James Allen: career timeline

American · 1894–1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 24 lots (50% 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.

James Allen: 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
1930s	11	10	$630Sign up	Lithograph
1940s	1	0	—	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $630Sign up
Average: $948Sign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 11 in (32 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (7), Etching (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Harbours & ports (1)

1940s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 8.5 × 12.5 in (22 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1940 The MenaceUnsold

Creation date not recorded

12 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 10 in (30 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2001 Sky Riders$1.8kSign up
sold 2001 Up Above the World$1.8kSign up
sold 2007 Teeming Ingots$1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 2 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 12 in (25 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Lithograph (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 The Builders$2.2kSign up
sold 2018 Teeming Ingots$1.6kSign up
sold 2018 - ''Teeming Ingots'' (Ryan 88)-Result not published
sold 2019 - ''Industrial Scene''-Result not published
sold 2019 - ''Arch of Steel'' (Ryan 2)-Result not published

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $389Sign up
Average: $466Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 13 in (33 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2023 Blue Landscape$389Sign up
sold 2026 The Aquaduct$630Sign up
sold 2026 HomeboundUnsold
sold 2026 Oil Refinery I$378Sign up

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 James Allen auction results →