Lee Krasner: career timeline

American · 1908–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 27 lots (96% 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.

Lee Krasner: 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
1930s	1	1	$51.2kSign up	Drawing
1950s	2	2	$1.9MSign up	Oil
1960s	7	5	$10kSign up	Lithograph
1970s	14	13	$4.4kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $51.2kSign up
Average: $51.2kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 18.5 in (62 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1939 Nude Study From Life$51.2kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.9MSign up
Average: $1.9MSign up
Typical size: 65.5 × 60 in (166 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1954 Gold or Silver$1.7MSign up
1955 Lame Shadow$2.2MSign up

1960s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $10.8kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 22 in (55 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1962 UntitledUnsold
1962 Obsidian$3.1kSign up
1962 ObsidianUnsold
1962 Obsidian$5.6kSign up
1969 Pink Stone, from Primary Series (L. 532)$20.3kSign up
1969 Primary Series: Gold Stone$10kSign up
1969 Primary Series$15kSign up

1970s 14 works

Sold: 13 of 14
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $57.4kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 26 in (50 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (10), Lithograph (3), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1970 Untitled (from Peace Portfolio I)$6kSign up
1970 Untitled, from Peace Portfolio I (L. 536)$6.3kSign up
1970 Untitled (from Peace Portfolio: The Megaphones)$2.1kSign up
1974 Embrace$1.2kSign up
1974 Embrace, from The Superlative U.S. Olympic Editions$600Sign up · sold 3×
1975 Free Space (Pink), from An American Portrait 1776-1976, Volume 3 (L. 560-3)$9.5kSign up
1975 Free Space, from An American Portrait 1776-1976, Volume 3 (L. 560-3)$16.5kSign up
1975 Free Space (Green) (L. 560-1)$4.4kSign up
1975 Free Space (Yellow) (L. 560-2)$4.4kSign up
1975 Free Space$2kSign up
1975 Free SpaceUnsold
1976 Free Space (Blue) (from the An American Portrait 1776-1976 portfolio)$3.2kSign up

Show 2 more (1970s)

1976 Past Present Subjunctive$686kSign up
1976 Embrace, from The Superlative U.S. Olympic Editions$4.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $10Sign up
Average: $10Sign up
Typical size: 28 × 21.5 in (71 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 The Springs Artists$10Sign 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 Lee Krasner auction results →