Yu Cheng-yao: career timeline
Taiwanese · 1898–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 38 lots (68% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 10 | 8 | $18.8kSign up | Drawing |
| 1980s | 7 | 5 | $31kSign up | Drawing |
| 1990s | 8 | 4 | $9.4kSign up | Drawing |
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1970s 10 works
- Sold
- 8 of 10
- Median
- $18.8kSign up
- Average
- $19kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 18.5 in (63 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (10)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (5)
c. 1970 Blue and Green Landscape$24.8kSign up
c. 1970 Landscape$36kSign up
c. 1970 Calligraphy – Tao Yuan-ming's The Poem Returning Home$10.4kSign up
c. 1971 Calligraphy in Running Script$6.6kSign up · sold 2×
1971 Mountains Retreat$16.2kSign up
1974 Leisurely Life in Mountain$26.6kSign up
1976 Landscape$21.4kSign up
1977 LandscapeUnsold
1978 LandscapeUnsold
1979 Calligraphy$10kSign up
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $31kSign up
- Average
- $32.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 47.5 × 22.5 in (121 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (7)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1986 Mountain Peaks in the Clouds$65kSign up
1986 White Rock Peaks$31kSign up
1987 Mountain Peaks Towering into the Clouds$56.4kSign up
1988 LandscapeUnsold
1988 Calligraphy – Mountain Trip$7.7kSign up
1989 CalligraphyUnsold
1989 Calligraphy in Running Script$4.3kSign up
1990s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $9.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 54 in (53 × 137 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (8)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1990 Poem in Cursive ScriptUnsold
1990 Calligraphy – Two Poems of Li PoUnsold
1990 Calligraphy in Cursive Script$3.7kSign up
1990 CalligraphyUnsold
1990 Calligraphy – Crossing the SeaUnsold
1990 Calligraphy – Two Poems of Li Po$8.5kSign up
1990 Calligraphy$12kSign up
1990 Chinese Script Calligraphy Hanging Scroll$10.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
12 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 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 46.5 × 25.5 in (118 × 65 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3)
sold 2004 Spring HillUnsold
sold 2004 LandscapeUnsold
sold 2004 Valley LandscapeUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works
- Sold
- 4 of 9
- Median
- $36.3kSign up
- Average
- $31.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 17.5 in (72 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (9)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (5)
sold 2010 Rushing Water Amidst Towering PeakUnsold
sold 2013 Precipitous MountainUnsold
sold 2013 Landscape$38.5kSign up
sold 2015 Green Mountains$51.3kSign up
sold 2015 Mountain Landscape$34.1kSign up
sold 2016 Calligraphy in Running Script$2.6kSign up
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 Yu Cheng-yao auction results →