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Maxwell Bennett Bates: career timeline

1906–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 134 of 174 lots (77% 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.

Maxwell Bennett Bates: 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
1920s10—Oil
1940s97$386Sign upOil
1950s4026$419Sign upLithograph
1960s4334$916Sign upOil
1970s4135$1.8kSign upOil

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1920s 1 work

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0 of 1
Median
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Average
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Typical size
14 × 10.5 in (36 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1940s 9 works

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7 of 9
Median
$386Sign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Lithograph (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects
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1950s 40 works

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26 of 40
Median
$419Sign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 12 in (37 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (26), Drawing (5), Oil (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Markets & villages (3), Birds (2)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 43 works

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34 of 43
Median
$916Sign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 16.5 in (50 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Oil (16), Lithograph (11), Watercolor (6)
Subjects
Landscapes (7), Figures & portraits (7), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 41 works

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35 of 41
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Oil (19), Lithograph (9), Watercolor (7)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (5), Landscapes (3), Markets & villages (3)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

40 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 17 works

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1 of 17
Median
$196Sign up
Average
$196Sign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (6), Lithograph (5), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Cattle & animals (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (1990s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$395Sign up
Average
$721Sign up
Typical size
16 × 11.5 in (41 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 13.5 in (42 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Lithograph (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

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10 of 10
Median
$947Sign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
15 × 17.5 in (39 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Etching (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)
Show 4 more (2020s)

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 Maxwell Bennett Bates auction results →