Bertha Lum: career timeline
American · 1869–1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 26 lots (50% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | 6 | $935Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1920s | 6 | 6 | $476Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $3.8kSign up | Oil |
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1910s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $935Sign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 11 in (43 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (5), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (3), Rivers & marshes (1)
1916 Spirit of the Sea$1.3kSign up
1916 Land of the Bluebird$1.4kSign up
1916 Spirit of the Sea$590Sign up
1916 The Piper$504Sign up
1916 Spirit of the Sea$459Sign up
1916 Opening of the River, Tokyo$5.4kSign up
1920s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $476Sign up
- Average
- $507Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 11.5 in (30 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (5), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1)
1924 Costume Ball (Confetti)$665Sign up
1924 Wedding Banner$448Sign up
1924 Wedding Banner$378Sign up
1924 Dancing Figures$360Sign up
1924 Lung Fu Sou (Chinese Curio Market)$504Sign up
1924 Geisha (G./P. 77)$688Sign up
1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 17.5 in (72 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
1934 Persimmon market$3.8kSign up
Creation date not recorded
13 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 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2018 - ''Street Scene - Wei Hai Wei''-Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 9 of 12
- Median
- $750Sign up
- Average
- $813Sign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 10 in (36 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (12)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
sold 2020 UntitledResult not published
sold 2022 Wind and Rain$750Sign up
sold 2023 No. 75Unsold
sold 2024 Wind and Rain$459Sign up
sold 2024 Mother West Wind$1.1kSign up
sold 2024 Tanabata$630Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Wind and Wave,Result not published
sold 2025 Lotus Spirits$512Sign up
sold 2026 South Wind (A Merry Little Breeze)$1.9kSign up
sold 2026 Fishermen$896Sign up
sold 2026 Yuki-Anna, The Frost Fairy$266Sign up
sold 2026 The Weaver (The Spinner)$768Sign 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 Bertha Lum auction results →