Doris Lee: career timeline
American · 1905–1983 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 38 lots (61% 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 | 3 | 3 | $313Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1940s | 17 | 15 | $813Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | $522Sign up | Other |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $625Sign up | Other |
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1930s 3 works
1940s 17 works
- Sold
- 15 of 17
- Median
- $813Sign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 12 in (28 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (7), Other (5), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1940 Arab Bedroom$14.9kSign up
1942 Thanksgiving$3.3kSign up
1942 Thanksgiving, 1942$3.8kSign up
1943 Country Wedding, 1943$780Sign up
1943 - ''Country Wedding'' (AAA/Czestochowski 1943.026)-Unsold
1944 The Strawberry Pickers$8.2kSign up
1945 Cemetery at Cripple Creek, 1945$750Sign up
c. 1945 Baby Talk$8.8kSign up
c. 1945 Apple Picking$489Sign up
c. 1945 Untitled (Child's Room)$2.9kSign up
c. 1945 Cisnernavaca Silver Vendor$3kSign up
1948 Helicopter$813Sign up
Show 5 more (1940s)
1948 Maypole (Dancers), 1948$455Sign up
1948 Afternoon Train, 1948$375Sign up
1948 - ''The Helicopter'' (AAA/ Czestochowski 1948.046)-$350Sign up
1948 Helicopter$200Sign up
1948 - ''The Helicopter'' (AAA/Czestochowski 1948.046)-Unsold
1950s 2 works
1952 The Dove, 1952$293Sign up
1959 Blossom Time, 1959$750Sign up
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $625Sign up
- Average
- $625Sign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1968 Fruit Still Life, 1968$625Sign 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $3.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 13 in (34 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1)
sold 2002 Afternoon Tea; Afternoon Train$805Sign up
sold 2003 Cathedral$5.3kSign up
sold 2003 Bather in Red Suit$6.5kSign up
sold 2005 Strawberry Pickers$275Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 16 × 12 in (41 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Capital DomeUnsold
sold 2015 - ''Afternoon Nap''-Result not published
sold 2019 - ''Afternoon Tea''-Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $447Sign up
- Average
- $823Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 18 in (31 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Other (2), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Birds (3), Figures & portraits (1), Butterflies (1)
sold 2020 - Portrait-$300Sign up
sold 2021 Snake Charmer$3kSign up
sold 2022 Bird with Seashells$438Sign up
sold 2022 Peaceable Kingdom$455Sign up
sold 2022 Autumn Reflections$618Sign up
sold 2024 Fruit and ButterflyUnsold
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 Doris Lee auction results →