Lamar Dodd: career timeline

American · 1909–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 54 of 124 lots (44% 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.

Lamar Dodd: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	1	1	$400Sign up	Oil
1930s	1	1	$3kSign up	Oil
1940s	9	9	$1.3kSign up	Oil
1950s	8	7	$2kSign up	Oil
1960s	13	13	$2.4kSign up	Oil
1970s	2	2	$800Sign up	Drawing
1980s	9	8	$1.4kSign up	Watercolor
1990s	11	11	$1kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $400Sign up
Average: $400Sign up
Typical size: 23 × 17 in (58 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1923 Flowers$400Sign up

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 23 in (36 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1939 Pauley's Island$3kSign up

1940s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 18.5 in (51 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Harbours & ports (1), Landscapes (1)

1943 Jo Anne Cannon$650Sign up
1943 Portrait of a Man$200Sign up
1948 Along the Harbor$2.8kSign up
1949 Sunlit Trees$1kSign up
1949 The Wave$3kSign up
1949 Stormy Day$5.5kSign up
c. 1949 Rope Square Corners (Sailing)$1.3kSign up
1949 Manana Island, Maine$500Sign up
1949 Rain at Blackhead$2.4kSign up

1950s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 22.5 in (61 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Lithograph (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

c. 1950 In the Forest$2.8kSign up
1952 Tied Up$350Sign up
1953 City Canyon$2.8kSign up
$Lamar Dodd, \r\n\r\nAspiring$ 1953 \r\n\r\nAspiring$2kSign up
$Lamar Dodd, \r\n\r\nForest Monhegan Island$ 1953 \r\n\r\nForest Monhegan Island$1.1kSign up
1955 Hilltown, Monhegan scene, no. 408$650Sign up
1956 In VeniceUnsold
1958 Untitled$2.6kSign up

1960s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 24 in (41 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Mixed media (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (3), Sea & coast (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1961 Untitled, abstract landscape$2.4kSign up
1961 To the Temple, Jaipur$4kSign up
1961 House of Worship$2.4kSign up
1962 Fisherman's Arrangement$4.3kSign up
1963 Gold Domes, East-West$5kSign up
1964 Untitled, abstract landscape$1.4kSign up
1964 Fisherman's Arrangement$2.8kSign up
1964 Sea Captains Quarters$750Sign up
1965 Horizon-Night$900Sign up
1967 Interior$1kSign up
c. 1967 Floodlight: The Cape, circa 1967$1kSign up
1967 Through The Clouds$9kSign up

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1969 Lunar Landscape$1.4kSign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $800Sign up
Average: $800Sign up
Typical size: 22 × 22 in (57 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

c. 1970 Lighted Gantry$500Sign up
c. 1970 Untitled, Black and White Abstract$1.1kSign up

1980s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 20 in (36 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (7), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (2), Sunsets & night (1)

1980 Heart SeriesUnsold
1984 Cortona Moon$4kSign up
1984 Valley Over Cortona$1.1kSign up
1985 The Quiet Breaker, view from Monhegan$950Sign up
1986 View from the Hills - Cortona$450Sign up
1986 Lobster Pots-Fragments No. 2$700Sign up
1987 Flowers$2.6kSign up
1988 Monhegan Flower Garden No. 1$1.7kSign up
1988 Horizon A$1.6kSign up

1990s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 18 in (32 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (8), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1990 Stormy Sky$850Sign up
1990 Sunset$2kSign up
1991 Manana-Monhegan, a diptych$350Sign up
1992 Irises$1kSign up
1992 Morning Fog: Monhegan, no. 135$600Sign up
1992 Greek Island$2.4kSign up
1992 Olympic Skiers II$700Sign up
1992 Olympic Skier$1kSign up
1993 In the Garden$3kSign up
1994 Istanbul Bazaar No. 2$1kSign up
1995 Mystery Mountain$4.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

70 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 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 22.5 in (55 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2012 Modernist Cityscape$1.6kSign up
sold 2015 Lamar (William) Dodd (American - Georgia/New York, 1909-1996)$3.6kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled, estate stamp on verso "Lamar Dodd$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Self Portrait$3kSign up
sold 2019 UntitledUnsold
sold 2019 Untitled (Abstract Landscape)$850Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 64 works

Sold: 57 of 64
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 19 in (45 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (31), Oil (15), Drawing (13)
Subjects: Landscapes (4), Sea & coast (3), Sunsets & night (3)

sold 2021 Brooklyn Bridge with Stall and Pushcart$850Sign up
sold 2021 Rocky CoastUnsold
sold 2021 Venice at Night$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Ancient Watchers$600Sign up
sold 2021 Brooklyn Bridge and street carts$500Sign up
sold 2021 Pawley's Island House$1.3kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Two Worlds$2.6kSign up
sold 2022 Lunar Eclipse$3.5kSign up
sold 2022 Colorado Cliffs$550Sign up
sold 2022 Black Canyon$500Sign up
sold 2022 Pawley's Island Grass$9.5kSign up
sold 2022 Shuttle Silo, not apparently signed$1kSign up

…and 52 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 Lamar Dodd auction results →