Polly Apfelbaum: career timeline
American · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 20 lots (95% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 0 | — | Other |
| 1990s | 3 | 2 | $6.2kSign up | Other |
| 2000s | 8 | 8 | $4.5kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 2010s | 7 | 7 | $2.3kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1980s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 9 × 8 in (23 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $6.2kSign up
- Average
- $6.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 91.5 × 65 in (232 × 165 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Oil (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1994 Black WidowUnsold
1995 Rubbing Colours$11.1kSign up
1996 Eclipse (Orange/Green)$1.4kSign up
2000s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (4), Drawing (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Flowers & still life (1)
2004 The Color Circle$1.7kSign up
2005 Baby Love 10; and Baby Love 11$10.8kSign up
2005 Mixed Blooms$3.8kSign up
2007 Let Your 'Freak Flag Fly'$882Sign up
2007 Power to the Flower$750Sign up
2009 Color Field Notes - Orange$5.2kSign up
2009 Color Field Notes (Purple)$6.3kSign up
2009 Yellow; Gray; and Color Wheel, from Color Field Notes$6.3kSign up
2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 12 in (30 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (5), Sculpture (1), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
2010 Durham Dogwood$2.8kSign up
2010 Durham Dogwood$1.4kSign up
2010 Durham Dogwood$2.3kSign up
2012 Little Love 83$5.2kSign up
2013 Persephone (Pink)$5kSign up
2016 Three works from the Ceramic Love Beads series$192Sign up
2017 Me Too$455Sign up
Creation date not recorded
1 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 2020s 1 work
sold 2023 Tough Love$688Sign 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 Polly Apfelbaum auction results →