Burgoyne Diller: career timeline

American · 1906–1965 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 49 lots (84% 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.

Burgoyne Diller: 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
1930s	3	3	$1.8kSign up	Drawing
1940s	7	7	$2.8kSign up	Drawing
1950s	6	6	$3.8kSign up	Drawing
1960s	25	18	$2.3kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 7 in (18 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1933 Study for Sculpture$1.8kSign up
1938 Untitled$1.5kSign up
c. 1939 Collage$3.1kSign up

1940s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 8.5 in (28 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (7)
Subjects: —

1950s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (4), Tempera (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1950 Study for Wall Construction$5kSign up
1952 First Theme$3kSign up
1953 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1953 Untitled (Second Theme)$6.9kSign up
1958 Untitled$3.1kSign up

1960s 25 works

Sold: 18 of 25
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $6.6kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 8.5 in (25 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (19), Mixed media (4), Oil (1)
Subjects: Abstract (4)

c. 1960 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1961 Abstract GeometricResult not published
1961 Untitled$983Sign up
1961 Untitled$4kSign up
1961 Untitled$1.9kSign up
c. 1961 Untitled$1.6kSign up
1961 Untitled$7.5kSign up
1961 Studies for First Theme Paintings$2.1kSign up
1961 Untitled (First Theme)$3.8kSign up
1962 UntitledUnsold
1962 Untitled (Second Theme)$4.1kSign up
1962 Study for Wall Construction$4.4kSign up

Show 12 more (1960s)

1963 Geometric CompositionUnsold
1963 Study for Sculpture$1.9kSign up
1963 Yellow Bands$2.5kSign up
1963 Geometric CompositionUnsold
c. 1963 Collage Study for Sculpture$1.3kSign up
1963 First Theme$68.8kSign up
1963 Untitled$1.7kSign up
1963 Untitled (Study for a Sculpture)Unsold
1964 Geometric CompositionUnsold
1964 Untitled (First Theme)$2.1kSign up
1964 Untitled (Second Theme)$4.4kSign up
1964 Study for Sculpture$3.3kSign up

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 (American 1906-1965)$5.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 4 × 6 in (10 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Abstract (4)

sold 2023 Abstract Composition$3.5kSign up
sold 2023 UntitledUnsold
sold 2023 Modern Composition$3.3kSign up
sold 2023 Geometric CompositionUnsold
sold 2024 Untitled$1kSign up
sold 2024 Geometric Composition$3kSign up

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2025 Untitled$635Sign 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 Burgoyne Diller auction results →