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Margaret Shelton: career timeline

· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 539 of 573 lots (94% 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.

Margaret Shelton: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s3217$263Sign upOther
1940s278203$430Sign upOther
1950s3830$471Sign upOther
1960s98$615Sign upWatercolor
1970s130111$457Sign upOther
1980s4643$564Sign upWatercolor

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1930s 32 works

Sold
17 of 32
Median
$263Sign up
Average
$286Sign up
Typical size
4.5 × 5.5 in (11 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Other (24), Watercolor (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
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…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 278 works

Sold
203 of 278
Median
$430Sign up
Average
$569Sign up
Typical size
5.5 × 7.5 in (14 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Other (223), Watercolor (30), Woodcut / linocut (17)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (37), Landscapes (22), Figures & portraits (9)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 254 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 38 works

Sold
30 of 38
Median
$471Sign up
Average
$576Sign up
Typical size
4.5 × 5.5 in (11 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Other (29), Watercolor (6), Oil (2)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (4), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 9 works

Sold
8 of 9
Median
$615Sign up
Average
$844Sign up
Typical size
13.5 × 18.5 in (34 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (5), Oil (4)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (4)

1970s 130 works

Sold
111 of 130
Median
$457Sign up
Average
$543Sign up
Typical size
8.5 × 11.5 in (21 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Other (75), Watercolor (44), Oil (9)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (23), Figures & portraits (14), Landscapes (2)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 106 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 46 works

Sold
43 of 46
Median
$564Sign up
Average
$687Sign up
Typical size
10 × 14 in (26 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (20), Other (17), Pastel (5)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (12), Landscapes (3), Sea & coast (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

34 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 1990s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$548Sign up
Average
$548Sign up
Typical size
10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1)

Undated, sold in the 2000s 18 works

Sold
18 of 18
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
12 × 16 in (31 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Oil (13), Watercolor (2), Other (2)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (5), Landscapes (2)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$749Sign up
Average
$874Sign up
Typical size
12.5 × 16.5 in (31 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (6), Oil (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 4 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$444Sign up
Average
$942Sign up
Typical size
11 × 16 in (28 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (2), Oil (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects
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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 Margaret Shelton auction results →