Martin Johnson Heade: career timeline
American · 1819–1904 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 19 lots (63% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1 | 1 | $190kSign up | Oil |
| 1860s | 7 | 5 | $17.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1870s | 3 | 2 | $160kSign up | Oil |
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | $41kSign up | Oil |
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1840s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $190kSign up
- Average
- $190kSign up
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 31 in (90 × 79 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1849 Roman Newsboys Ii, 1849$190kSign up
1860s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $17.9kSign up
- Average
- $98.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 16 in (24 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (2), Sunsets & night (2), Flowers & still life (1)
c. 1860 Thousand Islands, Lake Front$800Sign up
1860 Seascape at Sunset$272kSign up
c. 1862 two works$640Sign up
c. 1865 Two Roses$17.9kSign up
c. 1866 Autumn in the MarshUnsold
c. 1867 Coastal SceneUnsold
1868 Sunset Marsh, Sinking Sun$200kSign up
1870s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $160kSign up
- Average
- $160kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 17 in (36 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1870 Apple Blossoms in a Nautilus Shell Vase$140kSign up
1876 Becalmed, Long Island SoundUnsold
1876 Twilight in the Tropics$180kSign up
1880s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $41kSign up
- Average
- $41kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 10 in (46 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1885 Two Roses in a Metal Vase$41kSign 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 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $68.5kSign up
- Average
- $68.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 9 in (38 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2006 Orange Blossoms in a Glass$123kSign up
sold 2006 ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND DOCUMENTS This lot includes and is not limited to: handwritten letters from Heade to his 'Aunt See'; photographs of Heade, his house and his family in Saint Augustine Florida; two unknown watercolors; Mrs. Elizabeth Heade's will; the receipt from her estate appraisal; and correspondence between her descendants and Theodore Stebbins.$14.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $131kSign up
- Average
- $164kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 17 in (25 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2014 Cattle in a LandscapeUnsold
sold 2017 White Mountains, New Hampshire$650Sign up
sold 2017 Florida Pastoral$359kSign up
sold 2018 Sun Gems –$131kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
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 Martin Johnson Heade auction results →