Abraham Joel Tobias: career timeline

American · 1913–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 15 of 47 lots (33% 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.

Abraham Joel Tobias: 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
1920s	2	2	$450Sign up	Drawing
1930s	5	5	$1.7kSign up	Oil
1940s	6	5	$900Sign up	Other
1960s	2	2	$400Sign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $450Sign up
Average: $450Sign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 18 in (62 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1929 Composition with Hand$300Sign up
1929 Two Girls at Coney Island$600Sign up

1930s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 62 × 37 in (157 × 94 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: —

1940s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $900Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 24 in (40 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1942 First They Cleared the Land and Planted Cotten$2.7kSign up
1945 Music$350Sign up
1945 The Survivors$1.4kSign up
1947 Untitled$75Sign up
1947 UntitledUnsold
1947 The Dance$900Sign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $400Sign up
Average: $400Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 12 in (22 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1960 Teacher and Student$300Sign up
1960 Teacher & Student$500Sign up

Creation date not recorded

31 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 31 works

Sold: 29 of 31
Median: $800Sign up
Average: $935Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 16.5 in (46 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Other (12), Drawing (8), Acrylic (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

sold 2018 Portrait of a Woman$50Sign up
sold 2018 Portrait of a WomanUnsold
sold 2018 Migration$600Sign up
sold 2018 Dance$225Sign up
sold 2018 The Sacrifice of Youth for Democracy$800Sign up
sold 2018 Untitled$200Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2018 Primitive Man Crouching$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled$375Sign up
sold 2018 Untitled$150Sign up
sold 2018 South Wall - Democratic Effort Towards Greater Achievements$800Sign up
sold 2018 Two Mural Studies$3.4kSign up
sold 2018 Two Mural Studies$1.2kSign up

…and 19 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 Abraham Joel Tobias auction results →