John Ferren: career timeline

American · 1905–1970 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 30 lots (73% 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 Ferren: 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	5	4	$9.2kSign up	Oil
1940s	6	5	$2kSign up	Other
1950s	5	5	$1.7kSign up	Other
1960s	6	5	$2.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $9.2kSign up
Average: $18kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 15 in (55 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Gouache (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Abstract (2), Flowers & still life (1)

1930 Untitled (Still Life)$2.4kSign up
1933 L'Église No. 5 (The Church No. 5)$3.3kSign up
c. 1934 Composition$51.2kSign up
1937 Grey Scale CompositionUnsold
1937 untitled$15kSign up

1940s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 30.5 in (64 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1), Landscapes (1)

1945 Embracing the Symbol$1.3kSign up
1947 The Unfinished Column$2kSign up
1947 Woman Disrobing$2.5kSign up
1948 Moonlight - Utah$9.9kSign up
1948 CASEINResult not published
1948 The Desert Tree-Utah (JF355)$1.3kSign up

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $6.8kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 26.5 in (48 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Mixed media (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 28.5 in (80 × 73 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

1960 Untitled$2.4kSign up
c. 1960 Standing FormUnsold
1961 Blue Green Ground$8.2kSign up
1964 untitled$2.1kSign up
1966 Band Band$4.1kSign up
1967 Untitled$1.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.8kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (3), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2017 Untitled (No. 20)$5kSign up
sold 2017 Composition (No. 1)$7.5kSign up
sold 2018 Drawings (4)$2.5kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$4.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 7 in (18 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Aquatint (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2024 Composition burin, soft ground andResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled$1.6kSign up
sold 2024 #4 Watercolor Mallorca$1kSign up
sold 2025 UntitledResult not published

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 Ferren auction results →