H. C. Westermann: career timeline

American · 1922–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 62 of 68 lots (91% 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.

H. C. Westermann: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	1	1	$7.2kSign up	Drawing
1960s	30	29	$4.4kSign up	Lithograph
1970s	31	31	$6.4kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $7.2kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1957 Collection of correspondence to John F. Miller$7.2kSign up

1960s 30 works

Sold: 29 of 30
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 22.5 in (55 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (16), Woodcut / linocut (5), Drawing (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Harbours & ports (2), Sea & coast (1)

c. 1962 Diasters in the Sky #1 (A. & B. 1a)$3.8kSign up
c. 1962 Disasters in the Sky #2 (A. & B. 2)$2.8kSign up
c. 1962 Disasters in the Sky #4 (A. & B. 4)$4kSign up
1962 Untitled (Oh Boy!)$4.4kSign up
1962 Disasters in the Sky #5$10.7kSign up
c. 1962 Disasters in the Sky #3$9.4kSign up
c. 1964 Collection of correspondence with Herbert Walter Pannier$20.2kSign up
c. 1965 Good Ol Herb$6.3kSign up
c. 1965 Dead Marine Boogie Woogie Sea Shell$6.3kSign up
c. 1965 WIZE8X20YEETS (Artist's Book)$20kSign up
1967 Red Planet J$2.4kSign up
1967 Red Planet J$4kSign up

Show 12 more (1960s)

1967 Red Planet "J"$2.8kSign up
1967 Red Planet 'J' (Red Planet J)$4.4kSign up
1967 Port of Shadows (Pier 31)$6.9kSign up
1967 Woman from Indianapolis$6.3kSign up
1967 Red Planet "J" (Red Planet J)$7.5kSign up
1967 Death Ship of No Port (Deathship of No Port, Red Deathship)$6.3kSign up
1967 Red Planet J$3.3kSign up
1967 Untitled (Ding Dong School)$3kSign up
1968 See America First case$6.1kSign up
1968 Three plates, from See America First (Tamarind 2427; 2431; 2435)$2kSign up
1968 See America First, 1968, coloredResult not published
1968 Untitled (See America First VII) (State II)$1.3kSign up

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 31 works

Sold: 31 of 31
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $9.4kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (13), Watercolor (6), Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (3), Harbours & ports (2), Boats (1)

1970 Untitled (Old Friends)$1.8kSign up
1970 Untitled (You can say that again brother!!)$5.3kSign up
1972 Six Lithographs$12.8kSign up
1972 Dust Pan, 30/8$12.6kSign up
1972 J Print (from the Six Lithographs portfolio)$1.3kSign up
1972 Untitled (Sunkist)$11.9kSign up
1972 The Lost Planet$3.8kSign up
1972 Untitled$7.6kSign up
1972 Death Ship in Port$1.9kSign up
1972 Green River (from Six Lithographs)$2.4kSign up
1972 Holiday Inn, from Six Lithographs (L.P. p. 181, pl. 84, A. & B. 19G)$2.5kSign up
1972 An Affair in the Islands, from Six Lithographs (L.P. p. 179, pl. 82, A. & B. 19F)$2.5kSign up

Show 12 more (1970s)

1972 Green River, from Six Lithographs (A. & B. 19C)$2kSign up
1972 Death Ship in Port, from Six Lithographs (L.P. p. 180, pl. 83, A. & B. 19B)$1.5kSign up
1972 Six Lithographs$10.1kSign up
1972 Green River$4.4kSign up
1972 Dust Pan$13.8kSign up
1972 Six Lithographs$17.5kSign up
1973 Untitled$9.6kSign up
1973 Study for Central America$15.2kSign up
1974 Connecticut Snapping Turtle and a Raccoon That Got Too Close$8.2kSign up
1974 Ex Boxer and a Death Ship$6.4kSign up
1975 The Dance of Death (San Pedro)$832Sign up
1975 Deserted Airport, N.M. (from the Connecticut Ballroom Series)$5.2kSign up

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

6 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $390Sign up
Average: $390Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 20 in (37 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Untitled$390Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 20 in (37 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Woodcut / linocut (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2025 Untitled (from the Landfall Press 30th Anniversary portfolio)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled (from the Landfall Press 30th Anniversary portfolio)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$660Sign up
sold 2025 Three works$1.4kSign up
sold 2026 Bird cage$3.3kSign up

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 H. C. Westermann auction results →