Bo Bartlett: career timeline

American · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 30 lots (60% 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.

Bo Bartlett: 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
1970s	5	1	$1kSign up	Drawing
1980s	2	2	$10.2kSign up	Oil
1990s	7	6	$9.1kSign up	Oil
2000s	4	3	$9.2kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 5 works

Sold: 1 of 5
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 13 in (49 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5)
Subjects: —

1974 UntitledResult not published
1974 UntitledResult not published
1974 UntitledResult not published
1975 UntitledResult not published
1979 Last Waltz of a Maniac$1kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $10.2kSign up
Average: $10.2kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 26 in (54 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Pressing$12.9kSign up
1981 Melonie in Winter$7.5kSign up

1990s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $9.1kSign up
Average: $7.9kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 20 in (66 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Drawing (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1992 Young Man, 1992, [LGBTQ+ INTEREST]$375Sign up
1993 Untitled$1.1kSign up
c. 1993 UntitledResult not published
1995 Last Day Of May$8.6kSign up
1995 The Importance of Servitude$10kSign up
1995 The Landlord's Daughter$18kSign up
1997 HOBO (After Annigoni)$9.5kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $9.2kSign up
Average: $15.4kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 22 in (41 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

12 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 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $22.5kSign up
Average: $26.8kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2017 Eden$25kSign up
sold 2017 Self Portrait as Ishmael$22.5kSign up
sold 2018 Destine (Death of Venus)$81.3kSign up
sold 2018 Morning Coffee$16.3kSign up
sold 2018 Anima (Six Seconds)$17.5kSign up
sold 2019 Melonie$1.3kSign up

Show 1 more (2010s)

sold 2019 Jonah (Aka Seawall)$23.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $12kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 19.5 in (58 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2020 Untitled (Melonie in Black Hat) (double sided)$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 War and Death, [LGBTQ+ INTEREST]$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 "Island House" Benner Island Maine$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Family Portrait)$41.6kSign up
sold 2026 The brideResult not published

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 Bo Bartlett auction results →