Hedda Sterne: career timeline
American · 1910–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 37 lots (46% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $676Sign up | Etching |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $10.8kSign up | Gouache |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | $1.9kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 4 | 3 | $9kSign up | Drawing |
| 1980s | 3 | 2 | $22.6kSign up | Drawing |
| 1990s | 4 | 3 | $52.5kSign up | Pastel |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | $1.8kSign up | Drawing |
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1930s 1 work
c. 1936 Autoportret$676Sign up
1950s 1 work
1960s 2 works
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $9kSign up
- Average
- $8.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 40 × 30 in (102 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1973 Floral Figure (Tondo)$6.3kSign up
1975 Four works: (i-iv): Untitled$9kSign up
1978 Untitled$10.2kSign up
1978 UntitledUnsold
1980s 3 works
1990s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $52.5kSign up
- Average
- $36.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 38 × 25 in (97 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (2), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1990 UntitledResult not published
1994 Untitled$53.3kSign up
1994 Untitled (Tree)$52.5kSign up
c. 1996 Untitled Drawing (Blossoms)$3.8kSign up
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Untitled (September 30, 2001)$2kSign up
2001 Untitled (June 25, 2001)$1.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
20 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $949Sign up
- Average
- $949Sign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 12.5 in (45 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Tempera (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2019 În mișcare$893Sign up
sold 2019 Studiul subconștientului$1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 18 works
- Sold
- 14 of 18
- Median
- $831Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 13 in (37 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (6), Drawing (6), Tempera (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Întâlnire în vremuri interzise$1.4kSign up
sold 2020 Tablele lui Moise$2.7kSign up
sold 2020 Primăvară$3.3kSign up
sold 2021 Metamorfoză$1.6kSign up
sold 2021 Medi Dinu$937Sign up
sold 2021 Începutul$1.4kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Zâna florilor$725Sign up
sold 2021 Dialog în oglindă$604Sign up
sold 2022 ConfidențeUnsold
sold 2022 Gânduri$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 CompozițieUnsold
sold 2022 Acrobați$338Sign up
…and 6 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 Hedda Sterne auction results →