Karen Karnes: career timeline
American · 1925–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 33 lots (58% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | $2.4kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $572Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | $2.1kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | $1.5kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | $1.7kSign up | Sculpture |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $7kSign up
- Average
- $7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 5.5 in (27 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
1950 Candleholder$7kSign up
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 13.5 in (47 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Large covered vessel$945Sign up
c. 1960 Tall vase$3.8kSign up
1970s 1 work
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 10.5 in (24 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1980 Collection of three works$693Sign up
c. 1980 Large vase$2.1kSign up
c. 1985 Jar$3kSign up
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 11.5 in (29 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Collection of three covered vessels$1.5kSign up
c. 1990 Large covered vessel$1.2kSign up
c. 1990 Vessel$1.4kSign up
c. 1990 Kettle$1.3kSign up
c. 1990 Collection of four covered vessels$1.9kSign up
c. 1990 Boulder with Three Openings$3kSign up
2000s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 10 in (30 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2000 Bell-Form Jar$2.2kSign up
c. 2000 Large covered vessel$572Sign up
c. 2000 Covered vessel$945Sign up
c. 2000 Folded vessel$1.2kSign up
c. 2005 Covered jar$3.8kSign up
c. 2008 Spouted vase$4.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
14 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
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6), Other (4)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 Shoulder Vessel$1.8kSign up
sold 2018 Group of Three Bowls$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Double Spouted Vessel$1.9kSign up
sold 2018 Vessel$1.5kSign up
sold 2018 Winged Vessel$2kSign up
sold 2018 Group of Four Covered Vessels$1.9kSign up
Show 4 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Two Covered Tureens and a Dish$1.5kSign up
sold 2019 Large lidded vessel$1.9kSign up
sold 2019 Large vase$1.9kSign up
sold 2019 Teapot$1.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $336Sign up
- Average
- $321Sign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 10 in (19 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Jar$282Sign up
sold 2021 Large bowl$438Sign up
sold 2021 Ceramic Bowl$390Sign up
sold 2026 Stoneware Lidded Casserole Dish$175Sign 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 Karen Karnes auction results →