Martin Puryear: career timeline

b. 1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 27 lots (100% 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.

Martin Puryear: 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
1970s	1	1	$20.2kSign up	Acrylic
1980s	7	7	$1kSign up	Lithograph
1990s	10	9	$3.3kSign up	Etching
2000s	6	6	$4.8kSign up	Aquatint
2010s	3	3	$3kSign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $20.2kSign up
Average: $20.2kSign up
Typical size: 3 × 48 in (8 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1974 Untitled$20.2kSign up

1980s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 35.5 × 27 in (90 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (4)

1990s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 23.5 in (61 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Etching (10)
Subjects: —

1999 Untitled (from The MoCA Portfolio)$5.1kSign up
1999 Untitled, from The MOCA Portfolio$3.3kSign up
1999 Untitled$3.5kSign up
1999 Untitled (from the MoCA portfolio)$4.4kSign up
1999 Untitled$3kSign up
1999 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1999 Untitled$3kSign up
1999 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1999 Untitled, from MoCA portfolioUnsold
1999 Untitled (from The MOCA Portfolio)$2.8kSign up

2000s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $82.9kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 11.5 in (31 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Aquatint (3), Print (other) (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

2000 Cane$8.8kSign up
2001 Jug$2kSign up
2001 Untitled$2kSign up
2002 Untitled I$4.8kSign up
2002 Untitled I$4.8kSign up
2008 Untitled$475kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 30 in (41 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

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 Puryear auction results →