Clementine Hunter: career timeline
American · 1886–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 6 of 22 lots (29% 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.
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1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 12.5 in (24 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1940 Female Profile Portrait with Flowers, circa 1940$3.1kSign up
c. 1940 Portrait of a Man$1.3kSign up
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $4.8kSign up
- Average
- $5.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 33.5 in (38 × 85 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1970 Untitled (Picking Cotton)$10.6kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Funeral Procession)$5.1kSign up
c. 1970 Untitled (Wash Day)$4.6kSign up
c. 1976 Laundry Woman$1.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
15 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $3kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 22 in (44 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 Picking Cotton$2.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2009 Wash Day$3.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 1 of 4
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 22.5 in (37 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2011 Floral Still LifeUnsold
sold 2011 Wedding SceneUnsold
sold 2015 The Nativity$2.4kSign up
sold 2018 Wash DayUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $5.4kSign up
- Average
- $6.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 15 in (43 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (9)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 The Crucifixion$6kSign up
sold 2022 Apple Picking and a photo of the artist with this work$3.3kSign up
sold 2022 Cotton pickers$5kSign up
sold 2023 Wedding Scene$2.9kSign up
sold 2023 Cotton Wagon$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled, [Cotton Wagon and Cotton Pickers], cypher in lower right$7kSign up
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Picking Cotton$5.4kSign up
sold 2025 The Baptism$15kSign up
sold 2025 Baptism$10kSign 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 Clementine Hunter auction results →