Mark Adams: career timeline

American · 1925–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 29 lots (74% 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.

Mark Adams: 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
1960s	2	2	$2.9kSign up	Acrylic
1970s	3	3	$995Sign up	Print (other)
1980s	11	11	$540Sign up	Aquatint
1990s	4	2	$2.7kSign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 45.5 × 24 in (116 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1961 Untitled (Waterfall)$875Sign up · sold 2×
1965 Untitled (View from Mark Adam's Firehouse at 3816 22nd Street)$4.9kSign up

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $995Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 24 in (51 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1972 Portrait of Jessica Cole$538Sign up · sold 2×
1972 Tony Fomison at Tai Tapu, Banks Peninsula, 1972$995Sign up
1979 Portrait of the Painter Tony Fomison$2.5kSign up

1980s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $540Sign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 16.5 in (38 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Aquatint (4), Watercolor (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Striped Tie$10.9kSign up
c. 1981 Helmet$166Sign up
1981 California Poppies, 1981$375Sign up
1981 California poppies$600Sign up
1981 California poppies$450Sign up
1981 California poppies$540Sign up
1982 Black Water Jar$525Sign up
1983 Cigar Box$375Sign up
c. 1985 Organ Pipe Coral$4.4kSign up
1986 Toot and Whistle Steam Railway, Tunnel Gate Kurau Park, Rotorua$2.5kSign up
1989 Te Ana o Hineraki - Moa Bone Cave 1989$20kSign up

1990s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 40 in (54 × 102 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Lithograph (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1991 "The Food Basket of Rakaihautu" from Horomaka$4.6kSign up
1991 Te Kete Ika o Rakaihautu (The Food Basket of Rakaihautu) from HoromakaUnsold
1993 Peaches in Silver BowlResult not published
1993 Model's Chair$875Sign up

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 2010s 5 works

Sold: 1 of 5
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Print (other) (1), Aquatint (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2013 North East Point – Indian Island – Tamatea – Dusky Sound. After William Hodges ‘A View in Dusky Bay, New Zealand, 1775 – ‘76’.Unsold
sold 2018 “The Food Basket of Rakaihautu” from Horomaka$3.7kSign up
sold 2018 Concrete Garden Sculptures, 1047 Dominion Road extensionUnsold
sold 2019 Soccer BallUnsold
sold 2019 Glass with SpoonUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 10 in (39 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Dusky SoundUnsold
sold 2024 Dusky Sound$1.5kSign 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 Mark Adams auction results →