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Helen Frankenthaler: career timeline

American · 1928–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 259 of 290 lots (90% 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.

Helen Frankenthaler: 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
1950s66$100kSign upOil
1960s3634$5.2kSign upLithograph
1970s7368$6.1kSign upScreenprint
1980s6459$8.1kSign upLithograph
1990s4136$10kSign upLithograph
2000s3836$9.5kSign upScreenprint

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1950s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$100kSign up
Average
$737kSign up
Typical size
31 × 23.5 in (79 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Watercolor (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Birds (1)

1960s 36 works

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34 of 36
Median
$5.2kSign up
Average
$252kSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 21 in (65 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (14), Screenprint (9), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 73 works

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68 of 73
Median
$6.1kSign up
Average
$174kSign up
Typical size
23 × 24 in (58 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (18), Lithograph (16), Acrylic (16)
Subjects
Sea & coast (5), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 49 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 64 works

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59 of 64
Median
$8.1kSign up
Average
$74.6kSign up
Typical size
26 × 27 in (66 × 68 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (23), Etching (18), Acrylic (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Sunsets & night (2), Markets & villages (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 40 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 41 works

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36 of 41
Median
$10kSign up
Average
$49.9kSign up
Typical size
26 × 28.5 in (67 × 72 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (17), Woodcut / linocut (8), Screenprint (5)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 38 works

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36 of 38
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$12.2kSign up
Typical size
31 × 37 in (79 × 94 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (30), Woodcut / linocut (4), Etching (2)
Subjects
Butterflies (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

28 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 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$4.5kSign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 15 in (50 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Lithograph (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
—
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 20 works

Sold
16 of 20
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$19.2kSign up
Typical size
25 × 26.5 in (64 × 68 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (7), Lithograph (6), Etching (4)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 8 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 Helen Frankenthaler auction results →