Beverly Buchanan: career timeline

American · 1940–2015 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 28 lots (71% 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.

Beverly Buchanan: 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
1980s	4	4	$14.4kSign up	Mixed media
1990s	6	6	$1.8kSign up	Pastel
2000s	9	9	$1.2kSign up	Pastel
2010s	1	1	$2.4kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $14.4kSign up
Average: $12.5kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 10.5 in (41 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (2), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

1990s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 12 in (27 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1990 Inner City Shacks$1.6kSign up
1991 Self Portrait$1.9kSign up
1991 Shacks the Movie$400Sign up
1994 The Green House$1.9kSign up
1999 Self Portrait in Green$1.1kSign up
1999 Private Spaces Series: I and Saturday (Two Pieces)$6.5kSign up

2000s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (7), Mixed media (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (3)

2002 White China Bowl with Flowers$700Sign up
2003 Irises No. 2 (Blue)$1.2kSign up
2003 Spring Shack$2.8kSign up
2003 Flame Rose$700Sign up
2003 MI$1.3kSign up
2003 End of Cotton$4kSign up
2004 Flower Arrangement$700Sign up
2004 Day Lillies$600Sign up
2008 Haitian Ministries from Mr. Hurston's Neighborhood Series$2.4kSign up

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2010 Self Portrait$2.4kSign 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 2020s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 13 in (46 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Lithograph (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2022 Writer ShackUnsold
sold 2025 Two Chickens$550Sign up
sold 2026 Self Portrait$100Sign up
sold 2026 Red Tulips on Blue$2.2kSign up
sold 2026 Liberated Shack$1kSign up
sold 2026 Building Near Plain View$7.5kSign up

Show 2 more (2020s)

sold 2026 Angel$300Sign up
sold 2026 Happy Shack$1.5kSign 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 Beverly Buchanan auction results →