Philip Guston: career timeline
American · 1913–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 81 of 91 lots (89% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $15.6kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $233kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 7 | 5 | $33.3kSign up | Drawing |
| 1960s | 23 | 18 | $7.1kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 18 | 14 | $12.3kSign up | Drawing |
| 1980s | 29 | 28 | $6kSign up | Lithograph |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $15.6kSign up
- Average
- $15.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 13.5 in (29 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1939 Untitled (study for Gladiators)$15.6kSign up
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $233kSign up
- Average
- $233kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 27 in (65 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1943 Lemonade and Doughnuts$457kSign up
c. 1944 Woman$9.6kSign up
1950s 7 works
1960s 23 works
- Sold
- 18 of 23
- Median
- $7.1kSign up
- Average
- $175kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 28.5 in (54 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (12), Drawing (5), Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1960 Slope$365kSign up
1962 Ohne Titel$44kSign up
1962 Untitled (Portrait of Rosemarie Beck)Unsold
1963 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1963 Untitled$413kSign up
1963 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1963 Untitled$5.3kSign up
1965 August, 1965 (from the Four on Plexiglas portfolio)$3.3kSign up
1966 Untitled$1.3kSign up
1966 A Suite of Ten Lithographs: No. 1$2.4kSign up
1966 A Suite of Ten Lithographs: one plate (S. 11)$3.1kSign up
1966 A Suite of Ten Lithographs: nine plates (S. 3, 5-12)$11kSign up
Show 11 more (1960s)
1966 Untitled (Open Washes) (S. 13)$2.5kSign up
1966 A Suite of Ten Lithographs (S. 3-12)$27.9kSign up
1966 Untitled, from a Suite of Ten Lithographs$2.8kSign up
1966 UntitledUnsold
1966 UntitledUnsold
1967 Untitled (Pure Drawing)$8.8kSign up
1968 Camera Ready, Like a Dream$23.8kSign up
1968 UntitledUnsold
1968 Untitled$56.3kSign up
1969 At the Table$2.2MSign up
1969 BrushesUnsold
1970s 18 works
- Sold
- 14 of 18
- Median
- $12.3kSign up
- Average
- $617kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 25 in (61 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (8), Lithograph (5), Screenprint (3)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2)
1970 The Street (from the Ten Lithographs by Ten Artists portfolio)$10.2kSign up
1970 Untitled (double-sided drawing)Unsold
1970 Drawing for Cellar$350kSign up
1970 The Street -$3.8kSign up
1970 Untitled$3.6kSign up
1971 Untitled$100kSign up
1972 Roman Sky$368kSign up
1973 Smoking II$7.7MSign up
1975 Untitled (Drawing from the Phlebitis Series )$88.2kSign up
1976 UntitledUnsold
c. 1976 Inscapes: Words and Images$4kSign up
c. 1976 Inscapes: Words and Images$2.8kSign up
Show 6 more (1970s)
c. 1976 22 FebruaryUnsold
1977 "Inscapes: Words and Images, A City-Wide Festival-Washington, DC-1976-7,"Result not published
1977 Inscapes: Words and Images$813Sign up
1978 Untitled (Recent Paintings at Allan Frumkin)$14.5kSign up
1978 Untitled (Recent Paintings at Allan Frumkin)$20.2kSign up
c. 1979 Painter (G. 1063, S. 40)$9.5kSign up
1980s 29 works
- Sold
- 28 of 29
- Median
- $6kSign up
- Average
- $6.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 39.5 in (68 × 100 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (29)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (2)
1980 Car (G. 875)$5kSign up
1980 Sky$6.3kSign up
1980 Car (G. 875)$8.3kSign up
1980 Elements$5.6kSign up
1980 East Side$8.3kSign up
1980 Gulf$7kSign up
1980 Elements (G. 871, S. 28)$11.4kSign up
1980 Studio Forms (G. 877, S. 45)$12.1kSign up
1980 East Side$8.2kSign up
1980 Group$6.9kSign up
1980 Curtain$12.6kSign up
1980 Easel$5.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1980 East Side$8.8kSign up
1980 Room$6kSign up
1980 Sea (G. 869, S. 26)$12kSign up
1980 Room (G. 870, S. 22)$6kSign up
1980 Elements$10kSign up
1980 Shoes$8.1kSign up
1980 Studio Forms$5.6kSign up
1980 Coat$3.8kSign up
1980 Group$2.3kSign up · sold 2×
1980 Sea Group$3.1kSign up
1980 Elements$3kSign up
1980 Summer$4.4kSign up
…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.
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 2 works
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $9.5kSign up
- Average
- $9.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 36.5 in (72 × 93 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
sold 2013 Sea Group$2.8kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled (Punchinello Drawing)$16.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
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 Philip Guston auction results →