Balcomb Greene: career timeline

American · 1904–1990 · 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 24 lots (65% 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.

Balcomb Greene: 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
1930s	1	1	$3.8kSign up	Watercolor
1950s	2	2	$1.6kSign up	Oil
1960s	7	5	$1.8kSign up	Oil
1970s	4	4	$2kSign up	Oil
1980s	1	1	$2.3kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 7.5 in (19 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1935 Untitled #18$3.8kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 46 × 45 in (117 × 115 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1957 Gertrude III$1.3kSign up
1958 Driftwood Cove$1.9kSign up

1960s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 47 × 50 in (120 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Sea & coast (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1960 (American 1904-1990), Figure Walking with Upraised Arms, 1960'sResult not published
c. 1960 Figure$1.1kSign up
c. 1960 (American, 1904-1990), Two Figures, 1960'sResult not published
1963 Wind, Ocean, Sun$4.1kSign up
1963 River Town$1kSign up
1964 The City and the Mountain$2.3kSign up
1969 Sleeping on the Beach II$1.8kSign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 57.5 × 55 in (147 × 140 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Sea & coast (3), Figures & portraits (1)

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 48 × 96 in (122 × 244 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Untitled$2.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $11kSign up
Average: $11kSign up
Typical size: 62 × 56.5 in (158 × 143 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2009 Thunder Over the Sea$11kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $4.7kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 43 × 46 in (109 × 117 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2017 Sculptor's Head$2.4kSign up
sold 2017 Composition in Blue$27.5kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled$4.7kSign up
sold 2018 Inlet to the Sea, (Montauk$1.6kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2019 Wind$9.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $988Sign up
Average: $988Sign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 26.5 in (70 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2022 Light, Land and Sea$1.6kSign up
sold 2023 Female Nude$350Sign 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 Balcomb Greene auction results →