Morris Graves: career timeline

American · 1910–2001 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 37 lots (81% 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.

Morris Graves: 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	6	4	$6.9kSign up	Drawing
1940s	7	7	$6.1kSign up	Tempera
1950s	6	5	$8.3kSign up	Drawing
1960s	3	2	$13.4kSign up	Tempera
1970s	5	5	$12kSign up	Tempera
1980s	1	1	$48.3kSign up	Tempera
1990s	1	1	$20.6kSign up	Tempera

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 14.5 in (29 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (4), Oil (2)
Subjects: Birds (1)

c. 1930 Wounded BrantUnsold
1931 School Selection Activites$3.8kSign up
1933 Bird of the Inner Eye$9kSign up
1935 Untitled$4.8kSign up
c. 1936 Colt$15.4kSign up
c. 1939 GazelleUnsold

1940s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $6.1kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 27 in (59 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Tempera (2), Drawing (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

1950s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $8.3kSign up
Average: $14kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 22.5 in (37 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Tempera (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Birds (3), Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1950 Group of Three Works on Paper$1.9kSign up
c. 1950 Still Life on TableUnsold
1953 Spirit Bird$12.8kSign up
1953 Little Spirit Bird (Perplexed with an Idea)$8.3kSign up
1954 Spirit Bird$43.8kSign up
1954 Animal$3.1kSign up

1960s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $13.4kSign up
Average: $13.4kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Tempera (3)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1970s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $12kSign up
Average: $18.4kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 32.5 in (60 × 82 cm)
Mediums: Tempera (3), Pastel (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1970 Morningstar Kiva$10.2kSign up
1974 Mexican Fruit$3.1kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1975 Monumental dining table$12kSign up
1977 Haunted Bouquets$31.6kSign up
1978 Summer Bouquets$35kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $48.3kSign up
Average: $48.3kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 46 in (67 × 117 cm)
Mediums: Tempera (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1983 Winter Still Life #1$48.3kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $20.6kSign up
Average: $20.6kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 19.5 in (68 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Tempera (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1995 June Bouquet (Saint Brigette Anemone, Calendula and Clematis)$20.6kSign 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 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2009 Composition 18 7/8 x 12 1/2inUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $8.8kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 27 in (58 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Watercolor (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Birds (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2014 The GullUnsold
sold 2015 Untitled (Bird)$8.8kSign up
sold 2017 Starflower Bouquet$8.8kSign up
sold 2018 The Gull$550Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (45 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: Birds (1)

sold 2023 Lone BirdUnsold
sold 2025 Wounded Gull$1.3kSign up

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 Morris Graves auction results →