John Follis: career timeline

American · 1923–1994 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 46 of 49 lots (94% 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 Follis: 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
1940s	3	3	$4.7kSign up	Other
1950s	38	38	$1.1kSign up	Other
1960s	4	4	$865Sign up	Sculpture
1970s	1	1	$240Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1940s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $4.7kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1949 Pig planter$5.3kSign up
c. 1949 Pig planter$4.7kSign up
c. 1949 Pig planter$3.9kSign up

1950s 38 works

Sold: 38 of 38
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 18.5 in (28 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Other (24), Sculpture (14)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Planters (4)$875Sign up
c. 1950 Heroic-scaled planter$1.9kSign up
c. 1951 Low planter, model F-07$1.8kSign up
c. 1951 Low planter$564Sign up
c. 1952 Planter$4.7kSign up
c. 1952 Planter$4.7kSign up
c. 1955 Early planter$1.1kSign up
c. 1955 Planter$3.1kSign up
c. 1955 Planter, model CP-17$650Sign up
c. 1955 Planter, model K-50$1.6kSign up
c. 1955 Planter, model K-35$1.4kSign up
c. 1955 Planter, model F-09$1kSign up

Show 12 more (1950s)

c. 1955 Planter$2.3kSign up
c. 1955 Planter$1kSign up
c. 1955 Tire planter$563Sign up
c. 1955 Planter with stand$1.8kSign up
c. 1955 Planter$1.8kSign up
c. 1955 Planters (4)$2.8kSign up
c. 1955 Group of planters (3)$1.9kSign up
c. 1955 Planters (2)$688Sign up
c. 1955 Planters with bases (2)$1.8kSign up
c. 1955 Planters with bases (2)$1.5kSign up
c. 1955 Planter with stand$625Sign up
c. 1955 Planter with stand$625Sign up

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $865Sign up
Average: $992Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 16.5 in (22 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1960 Large planter, model FX-02$1.3kSign up
c. 1960 Large planter, model G-31$2kSign up
c. 1960 Group of 10 Pro/Artisan planters$240Sign up
c. 1964 planter, model XB-2$469Sign up

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $240Sign up
Average: $240Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Low planter$240Sign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 19.5 in (51 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 large planter, model G-31$1kSign up
sold 2021 planters, pair$910Sign up
sold 2025 Planter, model SW-04$1.3kSign 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 Follis auction results →