Henry Miller: career timeline

American · 1891–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 30 lots (47% 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.

Henry Miller: 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
1940s11$338Sign upWatercolor
1950s22$1.6kSign upWatercolor
1960s98$169Sign upLithograph
1970s22$608Sign upScreenprint

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1940s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$338Sign up
Average
$338Sign up
Typical size
13.5 × 19 in (34 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

1950s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
22 × 18.5 in (57 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (2)
Subjects
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1960s 9 works

Sold
8 of 9
Median
$169Sign up
Average
$412Sign up
Typical size
12 × 15 in (31 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (6), Watercolor (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1970s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$608Sign up
Average
$608Sign up
Typical size
18 × 12 in (46 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

16 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 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
—
Mediums
Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold
12 of 13
Median
$469Sign up
Average
$711Sign up
Typical size
17 × 18.5 in (43 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (6), Watercolor (4), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
—
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…and 1 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 Henry Miller auction results →