Charles White: career timeline
American · 1918–1979 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 30 lots (80% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | — | Drawing |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | $5kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1950s | 4 | 3 | $17.5kSign up | Drawing |
| 1960s | 6 | 6 | $4.6kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 11 | 10 | $6.3kSign up | Lithograph |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 30 × 19 in (76 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1936 Pensive LassUnsold
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 10.5 in (33 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1946 Joven (Youth)Unsold
1946 Joven / Cabeza$5kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $17.5kSign up
- Average
- $241kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Woodcut / linocut (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1950 Bessie$8.3kSign up
1953 Let’s Walk Together$699kSign up
1954 Bessie, 1954$17.5kSign up
1958 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildUnsold
1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $149kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 14.5 in (51 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1961 10/ Portfolio$1.3kSign up
1963 Roots$877kSign up
1963 Portrait of a Prophet$5.7kSign up
1965 Nude$5.1kSign up
1967 Young Woman (Head), from Images of Dignity$4.1kSign up
c. 1969 6/ Portfolio$1.5kSign up
1970s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $7.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 29 in (60 × 73 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (8), Etching (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2)
1970 Evening Song$3.1kSign up
1970 Evening SongUnsold
1970 Untitled$10.6kSign up
1970 Untitled$10kSign up
1972 Pope X (Gedeon Ec9)$25.6kSign up
1972 Missouri C.$4.4kSign up
1974 Mayor Thomas Bradley$832Sign up
1974 Mayor Thomas Bradley$832Sign up
1976 I Have a Dream$4.4kSign up
1976 Untitled (study for Mary McLeod Bethune mural)$11kSign up
1978 Sound of Silence$8.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
6 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 2004 Construction Worker$1.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
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 White auction results →