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Yoshitomo Nara: career timeline

Japanese · b. 1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 548 of 598 lots (92% 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.

Yoshitomo Nara: 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
1980s43$65kSign upAcrylic
1990s11899$70kSign upAcrylic
2000s236195$20.5kSign upDrawing
2010s145112$20kSign upWoodcut / linocut
2020s3830$648Sign upLithograph

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1980s 4 works

Sold
3 of 4
Median
$65kSign up
Average
$101kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19 in (55 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (3), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
—

1990s 118 works

Sold
99 of 118
Median
$70kSign up
Average
$549kSign up
Typical size
12 × 11.5 in (31 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (44), Drawing (41), Print (other) (10)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (5), Figures & portraits (3), Sea & coast (2)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 94 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 236 works

Sold
195 of 236
Median
$20.5kSign up
Average
$321kSign up
Typical size
12 × 11.5 in (31 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (41), Print (other) (33), Lithograph (30)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (33), Sunsets & night (26), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 212 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 145 works

Sold
112 of 145
Median
$20kSign up
Average
$155kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 11.5 in (42 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (43), Sculpture (26), Print (other) (21)
Subjects
Beach scenes (18), Figures & portraits (15), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 121 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 38 works

Sold
30 of 38
Median
$648Sign up
Average
$5.2kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 17 in (60 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Print (other) (8), Other (5)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

49 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 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$20.7kSign up
Average
$23.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (3), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works

Sold
6 of 8
Median
$8.3kSign up
Average
$10.1kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (30 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Gouache (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 37 works

Sold
22 of 37
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$19.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 8 in (30 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (10), Other (7), Multiple (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Yoshitomo Nara auction results →