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American · 1928–2005 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 82 of 94 lots (87% 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.

Al Held: 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
1950s32$25kSign upAcrylic
1960s2219$10kSign upAcrylic
1970s87$10.6kSign upScreenprint
1980s3127$1.6kSign upEtching
1990s1715$1.5kSign upLithograph

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1950s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$25kSign up
Average
$25kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 21 in (54 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (1), Tempera (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects
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1960s 22 works

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19 of 22
Median
$10kSign up
Average
$12.2kSign up
Typical size
18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (9), Drawing (5), Screenprint (4)
Subjects
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1970s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$10.6kSign up
Average
$28.9kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 27 in (55 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (5), Acrylic (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 31 works

Sold
27 of 31
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$7.1kSign up
Typical size
27 × 40 in (68 × 101 cm)
Mediums
Etching (15), Aquatint (5), Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects
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Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 17 works

Sold
15 of 17
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
23 × 30 in (59 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (6), Screenprint (4), Etching (3)
Subjects
—
Show 5 more (1990s)

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 2010s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Screenprint (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold
6 of 10
Median
$563Sign up
Average
$615Sign up
Typical size
26 × 32 in (66 × 81 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (4), Etching (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2020s)

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 Al Held auction results →