James Hayward: career timeline

American · 1943–2026 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 54 lots (96% 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 Hayward: 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
1970s	6	6	$3.4kSign up	Oil
1980s	10	10	$2.3kSign up	Oil
1990s	27	27	$2.8kSign up	Oil
2000s	7	7	$3.8kSign up	Oil
2010s	1	1	$1.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $3.4kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 33 in (84 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

1976 Automatic Painting Grey #8$2.3kSign up
1976 Automatic Painting Black #17$1.8kSign up
1976 Automatic Painting Grey #13$4.3kSign up
1976 Automatic Painting Grey #7$4kSign up
1977 Automatic Painting Violet #1$2.8kSign up
c. 1977 Automatic Painting (triptych)$5.7kSign up

1980s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 24.5 in (69 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Acrylic (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Automatic Painting Yellow/Blue/Red$6.3kSign up
1982 Untitled$945Sign up
c. 1985 Untitled$378Sign up · sold 2×
1985 Spartan (DK Green)$5.3kSign up
1986 Athenian Flesh/Dark Blue (diptych)$2.3kSign up
1986 Athenian Flesh/Dark Blue (diptych)$2.3kSign up
1986 Athenian Green/Violet/Grey-Green/Dark Neutral$9.4kSign up
1987 Spartan Flesh (French)$3.1kSign up
1988 Spartan Cobalt Violet$2kSign up
1988 Stations of the Cross Prototype A$2.4kSign up

1990s 27 works

Sold: 27 of 27
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10 in (36 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (26), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Abstract (2), Birds (1)

1990 AD Awed Secondary Version$7.5kSign up
1991 San Jose (from the Red Maps series)$384Sign up
1991 GAWA #6$4.9kSign up
1993 A painting for an evolving intellect #12$1.2kSign up
1994 Untitled$128Sign up
1995 Untitled$384Sign up
1995 Parrot Painting$4.8kSign up
1996 Absolute Cobalt Violet$3.3kSign up
1998 Chromachord #6$2.2kSign up
1998 Chromachord #18$2kSign up
1998 Chromachord #2$2.3kSign up
1998 Chromachord #22$2.8kSign up

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…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10.5 in (36 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Abstract (2)

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 22.5 in (39 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

2017 Abstract Diptych #50$1.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

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

sold 2019 Spartan Red$2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $13.8kSign up
Average: $13.8kSign up
Typical size: 80 × 70 in (203 × 178 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2026 Untitled$13.8kSign 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 Hayward auction results →