Thornton Dial, Sr.: career timeline
American · 1928–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 21 lots (62% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9 | 8 | $5.3kSign up | Watercolor |
| 2000s | 3 | 3 | $8.3kSign up | Drawing |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $48.3kSign up | Other |
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Enter what you know about a work by Thornton Dial, Sr. to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.
1990s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $5.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 22.5 in (76 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (7), Pastel (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1990 Untitled$2.3kSign up
1990 Sitting in the Shade$9.4kSign up
1991 Life Go On$6.3kSign up
1991 Fishing for Love$4.4kSign up
1991 Fishing for Love$10kSign up
1991 Lady with a Pink Bird$6.3kSign up
1991 Rooster Picture$4.2kSign up
1994 Hanging InUnsold
1997 Women in Bushes$1.4kSign up
2000s 3 works
2010s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
8 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 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 23 in (78 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2017 Female Portrait$1.8kSign up
sold 2017 Five Heads$1.8kSign up
sold 2017 Woman's Face with Tiger$3.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $5.5kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Watercolor (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
sold 2022 Untitled$5.3kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$5.6kSign up
sold 2025 Blue Fox and Lady$2.5kSign up
sold 2026 Birds Created by Trees and People (Life Go On)$7.1kSign up
sold 2026 OdetteResult not published
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 Thornton Dial, Sr. auction results →