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· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 282 of 392 lots (72% 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.

Modern: 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
1910s11$1.3kSign upScreenprint
1930s77$953Sign upOther
1940s1818$1.1kSign upOther
1950s6361$780Sign upOther
1960s7069$726Sign upOther
1970s9290$756Sign upOther
1980s2020$900Sign upOther
1990s43$688Sign upOther
2000s44$2.3kSign upOther
2010s22$735Sign upOther

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1910s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
18 × 13 in (46 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

1930s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$953Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 3.5 in (21 × 9 cm)
Mediums
Other (7)
Subjects
—

1940s 18 works

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18 of 18
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
29 × 12 in (74 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Other (13), Sculpture (5)
Subjects
—
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1950s 63 works

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61 of 63
Median
$780Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
28.5 × 24 in (72 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Other (45), Sculpture (17), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1), Palms (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 39 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 70 works

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69 of 70
Median
$726Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 24.5 in (70 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Other (50), Sculpture (17), Multiple (2)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 46 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 92 works

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90 of 92
Median
$756Sign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
26 × 28.5 in (66 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Other (59), Sculpture (21), Acrylic (10)
Subjects
Birds (1), Palms (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 68 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$900Sign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 33 in (75 × 84 cm)
Mediums
Other (13), Sculpture (7)
Subjects
Palms (1)
Show 8 more (1980s)

1990s 4 works

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3 of 4
Median
$688Sign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
36.5 × 41 in (93 × 105 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Sculpture (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

2000s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
38 × 64 in (96 × 163 cm)
Mediums
Other (4)
Subjects
—

2010s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$735Sign up
Average
$735Sign up
Typical size
35 × 65.5 in (89 × 167 cm)
Mediums
Other (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

110 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 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$345Sign up
Average
$345Sign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 108 works

Sold
103 of 108
Median
$635Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
20 × 18 in (51 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Other (62), Sculpture (43), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
Birds (1), Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 96 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 Modern auction results →