Alice Baber: career timeline

American · 1928–1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 26 lots (85% 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.

Alice Baber: 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
1960s	4	3	$41.6kSign up	Oil
1970s	14	12	$88.9kSign up	Oil
1980s	4	4	$45.5kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $41.6kSign up
Average: $36.9kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 30 in (70 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1965 Pipers Near$63kSign up
1965 Ladder Rising$41.6kSign up
1966 Time of DayResult not published
1967 Untitled$6kSign up

1970s 14 works

Sold: 12 of 14
Median: $88.9kSign up
Average: $108kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 50 in (76 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9), Acrylic (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1972 Ladder over and under$387kSign up
1972 Untitled$95.3kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled$6.4kSign up
1976 Ladder Ascending$82.5kSign up
1976 Red Song of the Ladder$55kSign up
1976 Dark Leap to Light$140kSign up
c. 1976 The Green Day of the Jaguar$133kSign up
1976 Jaguar Heart from the Sacred Space Series$24.1kSign up
1977 The Ladder of Time$123kSign up
1977 Morning in the Garden$63.5kSign up
1977 The Way of the Wind$132kSign up
1978 The Sound of the Mountain of the Jaguar$58kSign up

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1978 The Light Inside the MountainUnsold
1979 Untitled Abstract, 1979, originalResult not published

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $45.5kSign up
Average: $50.8kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 45.5 in (77 × 116 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1980 High Noon of the Jaguar's Cave (from the Sacred Space series)$40.6kSign up
1980 The Jaguar of the Morning Turns to Summer$88.2kSign up
1981 The Blue Dance Floats to the Top (from the Sacred Spaces series)$24.1kSign up
1981 The Bridge of the Jaguar's Dream$50.4kSign 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 2000s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $350Sign up
Average: $350Sign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 55 in (70 × 140 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 The Mountain of the Green Hermit$350Sign up
sold 2004 Petal CascadeUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $475Sign up
Average: $475Sign up
Typical size: 30 × 50 in (76 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Mask of the Sleeping Jaguar$475Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $171kSign up
Average: $171kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 33 in (84 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Green Around Green$171kSign 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 Alice Baber auction results →