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Benton Murdoch Spruance: career timeline

American · 1904–1967 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 57 lots (49% 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.

Benton Murdoch Spruance: 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
1920s21$1.3kSign upOil
1930s44$2.3kSign upLithograph
1940s137$315Sign upLithograph
1950s32$235Sign upLithograph
1960s52$98Sign upOther

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1920s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
18 × 19.5 in (45 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

1930s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 14 in (35 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1), Markets & villages (1)

1940s 13 works

Sold
7 of 13
Median
$315Sign up
Average
$431Sign up
Typical size
17.5 × 15 in (45 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (11), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Sea & coast (1)
Show 1 more (1940s)

1950s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$235Sign up
Average
$235Sign up
Typical size
21.5 × 16.5 in (55 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1960s 5 works

Sold
2 of 5
Median
$98Sign up
Average
$98Sign up
Typical size
22 × 16 in (56 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)

Creation date not recorded

28 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
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
—
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 12 works

Sold
6 of 12
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$10.8kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 13 in (29 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (11), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 6 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold
5 of 15
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13.5 in (34 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (14), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Benton Murdoch Spruance auction results →