John McLaughlin: career timeline

American · 1898–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 31 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 McLaughlin: 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	2	2	$71.9kSign up	Oil
1950s	8	8	$85.7kSign up	Oil
1960s	16	16	$8.6kSign up	Lithograph
1970s	3	2	$131kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $71.9kSign up
Average: $71.9kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1948 Untitled$100kSign up
c. 1948 Untitled (Abstract Geometric Composition)$43.8kSign up

1950s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $85.7kSign up
Average: $98.2kSign up
Typical size: 43 × 34 in (109 × 86 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Untitled$15kSign up
1953 Untitled$175kSign up
1954 Untitled$125kSign up
1955 Untitled$50.8kSign up
1955 Untitled$250kSign up
1956 Untitled$121kSign up
1958 Untitled (#33)$27.6kSign up
1958 V-1958$21.2kSign up

1960s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $8.6kSign up
Average: $30.4kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (46 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (12), Oil (3), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1961 #25$63kSign up
1962 #11-1962$213kSign up
1963 Untitled$6.3kSign up
1963 Untitled (from the 5107 Fex series)$3kSign up
1963 Untitled$9.8kSign up
1963 Untitled$20kSign up
1963 Untitled$12.5kSign up
1963 Untitled$21.3kSign up
1963 Untitled$7.5kSign up
1963 Untitled$15kSign up
1963 Untitled$6.9kSign up
1963 Untitled$6.9kSign up

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1963 Untitled$7.5kSign up
1963 Untitled$4.7kSign up
c. 1966 Ten catalogs$882Sign up
1969 Untitled$88.9kSign up

1970s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $131kSign up
Average: $131kSign up
Typical size: 48 × 60 in (122 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1970 #1$197kSign up
1971 #7Unsold
1974 #7$64kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $8.7kSign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Untitled$8.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $812Sign up
Average: $812Sign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 4.5 in (43 × 12 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2020 Sea Horse$812Sign 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 McLaughlin auction results →