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illegible signature: career timeline

· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 77 of 147 lots (52% 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.

illegible signature: 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
1890s22$977Sign upPrint (other)
1900s11$312Sign upPrint (other)
1910s33$821Sign upPrint (other)
1920s99$348Sign upPrint (other)
1930s1212$561Sign upPrint (other)
1940s1313$448Sign upPrint (other)
1950s1313$477Sign upPrint (other)
1960s1616$166Sign upPrint (other)
1970s77$174Sign upPrint (other)
1980s11$164Sign upPrint (other)

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1890s 2 works

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2 of 2
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$977Sign up
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$977Sign up
Typical size
34 × 24.5 in (86 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (2)
Subjects
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1900s 1 work

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1 of 1
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$312Sign up
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$312Sign up
Typical size
13.5 × 28 in (34 × 71 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1)
Subjects
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1910s 3 works

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3 of 3
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$821Sign up
Average
$675Sign up
Typical size
26 × 37 in (66 × 94 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (3)
Subjects
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1920s 9 works

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9 of 9
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$348Sign up
Average
$708Sign up
Typical size
35.5 × 32.5 in (90 × 83 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (9)
Subjects
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1930s 12 works

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12 of 12
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$561Sign up
Average
$877Sign up
Typical size
31.5 × 23.5 in (80 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (12)
Subjects
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1940s 13 works

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13 of 13
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$448Sign up
Average
$633Sign up
Typical size
34 × 23.5 in (86 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (13)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1940s)

1950s 13 works

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13 of 13
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$477Sign up
Average
$430Sign up
Typical size
32.5 × 23.5 in (83 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (13)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1), Boats (1)
Show 1 more (1950s)

1960s 16 works

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16 of 16
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$166Sign up
Average
$255Sign up
Typical size
33 × 23.5 in (84 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (16)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (1960s)

1970s 7 works

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7 of 7
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$174Sign up
Average
$199Sign up
Typical size
33 × 23.5 in (84 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (7)
Subjects
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1980s 1 work

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1 of 1
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$164Sign up
Average
$164Sign up
Typical size
23.5 × 16.5 in (60 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

70 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 18 works

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18 of 18
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$282Sign up
Average
$386Sign up
Typical size
31.5 × 21.5 in (80 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (18)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works

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34 of 34
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$333Sign up
Average
$451Sign up
Typical size
33 × 24.5 in (84 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (34)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1), Beach scenes (1)
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…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 18 works

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18 of 18
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$228Sign up
Average
$330Sign up
Typical size
29.5 × 23 in (75 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (18)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…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 illegible signature auction results →