Paul Thek: career timeline

American · 1933–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 23 lots (87% 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.

Paul Thek: 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
1960s	6	4	$82.1kSign up	Drawing
1970s	9	8	$35.9kSign up	Etching
1980s	5	4	$65.8kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $82.1kSign up
Average: $70.2kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 18.5 in (34 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Oil (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1969 School of life. Egypt$23.9kSign up
1969 Untitled (Schwimmer, 10.10.69)$80.7kSign up
1969 Untitled (Island)$83.5kSign up
1969 Untitled (Portrait Edwin Klein)Unsold
1969 Untitled (Prinsengracht Studio)Unsold
1969 Untitled (Island)$92.5kSign up

1970s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $35.9kSign up
Average: $38.4kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 22.5 in (37 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Acrylic (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1), Landscapes (1)

1970 Untitled (Blue Seascape)$37.4kSign up
1970 Untitled (Selfportrait, Ponza, Oct. 1970)$34.5kSign up
1971 Untitled$34kSign up
1971 Untitled (Landscape)$68kSign up
1972 Ohne Titel. (Nach) 1972$55.4kSign up
1974 Untitled (Potato)$69.8kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled$4.2kSign up
c. 1975 Untitled$3.9kSign up
c. 1975 UntitledUnsold

1980s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $65.8kSign up
Average: $73.5kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (2), Gouache (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Sea & coast (1)

1980 Wild Irish Rose$128kSign up
1983 Untitled$34.6kSign up
1984 Untitled (Cell)$66.4kSign up
1987 Untitled (Cityscape)Unsold
c. 1987 Untitled (Seascape with Rowboat)$65.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $49kSign up
Average: $50.6kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 33 in (58 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Untitled$82.2kSign up
sold 2012 Schellenberger Wald (Baldeneysee)$20.6kSign up
sold 2015 Untitled$49kSign 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 Paul Thek auction results →