Stan Bitters: career timeline

American · b. 1936 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 65 of 106 lots (61% 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.

Stan Bitters: 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
1960s	30	30	$2.2kSign up	Other
1970s	10	9	$6.4kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	2	2	$2kSign up	Other
1990s	11	11	$1.6kSign up	Other
2000s	5	5	$1.5kSign up	Sculpture
2010s	2	1	$699Sign up	Acrylic
2020s	4	0	—	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 30 works

Sold: 30 of 30
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 13.5 in (74 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Other (21), Sculpture (8), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Birds (4)

c. 1960 Collection of four bird feeders$3.6kSign up
c. 1960 Collection of four birdhouses$5.3kSign up
c. 1960 Birdhouses, set of two$2kSign up
c. 1960 Bird feeders (7)$3.1kSign up
c. 1960 Group of four bird feeders$2.4kSign up
c. 1960 Group of bird feeders (4)$1.6kSign up
c. 1960 Thumb Pot with catch tray$552Sign up
c. 1960 Pair of thumb pots with catch trays$1.7kSign up
c. 1960 Pair of thumb pots$1.3kSign up
c. 1960 Thumb Pot$2kSign up
c. 1960 Rectangular pot with feet$570Sign up
c. 1960 Pair black bell pots (2)$3kSign up

Show 12 more (1960s)

c. 1960 Pair brush-side pots (2)$2.4kSign up
c. 1960 Red Thumb pot$1.6kSign up
c. 1960 Large Red Thumb pot$1kSign up
c. 1960 Pair of tan Thumb pots (2)$2.5kSign up
c. 1960 Small Thumb pots with tray (2)$1.8kSign up
c. 1960 Cigarette urn$1.9kSign up
c. 1960 Bamboo container$2.9kSign up
c. 1961 Sunflower People, set of two$8.8kSign up
c. 1962 Small Bell pot with tray$1.2kSign up
c. 1962 Large Bell pot$1.8kSign up
c. 1963 Ochre glazed Thumb Pot$2.4kSign up
c. 1963 Pair of ochre glazed Thumb Pots with catch trays$4.8kSign up

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $11.9kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 26.5 in (66 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (9), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Large planter$6.3kSign up
c. 1970 SunscreenUnsold
c. 1970 Clay sunscreen$3.8kSign up
c. 1975 Orange Mural$17.3kSign up
c. 1975 Medium Monolith$6.4kSign up
c. 1975 Large planter, model C21$4.8kSign up
c. 1975 Mushroom table and three stools$15.8kSign up
c. 1975 Quail garden table and stools, set of five$10.1kSign up
c. 1977 Stools, pair$4.8kSign up
c. 1977 Mushroom table and stools, set of five$37.5kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 32.5 × 35 in (83 × 89 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Large vessels (2)$2.7kSign up
c. 1985 Monumental planter$1.3kSign up · sold 2×

1990s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 18 in (37 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Other (8), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1990 Earth Texture planter, model C232IX$3.3kSign up
c. 1990 Scratch pots (3)$1.9kSign up
c. 1990 Scratch pots (3)$2.8kSign up
c. 1990 Large Brush side pot$1.1kSign up
c. 1990 Large Brush side pot$1.1kSign up
c. 1990 Pair of large vessels$2kSign up
c. 1990 Group of 4 wall pockets (4)$1.6kSign up
c. 1995 Sun Person$826Sign up
c. 1995 Thumb pots, pair$2.5kSign up
c. 1995 Thumb pots (2)$1kSign up
c. 1995 Pair of thumb pots$735Sign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 16 in (54 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2010s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $699Sign up
Average: $699Sign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 27.5 in (74 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)

2017 Untitled abstract paintingUnsold
c. 2018 Haniwa figure$699Sign up

2020s 4 works

Sold: 0 of 4
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 48 × 60 in (122 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (4)
Subjects: Abstract (4)

2022 Large untitled abstract paintingUnsold
2022 Large untitled abstract paintingUnsold
2022 Untitled abstract paintingUnsold
2022 Untitled abstract paintingUnsold

Creation date not recorded

41 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 Small terracotta planters with catch trays (2)$1.8kSign up
sold 2008 Group of three vessels (3)$2.9kSign up
sold 2008 Birdhouses (10)$2kSign up
sold 2008 Freestanding medallion sculpture$12.6kSign up
sold 2009 Pair of thumb pots$1.2kSign up
sold 2009 Ceramic garden table and stool set$7.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 14 works

Sold: 14 of 14
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (12), Other (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)

sold 2010 Garden table and 4 stools$1.2kSign up
sold 2011 Pair of scraped-side planters$2.5kSign up
sold 2011 Table and four stools$3.3kSign up
sold 2011 Fountain$1.9kSign up
sold 2011 Self Portrait (5)$625Sign up
sold 2012 Thumb pots (2)$1.1kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2012 Sun People$875Sign up
sold 2012 Thumb pots (2)$5.3kSign up
sold 2012 Thumb pots (2)$6.3kSign up
sold 2012 Pair of scrape-sided planters$1kSign up
sold 2012 Pair of Thumb pots$2.5kSign up
sold 2013 Bird houses (6)$1.8kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 21 works

Sold: 17 of 21
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 21 in (44 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (20), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

sold 2020 Self-PortraitUnsold
sold 2021 Self-Portrait$408Sign up
sold 2022 Birdhouses, pair$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Companion Pair of Two-Headed Double-Sided Sun Person Sculptures$956Sign up
sold 2022 Three Headed 'Haniwa' Sculpture$9.6kSign up
sold 2022 Two Sun Person Sculptures$1.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Group of Four Self-Portrait Tiles$893Sign up
sold 2022 Group of Three Footed Bowls$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Two Garden Stools$3.6kSign up
sold 2022 Two Garden Stools$3.6kSign up
sold 2022 Toadstool Garden Table$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Large Thumbprint Pot$6.4kSign up

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Stan Bitters auction results →