John Alexander: career timeline

American · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 15 of 26 lots (58% 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.

John Alexander: 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	1	1	$19.2kSign up	Oil
1980s	4	3	$70.3kSign up	Oil
1990s	8	6	$2.6kSign up	Oil
2000s	2	2	$8.3kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $19.2kSign up
Average: $19.2kSign up
Typical size: 78 × 84 in (198 × 213 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1978 Untitled$19.2kSign up

1980s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $70.3kSign up
Average: $67.7kSign up
Typical size: 68 × 73.5 in (173 × 186 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

1990s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (45 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Etching (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Sabine PassUnsold
1990 Heart of DarknessUnsold
1991 Raven Skull$3.4kSign up
1991 Blackbird looking at the light$1.6kSign up
1996 Spring Fever$3.1kSign up
1997 Untitled (2)$1.5kSign up
c. 1998 "Wet + Wild"$9.2kSign up
1998 Oysters with Blue Background$2kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $8.3kSign up
Average: $8.3kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 23 in (77 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

2000 Angry Heron$3.8kSign up
2001 "Vertical Lilies"$12.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $4.8kSign up
Typical size: 50 × 70 in (127 × 178 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2007 All Days$4.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 60 × 64 in (153 × 163 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2015 Perennial Blues$20.4kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled$8.8kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled$4.7kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled (Landscape)$5.3kSign up
sold 2019 Oil on canvas$5.9kSign up
sold 2019 Oil on canvas$6.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $5.4kSign up
Average: $8.6kSign up
Typical size: 32.5 × 26 in (82 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Oil (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Birds (1)

sold 2022 Monkey Choking Chicken$4.8kSign up
sold 2022 Night Stalker$20.4kSign up
sold 2022 Bird$6kSign up
sold 2025 Two Monuments to Nothing$3.2kSign 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 John Alexander auction results →