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Emil Bisttram: career timeline

American · 1895–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 33 of 57 lots (58% 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.

Emil Bisttram: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s44$995Sign upDrawing
1930s75$4.4kSign upOil
1940s97$3.5kSign upOther
1950s54$8.9kSign upOil
1960s75$6.3kSign upOil
1970s11$25.3kSign upOil

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1920s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$995Sign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17 in (40 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)

1930s 7 works

Sold
5 of 7
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 9 in (27 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Lithograph (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1940s 9 works

Sold
7 of 9
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8 in (27 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Drawing (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

1950s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$8.9kSign up
Average
$11.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 25 in (50 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Lithograph (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)

1960s 7 works

Sold
5 of 7
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$6.9kSign up
Typical size
24.5 × 29 in (62 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

1970s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$25.3kSign up
Average
$25.3kSign up
Typical size
28 × 36 in (71 × 91 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

24 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 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Abstract (2)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$913Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
6 × 7.5 in (15 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Mixed media (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold
12 of 15
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$5.3kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 12.5 in (42 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5), Drawing (3), Other (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 3 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 Emil Bisttram auction results →