Samuel Marx: career timeline

1885–1964 · 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 21 lots (90% 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.

Samuel Marx: 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
1930s	2	2	$40.8kSign up	Other
1940s	12	12	$9.4kSign up	Other
1950s	5	5	$6.9kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $40.8kSign up
Average: $40.8kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 56.5 in (80 × 144 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (2)

1940s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $9.4kSign up
Average: $14.1kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 26 in (62 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Other (9), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Coffee table$10.5kSign up
1940 Waterfall Coffee Table Inset with 18th Century Chinese Coromandel Inset Panel.$9kSign up
c. 1940 wall mirror$1.1kSign up
c. 1940 desk and chair$10.9kSign up
c. 1940 end tables, pair$9.8kSign up
c. 1940 end tables, pair$8.1kSign up
c. 1940 table$5.5kSign up
1941 End tables (2)$3.8kSign up
c. 1941 andirons$34.8kSign up
c. 1944 Armchair$11.9kSign up
c. 1945 Andiron from the Kestnbaum Residence, Chicago$7.6kSign up
1948 desk from the Block residence, Chicago$56.3kSign up

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $9kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 20 in (70 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Other (5)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Bench$25.3kSign up
c. 1950 Cabinet and mirror$7kSign up
c. 1950 Pinwheel occasional tables, pair$6.9kSign up
c. 1950 Nightstands, pair$4.6kSign up
c. 1951 vanity stool from the Ehrlich Residence, Highland Park, IL$1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $15kSign up
Average: $15kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Chest of Drawers$15kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $344Sign up
Average: $344Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 valet$344Sign 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 Samuel Marx auction results →