Karl Priebe: career timeline
American · 1914–1976 · 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 32 lots (91% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 18 | 18 | $4.7kSign up | Gouache |
| 1950s | 7 | 7 | $1.4kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $1.5kSign up | Other |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $885Sign up | Other |
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1940s 18 works
- Sold
- 18 of 18
- Median
- $4.7kSign up
- Average
- $10.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 12 in (33 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (10), Other (6), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Birds (4), Sunsets & night (1)
1940 Lady at Table (with Painting by Gertrude Abercrombie)$69.8kSign up
1940 Moonlight by the Sea, 1940$5.2kSign up
1940 untitled (Sleeping Woman)$1.8kSign up
1940 untitled (Still Life)$590Sign up
1941 Self-portrait$3kSign up
c. 1941 Untitled (Dancing Figure)$2.3kSign up
1942 Untitled$7.3kSign up
1942 Untitled$2.2kSign up
1942 Untitled, 1942$750Sign up
1942 untitled (Portrait)$590Sign up
1942 Portrait of Billie Holliday$3kSign up
1944 Lady in Blue with Birds on Head and Shoulder$41kSign up
Show 6 more (1940s)
1944 Rehearsal for Magic$7.7kSign up
1944 untitled (Woman and Birds)$4.1kSign up
1947 Portrait with Bird on Shoulder$10.9kSign up
1947 Lady and Jacamar (double-sided)$9.5kSign up
1948 The Sandpipers$12.8kSign up
1948 Shore Bird with Insect$9.6kSign up
1950s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 13 in (40 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Watercolor (3), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (2)
1950 Frank Roy Harriot$1.2kSign up
1950 Boy and Bird$2.4kSign up
1952 Fallen Feather$690Sign up
1953 Penguin$6.4kSign up
1954 Shore Bird, 1954$1.4kSign up
1954 Miss Lil Green$531Sign up
1955 The Cocktail$16.6kSign up
1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 18 in (52 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1962 Jacamar in Tobago$4kSign up
1964 Woman with Pear$1.3kSign up
1969 Calico Animal with Juggler$1.5kSign up
1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $885Sign up
- Average
- $885Sign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 25.5 in (50 × 65 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
1976 St. Julian with Bird$885Sign up
Creation date not recorded
3 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 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Pastel (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2015 - Girl with Feathers-Unsold
sold 2015 - ''Miss L. Anetta''-Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 7 in (27 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2025 Woman with CattailsResult not published
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 Karl Priebe auction results →