Gene Davis: career timeline

American · 1920–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 124 of 165 lots (76% 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.

Gene Davis: 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
1950s77$4.4kSign upOil
1960s2828$2kSign upScreenprint
1970s4337$1.8kSign upScreenprint
1980s4642$1.4kSign upScreenprint

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1950s 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$6.3kSign up
Typical size
16 × 18 in (41 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
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1960s 28 works

Sold
28 of 28
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$7.9kSign up
Typical size
30 × 20 in (76 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (21), Acrylic (3), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
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…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 43 works

Sold
37 of 43
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
31 × 36 in (79 × 92 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (16), Acrylic (12), Lithograph (11)
Subjects
Abstract (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 46 works

Sold
42 of 46
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
27 × 21.5 in (69 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (32), Lithograph (7), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

40 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 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$750Sign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 27 in (90 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (3), Acrylic (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 24 works

Sold
24 of 24
Median
$563Sign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
31 × 27 in (79 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (11), Lithograph (3), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold
8 of 9
Median
$6.7kSign up
Average
$28.3kSign up
Typical size
28.5 × 28.5 in (73 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Acrylic (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
—
Show 3 more (2020s)

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 Gene Davis auction results →