Arshile Gorky: career timeline
American · 1904–1948 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 26 lots (79% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 4 | 3 | $25kSign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 7 | 3 | $66kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 8 | 4 | $121kSign up | Drawing |
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1920s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $25kSign up
- Average
- $27.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 14.5 in (47 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1927 Still Life$19.2kSign up
1927 Portrait of Helen Austin$25kSign up
1928 Musical AbstractionUnsold
1928 Untitled$37.5kSign up
1930s 7 works
- Sold
- 3 of 7
- Median
- $66kSign up
- Average
- $120kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 22 in (32 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)
c. 1930 Study for Nighttime, Enigma and NostalgiaUnsold
c. 1931 Untitled (Standing Female Figure)$17.6kSign up
c. 1931 Study for Nighttime, Enigma and Nostalgia$66kSign up
c. 1933 Untitled (Study for Mural)$275kSign up
c. 1934 Still Life, c. 1934 - 1935Unsold
c. 1935 Untitled, 1935 - 1936Unsold
1936 Senza titoloResult not published · sold 2×
1940s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $121kSign up
- Average
- $114kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 14.5 in (30 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (4), Oil (2), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1941 Study for SochiUnsold
1943 Untitled$152kSign up
1943 Untitled$183kSign up
1945 Untitled (Drawing for 'Young Cherry Secured against Hares')$30kSign up
1945 UntitledUnsold
c. 1946 Portrait of the Artist's Wife$88.9kSign up
c. 1946 UntitledUnsold
1947 Ludzie - ptakiUnsold
Creation date not recorded
5 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $24.4kSign up
- Average
- $58kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (4)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2018 Two works$8.1kSign up
sold 2018 Composition$23.8kSign up
sold 2018 Still Life$175kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$25kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $315Sign up
- Average
- $315Sign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2023 Portrait of Raphael Soyer$315Sign up · sold 2×
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 Arshile Gorky auction results →