John Ward: career timeline
American · 1938–2023 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 62 of 108 lots (57% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $2.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 21 | 20 | $2.7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 38 | 38 | $5.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | $30.6kSign up | Sculpture |
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1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 5.5 in (13 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
1974 Small Rounded Pot$2.3kSign up
1980s 21 works
- Sold
- 20 of 21
- Median
- $2.7kSign up
- Average
- $5.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 8 in (17 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (19), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1980 Rounded vessel$3.2kSign up
c. 1980 "Large Brown Jug"$10kSign up
c. 1980 A Vase$3.6kSign up
c. 1980 A Bowl$2.3kSign up
c. 1982 Bol, entre 1982-1984$1.5kSign up
c. 1985 Small Pot$1.7kSign up
c. 1985 Rounded Pot$3.3kSign up
c. 1985 Pot$889Sign up
c. 1985 Untitled (Small Pot)$635Sign up
c. 1985 Bowl$1.5kSign up
c. 1985 Small Green and Brown Pot$1.1kSign up
c. 1985 Bol$1.5kSign up
Show 9 more (1980s)
c. 1985 'Tulip' vesselUnsold
c. 1985 'Bud pot'$3kSign up
c. 1985 High-sided vessel$1.6kSign up
c. 1985 Shouldered vessel$2.4kSign up
c. 1986 Bowl with inverted rim$5kSign up
c. 1986 Bud form bowl$16.2kSign up
c. 1986 Bowl with inverted rim$28.9kSign up
c. 1987 Heart-shaped bowl circa 1987$4.8kSign up
c. 1989 Pot with angled collar$11.1kSign up
1990s 38 works
- Sold
- 38 of 38
- Median
- $5.3kSign up
- Average
- $7.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 9 in (22 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (35), Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1990 Vase$4.9kSign up
c. 1990 Untitled (Small Pot)$832Sign up
c. 1990 Large bowl$6kSign up
c. 1990 Asymmetrical bowl$3.1kSign up
c. 1990 Pot with Cut Rim$7.6kSign up
c. 1990 Tulip Pot$3.8kSign up
c. 1990 Black and White Vessel$6.3kSign up
c. 1990 Green Banded Vessel$5.3kSign up
c. 1990 Collared vessel$1.6kSign up
c. 1990 Large shouldered vessel$5.6kSign up
c. 1990 Stepped rim pot$4.8kSign up
c. 1990 Bowl with stepped rim$6.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
c. 1990 "Black and White Vessel"$6.9kSign up
c. 1990 Vase$5kSign up
c. 1990 A Vase$1kSign up
c. 1990 Two Vases$1.5kSign up
c. 1990 A Vase$3.6kSign up
c. 1990 A Geometric Pattern Vase$5.3kSign up
c. 1991 High-sided bowl$3.2kSign up
c. 1991 "Black and White Vessel"$10kSign up
c. 1992 Bowl with stepped rim$13.6kSign up
c. 1993 Monumental Shouldered Pot$10.8kSign up
c. 1993 Spherical vessel$7.2kSign up
1994 VESSEL WITH CUT RIM, C. 1994$22.9kSign up
…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $30.6kSign up
- Average
- $30.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 14.5 in (45 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Monumental Disc Pot with Green Banded Design$21.6kSign up
c. 2002 Large disc pot$39.6kSign up
Creation date not recorded
46 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 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 11.5 in (36 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Sculpture (3), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2013 Miss Ann Gaskell$2.4kSign up
sold 2017 White Oval Pot with Black Interior$3.2kSign up
sold 2017 Vase with White and Green Bronze Banding$4.5kSign up
sold 2017 Green Banded Bowl$5.7kSign up
sold 2017 Two Black and White Vases$8kSign up
sold 2019 Vase$7.6kSign up
Show 4 more (2010s)
sold 2019 Brown and Green PotUnsold
sold 2019 Flattened striped vessel$6.9kSign up
sold 2019 A Large 'Helmet' Bowl$770Sign up
sold 2019 Head Study$125Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 36 works
- Sold
- 35 of 36
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 7.5 in (20 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (23), Other (13)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2020 Vessel$1.6kSign up
sold 2020 Vase$4.2kSign up
sold 2020 Vessel$2.3kSign up
sold 2020 Vessel$2.5kSign up
sold 2020 John Ward (b.1939)$9.8kSign up
sold 2021 Vessel$3.8kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 'Black and White' Vessel$5.1kSign up
sold 2022 John Ward (b.1938)$4.4kSign up
sold 2022 Vessel$4.1kSign up
sold 2022 Vessel$4.1kSign up
sold 2022 Vessel$1.7kSign up
sold 2023 Squared vessel$1.6kSign 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 Ward auction results →