Robert Gwathmey: career timeline
American · 1903–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 15 of 31 lots (48% 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 | 0 | — | Screenprint |
| 1940s | 2 | 1 | $800Sign up | Screenprint |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | $619Sign up | Other |
| 1970s | 6 | 6 | $12.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $7.7kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 13 in (43 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1937 The HitchhikerUnsold
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $800Sign up
- Average
- $800Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 14.5 in (30 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2)
- Subjects
- —
1943 Rural Home Front, 1943, (Williams #2), colorResult not published
1947 Topping Tobacco$800Sign up
1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $619Sign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 15.5 in (47 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1961 Self-Portrait$944Sign up
c. 1962 Prologue$11kSign up
1962 Matriarch, 1962$293Sign up
1969 Sharecropper, 1969$219Sign up
1970s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $16.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 32 × 39 in (81 × 99 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
1971 Country Gospel Music$50.8kSign up
1978 The Migrant, 1978$975Sign up
1978 Hoeing, 1978$715Sign up
1979 Harmonizing$20.4kSign up
1979 Drought$12.5kSign up
1979 Nobody Listens$12.5kSign up
1980s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $7.7kSign up
- Average
- $7.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 40 × 50 in (102 × 127 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1981 Cross Roads Store and Tobacco Barn$7.7kSign up · sold 2×
Creation date not recorded
15 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 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $6.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 19.5 in (67 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2010 Man picking cotton$14.6kSign up
sold 2010 Untitled$600Sign up
sold 2015 - ''Stargazing'' (Williams 23)-Result not published
sold 2015 - ''Southern Farmer'' (Williams 22)-Result not published
sold 2017 Country Rock$5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 7 of 10
- Median
- $600Sign up
- Average
- $870Sign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 16.5 in (37 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (5), Drawing (3), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Migrant$750Sign up
sold 2022 SharecropperUnsold
sold 2022 Mother and ChildResult not published
sold 2022 Helicopter$3kSign up
sold 2023 Sharecropper$400Sign up
sold 2024 Ring Around A Rosy$800Sign 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 Gwathmey auction results →