Robert Bechtle: career timeline

American · 1932–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 30 lots (97% 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.

Robert Bechtle: 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
1950s	1	1	$15.5kSign up	Oil
1960s	2	2	$2.1kSign up	Gouache
1970s	11	11	$1.1kSign up	Lithograph
1980s	8	6	$5kSign up	Etching
1990s	4	3	$6.3kSign up	Drawing
2000s	3	3	$12.7kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $15.5kSign up
Average: $15.5kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 39.5 in (75 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1959 Untitled$15.5kSign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16.5 in (51 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1965 Self-Portrait$3.8kSign up
1967 Man Brushing his Teeth$516Sign up

1970s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 16 in (30 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (10), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

1971 '64 Chrysler$896Sign up
1971 '64 Chrysler$1.7kSign up
1971 '64 Chrysler$953Sign up
1971 '64 Chrysler$660Sign up
1971 '64 Chrysler$953Sign up
1972 68 Nova, from documenta: The Super Realists$1.1kSign up
1972 '69 NOVA FROM 'DOCUMENTA: THE SUPER REALISTS'$577Sign up
1973 '64 Impala and '63 Bel Air (2)$1.6kSign up
1975 Car No. 3$3.6kSign up
1978 Stinson Beach Cookout$16.6kSign up
1979 Station Wagon$1.2kSign up

1980s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $8.3kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Watercolor (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (4)

1981 Santa Barbara Patio II$11kSign up
1982 Sunset Street, 1982, color soft groundResult not published
1983 Sunset Intersection (triptych)$4.7kSign up
1983 Sunset Intersection$5.3kSign up
1987 Albany Monte Carlo$24.3kSign up
1987 Sunset Cadillac$1.8kSign up
1988 Train to Guelin, ChinaUnsold
1989 Marpissa, Paros 1989$2.7kSign up

1990s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $6.3kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 11.5 in (26 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

2000s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $12.7kSign up
Average: $11.2kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 27.5 in (50 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2)

2000 Rockridge House$4.4kSign up
2004 Covered Car – De Haro Street$12.7kSign up
2008 House on Clay Street$16.6kSign 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: 1 of 1
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 14 in (36 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Santa Barbara Patio 1$2.3kSign 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 Robert Bechtle auction results →