Joel Elenberg: career timeline

1948–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 29 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.

Joel Elenberg: 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	24	21	$80.7kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	2	2	$124kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 24 works

Sold: 21 of 24
Median: $80.7kSign up
Average: $144kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 20.5 in (88 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (22), Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Rivers & marshes (1)

1973 Family I c1973$60.9kSign up
1973 Autumn Water$229Sign up
1973 Rubicon River$823Sign up
1975 Woman I (1975)$66.4kSign up
1975 Torso (1975)$54.8kSign up
1975 Animal Head II (1975)$22.6kSign up · sold 2×
1976 Head VI (1976)$49.8kSign up
1978 Figure II 1978$215kSign up
1978 Mask 1 (1978)$728kSign up
1978 Head III 1978$156kSign up
1978 Head III 1978$86.9kSign up
1978 Profile 1 1978$80.7kSign up

Show 12 more (1970s)

1978 Profile 1 1978$95kSign up
1978 Profile 1 1978$139kSign up
1978 Profile 1 1978$125kSign up
1979 Maquette for Mask (1979, cast later)$285kSign up
1979 Anna (1979)Unsold
1979 Anna (1979)Unsold
1979 Mask A (1979)$461kSign up
1979 Mask E (1979)$72.4kSign up
1979 Mask 3 (1979)$79.2kSign up
c. 1979 Mask A 1979-80$72.2kSign up
1979 MASK 3 1979Unsold
c. 1979 MASK A (1979-1980)$175kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $124kSign up
Average: $124kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 15.5 in (69 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

1980 Mask C (1980)$152kSign up
1980 Mask D (1980)$95.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $133Sign up
Average: $133Sign up
Typical size: 41.5 × 29.5 in (105 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Untitled - Sculptural Forms$133Sign up · sold 2×

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 Joel Elenberg auction results →