Thomas Downing: career timeline

American · 1928–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 33 lots (85% 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.

Thomas Downing: 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
1950s	4	3	$700Sign up	Gouache
1960s	15	13	$26.3kSign up	Acrylic
1970s	7	7	$990Sign up	Gouache
1980s	2	2	$8.6kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $700Sign up
Average: $683Sign up
Typical size: 23 × 21 in (58 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (2), Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Abstract (3)

c. 1950 Untitled, early abstract composition$350Sign up
c. 1950 Early Abstract Composition$1kSign up
1951 Abstract with Blue Rectangle$700Sign up
1954 Split PossessionUnsold

1960s 15 works

Sold: 13 of 15
Median: $26.3kSign up
Average: $33.7kSign up
Typical size: 55.5 × 71.5 in (141 × 182 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (13), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1960 UntitledUnsold
1960 Untitled (13234)$53.3kSign up
1960 Untitled$19.1kSign up
1962 Sonnet$25.4kSign up
1963 Untitled$100kSign up
1963 Red Bloom$47.5kSign up
1964 Untitled$44.5kSign up
c. 1964 untitled$9.4kSign up
1964 untitled$12.2kSign up
1965 Red Twelve$28.2kSign up
1965 untitled$26.3kSign up
1967 Red 21$16kSign up

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1967 Spill$8.5kSign up
1967 Fourteen$47.5kSign up
1968 Fold TenUnsold

1970s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $990Sign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12 in (30 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (5), Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $8.6kSign up
Average: $8.6kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 53.5 in (100 × 136 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1983 Interior$13.8kSign up
c. 1985 Untitled$3.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 55 × 32 in (140 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 The First Rideau Rouge$1.1kSign up
sold 2004 Ring One$1.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $200kSign up
Average: $200kSign up
Typical size: 88 × 87 in (223 × 222 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Blue Tender$200kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $825Sign up
Average: $825Sign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 21.5 in (52 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)

sold 2025 Spanish Woman$150Sign up
sold 2025 Early Abstract Composition$1.5kSign 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 Thomas Downing auction results →