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George Nelson: career timeline

American · 1908–1986 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 318 of 366 lots (87% 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.

George Nelson: 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
1940s6565$1.6kSign upOther
1950s215214$2.3kSign upOther
1960s3533$3.1kSign upOther
1970s22$1.2kSign upAcrylic
1980s11$3kSign upOther

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1940s 65 works

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65 of 65
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
27 × 55 in (69 × 140 cm)
Mediums
Other (64), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
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1950s 215 works

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214 of 215
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 33.5 in (75 × 85 cm)
Mediums
Other (193), Sculpture (17), Multiple (4)
Subjects
—
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1960s 35 works

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33 of 35
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 57 in (75 × 145 cm)
Mediums
Other (34), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—
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1970s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 19 in (57 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

48 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

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2 of 2
Median
$777Sign up
Average
$777Sign up
Typical size
20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 18 works

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18 of 18
Median
$4.2kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (16), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
—
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 28 works

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19 of 28
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
40.5 × 30 in (103 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Other (21), Sculpture (6), Multiple (1)
Subjects
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…and 16 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 George Nelson auction results →