John Altoon: career timeline
American · 1925–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 83 of 92 lots (90% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11 | 11 | $4.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 68 | 62 | $4.4kSign up | Drawing |
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1950s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $4.8kSign up
- Average
- $10.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Drawing (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1953 Coffee Drinkers$4.8kSign up
c. 1957 Minotaur$4.4kSign up
c. 1957 Untitled$1.2kSign up
c. 1957 Minotaur$3.8kSign up
c. 1957 Untitled$6.3kSign up
c. 1957 Two Figures and Dove$5.9kSign up
1957 Untitled$24kSign up
c. 1958 Desert$5.6kSign up
c. 1959 Untitled$3kSign up
1959 Untitled (Greek Ritual)$4kSign up
1959 Untitled$52.5kSign up
1960s 68 works
- Sold
- 62 of 68
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $9.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (21), Pastel (17), Watercolor (13)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Sunsets & night (1), Abstract (1)
c. 1960 Untitled (Early Figures)Unsold
c. 1960 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1960 Untitled$6.3kSign up
1960 Untitled #4$39.6kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled (Erotic Fantasy), c. 1960 - 1962$5.4kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled$1kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled$3.6kSign up
1961 Untitled$2kSign up
1961 Untitled$12.5kSign up
c. 1962 Untitled$576Sign up
c. 1962 Portrait of the Artist$4.4kSign up
1962 Untitled$16.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1963 Untitled$6.3kSign up
1963 Untitled$3.3kSign up
c. 1963 Untitled (from the Hyperion series)$52.9kSign up
c. 1963 Untitled$48.3kSign up
c. 1963 Untitled (from Hyperion Series)$62.5kSign up
1964 Hyperion Lady and Man$14.1kSign up
1964 UntitledUnsold
c. 1964 Untitled$2.5kSign up · sold 2×
1964 Untitled, from the Sawtelle Series$14kSign up
1964 Untitled, from the Hyperion Series$17.9kSign up
1964 Untitled (ABS- 90)$14kSign up
c. 1964 Untitled$8.8kSign up
…and 44 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
9 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
- $5.9kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Drawing (1), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2005 (American, 1925-1969)$5.9kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1925-1969)$2.7kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1925-1969)$6.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 33.5 × 23.5 in (85 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Tempera (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 New York City Skyline$4.9kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled (Espresso Machine)$4.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 25 in (47 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2020 Untitled; Untitled (from About Women Series) (2)$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Portrait of a Boy$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$2.4kSign up
sold 2024 Sans titre$454Sign 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 Altoon auction results →