Betty Parsons: career timeline

American · 1900–1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 40 lots (67% 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.

Betty Parsons: 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
1940s	1	1	$1.4kSign up	Watercolor
1950s	2	2	$1.8kSign up	Gouache
1960s	2	2	$73.7kSign up	Oil
1970s	13	13	$11.9kSign up	Other
1980s	8	7	$12.5kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 23.5 in (45 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1943 Untitled (Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts)$1.4kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 4 × 5.5 in (10 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (2)
Subjects: —

1950 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1951 untitled (Music Box)$708Sign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $73.7kSign up
Average: $73.7kSign up
Typical size: 43 × 24 in (109 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1962 Untitled$8.9kSign up
1962 Untitled$139kSign up

1970s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $11.9kSign up
Average: $17.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 16.5 in (61 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Oil (3), Acrylic (3)
Subjects: Boats (2), Sea & coast (1), Landscapes (1)

1970 Tug Boat Light House$7.9kSign up · sold 2×
1970 Tug Boat Lighthouse, 1970$20kSign up
1971 Terracotta Sea$4.3kSign up
1974 Three Reds$48.8kSign up
1976 St. Martins Eye of the Road$10.6kSign up
1977 The Heart's Confusion$12.7kSign up
1978 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1978 Self Portrait$7kSign up
1978 Untitled$715Sign up
1978 Collage$27.5kSign up
1979 Barara No. 2$20.3kSign up
1979 Moveable Fence$47.5kSign up

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1979 Across the Street$11.9kSign up

1980s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $12.5kSign up
Average: $14kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 27 in (55 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (6), Mixed media (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (3)

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 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (9)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Untitled$5.9kSign up
sold 2016 Three untitled works$938Sign up
sold 2016 Two untitled works$1.4kSign up
sold 2016 Two untitled works$1.4kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$1.4kSign up
sold 2017 Blocks$12.5kSign up

Show 3 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Untitled$1kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled$10.6kSign up
sold 2018 Lay Me an Egg$3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $12kSign up
Average: $13.2kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (2), Gouache (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 And the Music Goes Round$16.9kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$10.8kSign up
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold
sold 2024 Beauborg$12kSign 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 Betty Parsons auction results →