Leon Polk Smith: career timeline
American · 1906–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 96 of 103 lots (93% 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 | 1 | 1 | $6.6kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1950s | 16 | 15 | $1.4kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1960s | 22 | 21 | $2.3kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 32 | 31 | $4kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1980s | 19 | 17 | $1.6kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | $682Sign up | Mixed media |
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1940s 1 work
1950s 16 works
- Sold
- 15 of 16
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $11.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 10 in (34 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (7), Oil (5), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- —
1951 Untitled$27.5kSign up
1952 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1953 Untitled$1kSign up
c. 1955 Untitled (Box)$3.8kSign up
1955 Untitled$15kSign up
1956 Untitled$62.5kSign up
1957 Untitled$1.4kSign up
c. 1957 Untitled$813Sign up
1957 Untitled$1.2kSign up
1957 Untitled$520Sign up
1958 Little Anitou$53.3kSign up
1958 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1960s 22 works
- Sold
- 21 of 22
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (10), Mixed media (7), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Black, Red and Blue$10.3kSign up
1960 Untitled$2kSign up
1960 Untitled$563Sign up
1960 Untitled$3.3kSign up
1961 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1961 Wood Relief 1100 Black-Silver$38.3kSign up
1962 Untitled$875Sign up
1965 Torn Drawings$2kSign up
1965 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1965 Six works from the Torn Drawings portfolioUnsold
1965 Torn Drawings$2.8kSign up
1965 Torn Drawings$1.3kSign up
Show 10 more (1960s)
1965 Torn Drawings portfolio$3kSign up
1965 Torn Drawings portfolio$2.5kSign up
1965 Torn Drawings / A Portfolio of Ten Works$5kSign up
1965 Torn Drawings portfolio$1.9kSign up
1967 Untitled$10.3kSign up
1967 untitled$1.2kSign up
1968 Untitled (Tamarind J); and Untitled (Tamarind K) (T. 2460; 2460A)$8.2kSign up
1968 Untitled$813Sign up
1968 Untitled$2.3kSign up
1968 3 sheets: Kompositionen$578Sign up
1970s 32 works
- Sold
- 31 of 32
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 33 × 23.5 in (84 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (27), Acrylic (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 Unique chair$9.5kSign up
1970 Untitled$35kSign up
1972 Constellation black and orange$78.7kSign up
1974 Color Forms$9.7kSign up
1974 Color Forms$13.5kSign up
1974 Color Forms D; and E$4.4kSign up
1974 Color Forms F; and H$5.3kSign up
1974 Color Forms C; and E$4kSign up
1974 Color Forms B; and G$4kSign up
1974 Color Forms (E)$1.9kSign up
c. 1974 Color Forms GResult not published
1974 Color Forms (E)$938Sign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1974 Color Forms C$337Sign up
1974 Color Forms A$337Sign up
1974 Color Forms E$337Sign up
1974 Color Forms D$403Sign up
1974 Color Forms G$674Sign up
1974 Color Forms B$675Sign up
1974 Color Forms (G)$4.7kSign up
1974 Untitled: four prints$6kSign up
1975 Untitled (from the Volair Constellation series)$2.3kSign up
1975 Volair Constellation Series: two plates$2.2kSign up
1975 Untitled (from the Volair Constellation Series)$3.3kSign up
1975 Untitled (from the Volair Constellation Series)$2.4kSign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 19 works
- Sold
- 17 of 19
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 40 × 32 in (102 × 81 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (9), Gouache (5), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
1980 Untitled$1.5kSign up
1981 Beyond the BlueUnsold
1981 Beyond the BlueUnsold
1983 Untitled, 1983$2.5kSign up
1983 Untitled$3kSign up
1983 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1983 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1984 Untitled$3kSign up
1984 Untitled$1.5kSign up
c. 1984 Untitled (one work from the Werkubersich portfolio)$1.6kSign up
1987 Werkubersicht/Work-Overview C$917Sign up
1987 Plate from Werkübersicht 1947-1976$882Sign up
Show 7 more (1980s)
1987 Quadrat im Kreis$650Sign up
1987 Untitled (from Quadrat im Kreis 1946-1976 portfolio)$1.6kSign up
1987 Untitled (from the Quadrat im Kreis 1946-1976 portfolio)$813Sign up
1987 Untitled (from the Quadrat im Kreis 1946-1976 portfolio)$1.4kSign up
1987 Untitled from the Quadrat in Kreis 1946-1976 portfolio$2.1kSign up
1987 Untitled (from the Quadrat im Kreis 1946-1976 portfolio)$1.9kSign up
1987 Quadrat im Kreis 1946-1976$5kSign up
1990s 6 works
Creation date not recorded
7 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 1 work
Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 40 × 32.5 in (102 × 82 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (5)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 Ohne Titel$1.3kSign up
sold 2015 Ohne Titel$1.4kSign up
sold 2015 Ohne Titel$1.3kSign up
sold 2015 Ohne Titel$1.4kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$938Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $738Sign up
- Average
- $738Sign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 25.5 in (65 × 65 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Untitled (Tamarind N)$738Sign 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 Leon Polk Smith auction results →