William Schwartz: career timeline

1896–1977 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 23 lots (78% 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.

William Schwartz: 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
1920s	4	4	$978Sign up	Lithograph
1930s	11	9	$7.1kSign up	Watercolor
1940s	3	3	$17.6kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $978Sign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 13 in (42 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2)

c. 1925 Village$1kSign up
1928 Headless Nude (Lithograph #4)$378Sign up
1928 Female Torso$4.1kSign up
1929 Village$920Sign up

1930s 11 works

Sold: 9 of 11
Median: $7.1kSign up
Average: $11.2kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 26.5 in (54 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (5), Oil (5), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1930 - ''Twain, Whitman and Poe''; ''Result not published
c. 1930 Prime Grade, North CarolinaUnsold
c. 1930 Over Fifty and Abandoned$3.4kSign up
c. 1930 Galena, Illinois$7.1kSign up
c. 1930 Company Town$8.3kSign up
1930 Fruit on a Table 4$8.6kSign up
1932 Symphonic Forms #17$35.6kSign up
1932 Symphonic Forms No.4$30.4kSign up
1935 Islands (#244)$2.7kSign up
c. 1935 untitled (Shack by the River)$1.1kSign up
c. 1935 Crustacea$3.7kSign up

1940s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $17.6kSign up
Average: $17kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 36 in (76 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

1940 Willy the Farmer$17.6kSign up
c. 1940 Old Indian Church$10.3kSign up
c. 1940 Summer Resort in Michigan$23kSign 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: $3.8kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 17.5 in (43 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2003 On the Veranda$7kSign up
sold 2004 Lithograph #44$590Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 27 in (54 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

sold 2021 Islands (#244)$5.6kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Wisconsin Landscape)$2.1kSign up
sold 2025 Landscape with Artist$4.4kSign 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 William Schwartz auction results →