Stanton Macdonald-Wright: career timeline

American · 1890–1973 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 44 lots (53% 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.

Stanton Macdonald-Wright: 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
1910s	1	1	$1.8kSign up	Drawing
1920s	1	1	$3.9kSign up	Watercolor
1930s	4	2	$2.3kSign up	Drawing
1940s	2	2	$7.2kSign up	Oil
1950s	4	3	$3.2kSign up	Drawing
1960s	8	8	$9.2kSign up	Oil
1970s	1	1	$1.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 18.5 in (69 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1919 Standing Nude$1.8kSign up

1920s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $3.9kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1921 Santa Monica$3.9kSign up

1930s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 23.5 in (56 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 UntitledUnsold
1933 Santa MonicaUnsold
1938 New Grass$1.3kSign up
1939 Santa Monica$3.3kSign up

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $7.2kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 34 × 33 in (86 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1945 Death of the Buddha; Homage to Pierre Louÿs (double-sided)$1.9kSign up · sold 2×
1947 Still Life$12.5kSign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 24.5 in (68 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1960s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $9.2kSign up
Average: $10.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 23 in (61 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Sculpture (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Sea & coast (1)

1960 Synchromy Nude (after a French painting)$2.8kSign up
1962 Still Life with Beaver Hat$2.8kSign up
1962 Yaku o Ni -$8.8kSign up
1962 Nanzenji Yudofuya (Tofu Shop near a Temple), Kyoto$9.6kSign up
1962 Cockfight #2$33kSign up
1962 Scimitar lounge chair$11.4kSign up
1962 Scimitar lounge chair$11.4kSign up
c. 1966 The Spring Sea Swelling and Falling All the Day, No. 7 (after Buson) from the Haiga series$1.3kSign up

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1971 Three Graces$1.1kSign up · sold 2×

Creation date not recorded

19 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 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $7.2kSign up
Average: $11.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Drawing (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2005 Diana & the MinotaurUnsold
sold 2005 Diana & the MinotaurUnsold
sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$7.2kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$6.6kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$1.3kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$11.9kSign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$7.2kSign up
sold 2006 (American 1890-1973)$37kSign up
sold 2006 A Portrait of the Artist$6.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 12.5 in (48 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Watercolor (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Male nude #11$1.1kSign up
sold 2014 Santa Monica CañonUnsold · sold 3×
sold 2015 - Untitled-Result not published

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 18 in (41 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Woodcut / linocut (2), Other (2)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1), Flowers & still life (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2021 Untitled (Still Life with Game Board and Port)$5kSign up
sold 2022 Synchromy$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 On the Table (Still Life)$5.1kSign up
sold 2024 Stony River rippling, lightning flickering$378Sign up
sold 2024 No Matter What We Wear, We are Beautiful When Moon Viewing$221Sign up
sold 2026 Dragon Trail II (a group of two)$2.2kSign up

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2026 Dragon Trail I (a group of two)$1.7kSign 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 Stanton Macdonald-Wright auction results →