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Thomas Hart Benton: career timeline

American · 1889–1975 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 386 of 532 lots (73% 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 Hart Benton: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1910s43$12kSign upWatercolor
1920s1919$2.2kSign upDrawing
1930s115103$2.3kSign upLithograph
1940s143134$3.3kSign upLithograph
1950s2320$3kSign upLithograph
1960s5150$2.8kSign upDrawing
1970s2816$4.3kSign upLithograph

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1910s 4 works

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3 of 4
Median
$12kSign up
Average
$13.4kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 9 in (36 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1920s 19 works

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19 of 19
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$5.9kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 10 in (22 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (15), Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Sea & coast (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 7 more (1920s)

1930s 115 works

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103 of 115
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 11.5 in (25 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (83), Drawing (28), Other (4)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (9), Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (6)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 91 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 143 works

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134 of 143
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13 in (25 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (123), Drawing (12), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (13), Sunsets & night (12), Landscapes (5)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 119 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 23 works

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20 of 23
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 12.5 in (29 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (12), Drawing (8), Etching (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (5), Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 11 more (1950s)

1960s 51 works

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50 of 51
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$4.2kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 10 in (24 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (37), Lithograph (11), Oil (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (8), Rivers & marshes (4), Cattle & animals (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 28 works

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16 of 28
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 14.5 in (31 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (22), Drawing (5), Photograph (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

143 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 14 works

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14 of 14
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13 in (25 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (7), Drawing (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

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

Undated, sold in the 2010s 72 works

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54 of 72
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$4.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13 in (25 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (49), Other (10), Drawing (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Landscapes (5), Sunsets & night (4)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 60 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 57 works

Sold
47 of 57
Median
$2.4kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 12 in (25 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (42), Drawing (13), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (4), Landscapes (3)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 45 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 Thomas Hart Benton auction results →