Charles Searles: career timeline

American · 1937–2004 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 45 lots (36% 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.

Charles Searles: 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
1960s	5	5	$452Sign up	Drawing
1970s	2	1	$1.4kSign up	Acrylic
1980s	6	6	$544Sign up	Screenprint
1990s	1	1	$2.3kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	2	2	$2.2kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $452Sign up
Average: $483Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 11.5 in (43 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Photograph (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1960 Nude$512Sign up
1963 Nude Study$452Sign up
1963 Seated Woman$452Sign up
c. 1967 Untitled$313Sign up
c. 1967 Untitled$688Sign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16.5 in (40 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1976 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1977 Nude StudyUnsold

1980s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $544Sign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 20.5 in (44 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Gouache (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1980 Dance in the Blue Sky II$567Sign up
1982 Dance in the Blue Sky I$375Sign up
1985 Nude with Blue Hair$400Sign up
1988 Carry Me$5.3kSign up
1989 Abstraction with Red, Yellow and White$2.8kSign up
1989 Abstract Composition$520Sign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 36.5 × 61 in (93 × 155 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1993 Untitled$2.3kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 48.5 in (69 × 123 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

2002 Groovin on the Vibe$3.6kSign up
2004 Eyeway I$750Sign up

Creation date not recorded

29 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: 1 of 1
Median: $300Sign up
Average: $300Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 20.5 in (37 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Nudes$300Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 28 works

Sold: 28 of 28
Median: $450Sign up
Average: $783Sign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 5 in (12 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (14), Watercolor (4), Gouache (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (9), Abstract (2)

sold 2020 Brother$4.4kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$375Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$390Sign up
sold 2022 Think Big, Vote Smalls$500Sign up
sold 2022 Woman and Child$188Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled$438Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Woman in a Dress$441Sign up
sold 2023 Untitled$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$378Sign up
sold 2023 Portrait of a Woman$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$459Sign up
sold 2023 Sitting Outside$378Sign up

…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Charles Searles auction results →