John R. Grabach: career timeline

American · 1886–1981 · Few works by John R. Grabach have a recorded creation date (9 of 72), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

John R. Grabach: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade sold	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
2000s	6	4	$13.5kSign up	Oil
2010s	18	17	$3.8kSign up	Other
2020s	48	46	$1.5kSign up	Oil

Sold in the 2000s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $13.5kSign up
Average: $12.9kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 33 in (70 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Boats (1)

sold 2006 Repairing BoatsUnsold
sold 2007 Reclining Nude with a CatUnsold
sold 2007 Patason, New Jersey$10.2kSign up
sold 2007 Fire Escape$16.8kSign up
sold 2007 Shipyard, Gloucester$16.8kSign up
sold 2007 The Dockyards$7.8kSign up · sold 2×

Sold in the 2010s 18 works

Sold: 17 of 18
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $5.4kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 21.5 in (51 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Other (14), Oil (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Boats (1)

sold 2014 Gloucester Fishing Boat “Diane$6.8kSign up
sold 2015 A wooden palette painted with fantastic creatures, figures, and a tromp l'oeil photograph of a ladyUnsold
sold 2016 Untitled (New York Waterfront)$3.1kSign up
sold 2016 Square in Central Park$650Sign up
sold 2017 Untitled (Stowing Jibs)$2.5kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled (Stowing Jibs)$1.9kSign up
sold 2017 Pulling the Catch$3.8kSign up
sold 2017 The Man Himself (Self-portrait)$3.3kSign up
sold 2017 Jazz Age$7.5kSign up
sold 2017 New York East Side$17.5kSign up
c. 1925 The Brooklyn Bridge$1.3kSign up
sold 2018 Ice on the Bridge$2.5kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2018 Capitalism Prosperity$10kSign up
sold 2019 Meditation$5.6kSign up
sold 2019 View of the Palisades$12.5kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled (Violin Maker)$1.1kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$8.1kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled (Highbridge Aqueduct)$4.4kSign up

Sold in the 2020s 48 works

Sold: 46 of 48
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (29), Drawing (11), Watercolor (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (20), Flowers & still life (2), Boats (2)

sold 2020 Winter Snow$850Sign up
sold 2020 Two Portraits: Portrait of a Man$600Sign up
sold 2020 Little Helen With Green Shawl$2.6kSign up
c. 1930 Evolution of the Postal Service, mural study/cartoon$3kSign up
c. 1920 Little Helen with a Red Bow$2.6kSign up
sold 2020 The Kit Kat Club, Man in a Top Hat$1.8kSign up
sold 2020 The Old and the New, Nude with Flowers$2.2kSign up
sold 2020 Boy with a Green Screen$3.3kSign up
sold 2020 Sunlight in Irvington$12kSign up
sold 2020 Loading the Ship$1.6kSign up
c. 1921 Little Helen With Bouquet of Flowers$3.8kSign up
sold 2020 Young Man in a Tie$1.5kSign up

Show 12 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Sentinel and SeaUnsold
sold 2020 Fall Foliage$700Sign up
c. 1935 Head of a Child, unfinished study$500Sign up
c. 1948 Venus$3kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$896Sign up
c. 1915 The Old Fence$1.8kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled (figure study)$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$2.4kSign up
sold 2021 Figure Study$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Oxen, Boats and Fishermen$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Snow Scene in the Neighborhood$650Sign up
1904 Anna$1.4kSign up

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 R. Grabach auction results →