Mercedes Matter: career timeline

American · 1913–2001 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 63 lots (30% 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.

Mercedes Matter: 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
1930s	8	8	$3.3kSign up	Drawing
1940s	2	2	$58.4kSign up	Oil
1950s	4	4	$13.1kSign up	Oil
1960s	3	3	$3kSign up	Drawing
1970s	2	2	$48.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 19 in (63 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Abstract (1)

c. 1936 Untitled (Table Top Still Life)$20.3kSign up
c. 1936 Nude Study from Life$4kSign up
1936 Untitled$8.8kSign up
1937 Tudor City$1.4kSign up
1938 Abstract Study$1.9kSign up
1938 Male Nude$2.5kSign up
1938 Female Nude$4.1kSign up
1938 Female Nude$2.5kSign up

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $58.4kSign up
Average: $58.4kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 33 in (84 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Abstract (1)

c. 1941 Tabletop Still Life$60kSign up
c. 1945 Abstract Composition$56.7kSign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $13.1kSign up
Average: $12kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (46 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1950 Tabletop Still Life$3kSign up
1957 Rocks and Sea, Deer Isle$18.8kSign up
1957 Deer Isle, Maine$13.8kSign up
c. 1957 Surf, Wind and Rocks, Maine$12.5kSign up

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $6.5kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 16 in (34 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $48.1kSign up
Average: $48.1kSign up
Typical size: 40 × 44 in (102 × 112 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

c. 1975 Still Life$43.8kSign up
c. 1975 Still Life in Pink$52.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

44 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 2020s 44 works

Sold: 44 of 44
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16.5 in (41 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (30), Pastel (11), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (26), Abstract (5), Landscapes (4)

sold 2020 Untitled$25kSign up
sold 2021 Figure Study$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 Landscape$4kSign up
sold 2021 Figure Study$3kSign up
sold 2021 Two Figures$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Figure Study$625Sign up

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sold 2022 Figure Study$2kSign up
sold 2022 Figure Study$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Figure Study$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Figure Study$1kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$2.3kSign up
sold 2022 Figure Study$1kSign up

…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Mercedes Matter auction results →