John Papas: career timeline
· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 20 lots (40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $991Sign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $106Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $560Sign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | $142Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $739Sign up | Acrylic |
Where does mine fit?
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1930s 1 work
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $106Sign up
- Average
- $106Sign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 12 in (48 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1968 River Passing By I$106Sign up
1970s 1 work
1980s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $142Sign up
- Average
- $639Sign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 18.5 in (57 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Other (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1986 Red Lake$128Sign up
1987 Two earthenware tiles mounted on board$74Sign up
1987 Winter Window Painting$157Sign up
1989 Poseidon’s Depth$2.2kSign up
1990s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
12 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
- $402Sign up
- Average
- $402Sign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 13 in (33 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 Heading South$402Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works
- Sold
- 3 of 6
- Median
- $330Sign up
- Average
- $466Sign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 The Chair$322Sign up
sold 2015 Lijiang Journey$746Sign up
sold 2016 ‘Freedom’Unsold
sold 2017 The Remembrance of Things PastUnsold
sold 2018 Two earthenware tilesUnsold
sold 2019 Garden Study$330Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $214Sign up
- Average
- $710Sign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 12.5 in (41 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (4), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Palms (1)
sold 2023 Journey$1.8kSign up
sold 2024 Collection of five tiles from the 'Early Morning' and 'Palm' series$75Sign up
sold 2024 Crossing the BarUnsold
sold 2024 Crossing the BarUnsold
sold 2026 Image$214Sign 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 Papas auction results →