9kSign up
1990 Buckingham Fountain, 1990$2.9kSign up
1990 The Buckingham Fountain$1kSign up
1991 Chicago River$1.9kSign up
1991 The Dan Ryan Expressway 51st. St.$3.6kSign up
1991 Sox Park$917Sign up
1991 Chicago River$1.3kSign up
1991 Lake Shore Drive$1.8kSign up
1991 The Dan Ryan Expressway, Past 51st. Toward 47th. St.$1.8kSign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

1991 The Dan Ryan Expressway Past 39th Toward 35th St.$4.6kSign up
1991 Chicago North Western Container Yard$1kSign up
1991 The Shoreline$3kSign up
1991 The Chicago River$1.4kSign up
1991 Chicago River$1.2kSign up
1991 The Dan Ryan Expressway, Root St., 1991$975Sign up
1991 Chicago Skyline$1kSign up
1992 The Chicago White Sox Stadium$1.4kSign up
1992 Chicago Skyline, 1992$2.1kSign up
1992 The Chicago White Sox Stadium, 1992$1.9kSign up
1992 Chicago Skyline$1.3kSign up
1993 The Shore Line$3.6kSign up

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 42 in (71 × 107 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

2003 Dan Ryan Expressway Looking Off 51st Street Toward 47th Street$1.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 41 in (71 × 104 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Drawing (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 The McCormick Place McCormick Place Expansion$1.4kSign up
sold 2021 The Chicago Skyline, Wells, Wentworth 51st (McDonald's)$3.4kSign up
sold 2022 400 West Erie$975Sign up
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published

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 Wesley Willis auction results →