Folk Art: career timeline
· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 69 lots (39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | $344Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | $688Sign up | Other |
| 1930s | 4 | 3 | $500Sign up | Other |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $1.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1950s | 6 | 6 | $759Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 8 | 8 | $400Sign up | Other |
| 1970s | 5 | 3 | $1.1kSign up | Sculpture |
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1900s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $344Sign up
- Average
- $344Sign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 7 in (54 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1900 Untitled (Tulip)$344Sign up
1920s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $688Sign up
- Average
- $688Sign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 25 in (69 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1920 steps from an Odd Fellows Hall, New York$688Sign up
1930s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $500Sign up
- Average
- $676Sign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 11.5 in (56 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1930 Carnival knockdown punks, set of two$320Sign up
c. 1930 Crow decoy$1.2kSign up
c. 1930 Carnival knockdown punks, pairUnsold
c. 1930 weathervane$500Sign up
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 20 in (76 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1940 chair$1.3kSign up
c. 1945 Tattooist's travel case$2.5kSign up
1950s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $759Sign up
- Average
- $973Sign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 5.5 in (27 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1950 Crow decoy$572Sign up
c. 1950 Preening Black duck decoy$2.4kSign up
c. 1950 Dumbbells, pair$762Sign up
c. 1950 Crow decoys, set of two$1.1kSign up
c. 1950 Crow decoys, set of two$756Sign up
c. 1950 Crow decoys, set of two$252Sign up
1960s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $400Sign up
- Average
- $436Sign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 8 in (39 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (6), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1960 Santos figures from Textiles & Objects, pair$500Sign up
c. 1960 lanterns from Textiles & Objects, pair$750Sign up
c. 1960 owl$250Sign up
c. 1965 cut-out from Textiles & Objects$188Sign up
c. 1965 collection of figures from Textiles & Objects$125Sign up
c. 1965 sculpture from Textiles & Objects$455Sign up
c. 1965 Wycinanki, set of five from Textiles & Objects$875Sign up
c. 1965 Wycinanki, set of three from Textiles & Objects$344Sign up
1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 38.5 × 27.5 in (98 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (4), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1970 Lidded tobacco box$396Sign up
1970 Dirty Ernie's Tin Man$1.8kSign up
c. 1975 Eagle and Face chairs, pair$1.1kSign up
c. 1975 Eagle and Face chairs, pairUnsold
c. 1975 Eagle and Face chairs, pairUnsold
Creation date not recorded
42 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 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $455Sign up
- Average
- $2.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 16 in (42 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2016 monumental shark$15kSign up
sold 2018 chair$250Sign up
sold 2018 memento mori humidor$455Sign up
sold 2019 collection of three crow decoys$688Sign up
sold 2019 duck decoy$188Sign up
sold 2019 carved deer head$455Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 36 works
- Sold
- 31 of 36
- Median
- $630Sign up
- Average
- $843Sign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 10 in (41 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (22), Sculpture (13), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (2), Birds (1), Boats (1)
sold 2020 boxes, set of two$1.9kSign up
sold 2020 animal$938Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled$455Sign up
sold 2020 collection of six dogs$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 monumental match$2.3kSign up
sold 2021 realistically carved wood life-size skull$975Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Metal Life-Size Bird$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 Pacific Northwest totem$2.8kSign up
sold 2022 Elaborate box$438Sign up
sold 2022 Sheep Herder$125Sign up
sold 2022 Advertising tin hat$344Sign up
sold 2022 Giant Pencil$688Sign up
…and 24 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 Folk Art auction results →