Roy De Forest: career timeline
American · 1930–2007 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 87 lots (84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $510Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | $3.2kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1970s | 22 | 20 | $3.6kSign up | Pastel |
| 1980s | 23 | 22 | $1.1kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 15 | 13 | $1.1kSign up | Lithograph |
| 2000s | 8 | 8 | $8kSign up | Acrylic |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $510Sign up
- Average
- $510Sign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 22 in (46 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1951 An Evening at Home$510Sign up
1960s 2 works
1970s 22 works
- Sold
- 20 of 22
- Median
- $3.6kSign up
- Average
- $5.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (10), Mixed media (4), Lithograph (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Boats (1)
c. 1970 Portrait of Woman in Chains$2.5kSign up
1971 Harry$12.2kSign up
1971 Untitled (Girls Head and Dog)$5.7kSign up
1972 A Midwestern Window$25.6kSign up
1972 Untitled$16.5kSign up
1972 Three Blondes on a Boat$567Sign up
1973 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1974 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1974 UntitledUnsold
1974 Untitled$3.5kSign up
c. 1974 Untitled (Canoe)$9.2kSign up
1975 Drawing$7.8kSign up
1980s 23 works
- Sold
- 22 of 23
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $5.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 30.5 in (62 × 77 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (14), Pastel (4), Acrylic (3)
- Subjects
- Rabbits (4), Cattle & animals (1)
1980 Untitled (Tamarind 80-114)$960Sign up
c. 1980 Untitled$7.7kSign up
1980 Untitled$3.8kSign up
1981 Cabin Fever$64kSign up
1981 Untitled$688Sign up
1981 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1981 Untitled$1kSign up
1981 Untitled (Dogs)$500Sign up
1981 Untitled (Dogs)$750Sign up
1981 Untitled$975Sign up
1982 Untitled$4.1kSign up
1983 Untitled$9.2kSign up
Show 11 more (1980s)
1983 Rat Patrol$8.3kSign up
1983 Untitled$7.3kSign up
1985 Untitled$2.6kSign up · sold 2×
1986 UntitledResult not published
1986 Rabbits and Dogs$655Sign up
1986 Rabbits and Dogs$625Sign up
1986 Rabbits and Dogs$813Sign up
1986 Rabbits and Dogs$1.6kSign up
1987 Walking$832Sign up
1987 Untitled (man at campfire with dog and horse)$500Sign up
1988 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1990s 15 works
- Sold
- 13 of 15
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 35 in (76 × 90 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (5), Acrylic (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Dog$938Sign up
1990 DogUnsold
1991 Scenes from Dogmore Island$17.9kSign up
1993 Airplane DrawingUnsold
1994 The Wizards of Hang Gliding$762Sign up
1994 History of Flight$1.1kSign up
1994 History of Flight$1.3kSign up
1994 Untitled - Birdland #AP 9/10$416Sign up
1995 Heigh-Ho Silver$875Sign up
1995 Story of Flight II$500Sign up
1996 Untitled$840Sign up
1997 Musical Vision$5kSign up
Show 3 more (1990s)
1998 Red Cross Dog with Human Vision$5.3kSign up
1999 Untitled$12.2kSign up
1999 Van Gogh in the Tropics$4.8kSign up
2000s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $8kSign up
- Average
- $14.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 39.5 in (91 × 100 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (5), Lithograph (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Days of My Life$5.3kSign up
2000 The Black Dog Blues$52.9kSign up
2001 A Pug$10.6kSign up
2001 A Pug$8.8kSign up
2002 Ode to Rin Tin TIn$4.8kSign up
2003 Happy Birthday$4.8kSign up
2003 Black Dog Blues$23kSign up
2006 Dogman and Indian$7.2kSign up
Creation date not recorded
14 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
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $9.4kSign up
- Average
- $9.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 59 × 64 in (150 × 162 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2006 (American b. 1930)$14.3kSign up
sold 2006 (American b. 1930)$4.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $375Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Untitled (Dogs)$425Sign up
sold 2013 The Airplane$325Sign up
sold 2013 Untitled (Red Dog & Disasters of War)$225Sign up
sold 2014 Dog Drawing$6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 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 Roy De Forest auction results →