Jack Beal: career timeline

American · 1931–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 34 lots (38% 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.

Jack Beal: 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
1960s	3	3	$125Sign up	Lithograph
1970s	6	4	$924Sign up	Lithograph
1980s	2	2	$2.2kSign up	Pastel
1990s	2	2	$132Sign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $125Sign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 21 in (51 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1965 Random Walk (Crutches)$10.7kSign up
1969 Doyle's Glove (from the Six New York Artists portfolio)$66Sign up
1969 Doyle's Glove (from the Six New York Artists portfolio)$125Sign up

1970s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $924Sign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 32.5 in (63 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Oil (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1970 Study for Porch Painting$7kSign up
1971 Frogs And ToadsResult not published
1971 Frogs and Toad (from the Conspiracy: The Artist as Witness portfolio)$94Sign up
1979 ChicagoResult not published
1979 Still Life with Fruit, Vegetables and Flowers$1.7kSign up
1979 Chicago$197Sign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 33.5 × 36.5 in (86 × 92 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

1980 Untitled Drawing of Landscape with Waterfall and Stone Wall$4kSign up
1980 Landscape$300Sign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $132Sign up
Average: $132Sign up
Typical size: 23 × 33 in (58 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1991 Chicago$88Sign up
1997 1997 Collector's Show and Sale$175Sign up

Creation date not recorded

21 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 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $120Sign up
Average: $120Sign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15 in (50 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2012 Caviar$140Sign up
sold 2018 - Self-Portrait-Result not published
sold 2018 Self Portrait$100Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 18 works

Sold: 15 of 18
Median: $508Sign up
Average: $801Sign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 19.5 in (54 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (4), Woodcut / linocut (3), Etching (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Suitcase$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$531Sign up
sold 2021 Fish$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 Still Life$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 ' W 7.75'Result not published
sold 2023 Portrait of John Arthur$275Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Huttons Great Oak$100Sign up
sold 2023 Oysters for John Arthur$300Sign up
sold 2023 Trillium$100Sign up
sold 2023 Floral Still Life$850Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled$1.9kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled$945Sign 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 Jack Beal auction results →