Nancy Graves: career timeline
American · 1939–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 40 of 50 lots (80% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 15 | 13 | $1.3kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 20 | 17 | $1.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 5 | 4 | $1.9kSign up | Etching |
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1970s 15 works
- Sold
- 13 of 15
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 31.5 × 30 in (80 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (5), Screenprint (3), Etching (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (3), Abstract (1)
1971 Spider Webs$5.7kSign up
1971 #2 Camouflage Series$47.9kSign up
1972 Two works from the Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites series$2.2kSign up
1972 Six works from the Lithographs Based on Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites series$2.5kSign up
1972 X Riphaeus Mountains Region of the Moon (from the Lunar Orbit series)$1.3kSign up
1972 IV Julius Caesar Quadrangle of the Moon (from the Geologic Maps of Lunar Orbiter and Apollo Landing Sites series)$375Sign up
1972 Julius Caesar Quadrangle of the Moon$780Sign up
1975 Ertsne$508Sign up
1975 View of Earth from the Air (National Air and Space Museum poster)$710Sign up
1976 A Group of 3 Prints, 1976; 1984; 1985$3.2kSign up
1977 Saille Muin$441Sign up
1977 Muin$625Sign up
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1978 DIBA$4.1kSign up
1979 Abstract Design, 1979 Signed and dated upper left 10/3/79 N.S. Graves and inscribed "To Carol with Love and Admiration"Result not published
1979 ColumnUnsold
1980s 20 works
- Sold
- 17 of 20
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $8.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 40 in (76 × 102 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6), Screenprint (5), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (1)
1980 EquivalentResult not published
1980 Lincoln Center Print$313Sign up
1980 Untitled (Lincoln Center Print) (R. p. 149, P. 21)$504Sign up
1980 Lincoln Center PrintUnsold
1980 Square One$20kSign up
1981 Approaches The Limit of II$768Sign up
1981 Variate$8.9kSign up
1981 Untitled$650Sign up
1981 UrbscaleumUnsold
1983 Circumfoliate$41kSign up
1983 XILL$16.3kSign up
1984 75 x 75 (from the Simca Series)$1.9kSign up
Show 8 more (1980s)
1985 Mappe Rossi$750Sign up
1985 Mappe Rossi$1.1kSign up
1987 Reese River (from Sterling series)$8.8kSign up
1988 Concinnitous$17.8kSign up
1988 Untitled, 1988$1.4kSign up
1989 Reclining Connected$12kSign up
1989 The Tragedy of Alcione and Justice$1.1kSign up
1989 Stuck, the Flies Buzzed (P. 73)$11.3kSign up
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $9.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 34 in (90 × 87 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (2), Lithograph (1), Aquatint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Canoptic Prestidigitation$2.1kSign up
1991 To be Little Consciousness$1.3kSign up
1991 To Be Little Consciousness, 1991, color soft-groundResult not published
1991 Tango portfolio$1.8kSign up
1992 Drinking His Sighs$33.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
10 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $650Sign up
- Average
- $650Sign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 Untitled$800Sign up
sold 2017 Numbered II 6/100 lower left$500Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 2 of 7
- Median
- $848Sign up
- Average
- $848Sign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Sculpture (2), Mixed media (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2023 Approaches the Limit of 11$425Sign up
sold 2023 UntitledUnsold
sold 2024 Stuck, The Flies BuzzedResult not published
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published
sold 2025 Untitled$1.3kSign up
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2026 IX Sabine DM Region of the MoonResult not published
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 Nancy Graves auction results →