Arthur Dove: career timeline

American · 1880–1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 28 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.

Arthur Dove: 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	1	1	$255kSign up	Oil
1930s	10	7	$10kSign up	Watercolor
1940s	9	6	$25.9kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $255kSign up
Average: $255kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 21.5 in (42 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1927 Yours Truly$255kSign up

1930s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $12.3kSign up
Typical size: 5.5 × 7 in (14 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (10)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (2), Landscapes (1)

1932 Across the Harbor$10kSign up
1933 Derrick (Steam Shovel, Port Washington)$6.3kSign up · sold 2×
1933 Wednesday Snow$10kSign up
1933 LandscapeUnsold
1934 Ladder$20kSign up · sold 2×
1934 FantasyUnsold
c. 1935 Untitled$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
1935 Study for Cross and Weather Vane$15.4kSign up
1937 Switch EngineUnsold
1938 Woodpile$23.2kSign up · sold 2×

1940s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $25.9kSign up
Average: $27.2kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 7 in (13 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (7), Gouache (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1940 Centerport Series #10$9.6kSign up
c. 1940 Centerport IV$20.5kSign up
1940 Centerport Series #10Unsold
c. 1940 Untitled$26.8kSign up
1941 Centerport Series #8$25kSign up
1941 Centerport Series #9$43.8kSign up
1941 Centerport Series #8Unsold
1942 .04%Unsold
1942 From a Causeway and Tree$37.5kSign up · sold 2×

Creation date not recorded

3 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $17kSign up
Average: $16.4kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 8 in (13 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1), Watercolor (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

sold 2017 Gouache and charcoal and watercolor on paper$850Sign up
sold 2018 Untitled #11$17kSign up
sold 2019 Huntington Harbor$31.3kSign 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 Arthur Dove auction results →