Kenneth Noland: career timeline
American · 1924–2010 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 100 of 113 lots (88% 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 | 4 | 3 | $69.3kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 33 | 31 | $10kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1970s | 23 | 20 | $6.4kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1980s | 28 | 23 | $23.8kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | $325kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 8 | 6 | $6.5kSign up | Print (other) |
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1950s 4 works
1960s 33 works
- Sold
- 31 of 33
- Median
- $10kSign up
- Average
- $193kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 58.5 in (43 × 149 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (18), Acrylic (15)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1963 Via Media (Suddenly)$1.5MSign up
1963 Sun Dried: Japanese Space$425kSign up
1963 Untitled$149kSign up
1963 10 May 1963, 1963Result not published
1964 Bridge$1.4MSign up
1965 Untitled$558kSign up
1966 Greenbrier$310kSign up
1966 Greenbriar$338kSign up
1966 Greenbriar$269kSign up
1966 Kunzite$95.4kSign up
c. 1967 Mildew$96.8kSign up
1967 Western Set$184kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1967 In the Curl$245kSign up
1968 Shadow Line$6.3kSign up
1968 Shadow Line$6.1kSign up
1968 Dawn-Dusk$195kSign up
1968 Shadow Line$6.9kSign up
1968 Shadow Line$3.7kSign up
1968 Shadow Line$5.1kSign up
1969 Twin Planes$6.5kSign up
1969 Twin Planes$5.7kSign up
1969 Twin Planes$4.8kSign up
1969 Twin Planes$5.7kSign up
1969 Twin Planes$5.3kSign up
…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 23 works
- Sold
- 20 of 23
- Median
- $6.4kSign up
- Average
- $67.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 34 × 30.5 in (87 × 78 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (12), Other (3), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1971 UntitledUnsold
1973 Untitled (from the New York Collection for Stockholm portfolio)$1.4kSign up
1973 Untitled (from The New York Collection for Stockholm portfolio)$1.3kSign up
1973 Leaves$20kSign up
1974 Pairs$241kSign up
1976 Immingle$290kSign up
1977 Untitled (Painted Book)$20.6kSign up
1977 Untitled (Painted Book)Unsold
1977 Blind Passage$241kSign up
1977 Glean$155kSign up
1978 Diagonal Stripes VI-3 (from the Handmade Paper Project)$7kSign up
1978 Echo$4.4kSign up
Show 11 more (1970s)
1978 Echo$4.8kSign up
1978 Relic$75kSign up
1978 Untitled (From Circle I Series)$2.1kSign up
1978 untitled$920Sign up
1979 PK-0036$4.1kSign up
1979 ResectUnsold
c. 1979 Outlying$213kSign up
1979 PK 0106$5.8kSign up
1979 PK 0107$5.8kSign up
c. 1979 Outlying$50kSign up
1979 Untitled #157 from Pacific Coast series$1kSign up
1980s 28 works
- Sold
- 23 of 28
- Median
- $23.8kSign up
- Average
- $85.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 37 in (72 × 94 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (13), Print (other) (8), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1980 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1980 Hot Blue$338kSign up
1980 Rag (Untitled Paperwork)$3.3kSign up
1981 Everglade$181kSign up
1981 Untitled$5.1kSign up
1981 Damson$197kSign up
1981 Untitled (PK 0314)$5kSign up
1981 Pairs 10, from the Handmade Paper Project$11.3kSign up
1981 Pairs 10, from the Handmade Paper Project$11.3kSign up
1982 Reborn$114kSign up
1982 Untitled$78.1kSign up
c. 1982 Winds 82-28Unsold
Show 12 more (1980s)
1982 Recovers$175kSign up
1982 Push$47.5kSign up
1982 Orison$43.8kSign up
1982 Chac volantUnsold
1983 Untitled$3.3kSign up
1983 Days and Nights (ESP-KN-07-02)$23.8kSign up
1984 Songs Sunrise SerenadeUnsold
1984 Songs: Out of Nowhere$42kSign up
1985 Rains$22.9kSign up
1985 Rains, 1985$12.3kSign up
1985 Songs: Yesterdays$550kSign up
1985 Untitled$2.5kSign up
…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $325kSign up
- Average
- $325kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 29.5 in (65 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 GreyResult not published
1999 Mysteries: To Blue$325kSign up
2000s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $6.5kSign up
- Average
- $108kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 41.5 in (67 × 106 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (2), Lithograph (2), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Quartet IVUnsold · sold 2×
2001 Quartet IIIUnsold · sold 2×
2001 Quartet I-IV$25kSign up
2002 Themes and Variations, 1958-2000 exhibition poster$2kSign up
2002 Mysteries: Aglow$605kSign up
2004 Untitled (Target)$2.6kSign up
2009 UNTITLED (Circle)$6.1kSign up
2009 Untitled$6.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
13 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 2 works
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $9kSign up
- Average
- $9.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 21.5 in (45 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (2), Acrylic (1), Aquatint (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Untitled$17.5kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled (Circle)$19kSign up
sold 2026 Kenneth Noland 10.02.02$550Sign up
sold 2026 HC 5/10$500Sign 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 Kenneth Noland auction results →