Wolf Kahn: career timeline

American · 1927–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 205 of 312 lots (65% 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.

Wolf Kahn: 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	7	6	$17.5kSign up	Pastel
1960s	10	10	$4.3kSign up	Pastel
1970s	34	33	$12.5kSign up	Oil
1980s	53	49	$4.6kSign up	Oil
1990s	54	49	$21.8kSign up	Oil
2000s	32	30	$10.9kSign up	Pastel
2010s	7	7	$19.2kSign up	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $17.5kSign up
Average: $15.1kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (45 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (4), Oil (3)
Subjects: Boats (1)

1954 Untitled$4.8kSign up
1955 Boats$14.7kSign up
1956 Spring Through the Window$25kSign up
1957 Rosebush$20.3kSign up
c. 1957 Italian ViewResult not published
1958 View of Venice$1.8kSign up
1959 Up the Hudson$24kSign up

1960s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $8.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (8), Oil (2)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (2), Landscapes (2), Rivers & marshes (1)

1961 Stonington Maine, The Harbor$2.2kSign up
c. 1963 Emily$1.5kSign up
1965 House by the River$4.8kSign up
1965 From the Pincio II$8.3kSign up
1967 Maine Harbor$3.8kSign up · sold 2×
1967 Near Deer Isle Village$7.5kSign up
1968 Vermont Landscape$3.2kSign up
1968 Near Trees$3.2kSign up
c. 1968 Nasturtiums$6.3kSign up
1969 Meadow in the Evening$41.9kSign up

1970s 34 works

Sold: 33 of 34
Median: $12.5kSign up
Average: $21.6kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 22 in (38 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (19), Pastel (12), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (6), Sunsets & night (4), Rivers & marshes (4)

c. 1970 Untitled (Portrait of a Girl)$721Sign up
1970 Barn on a Ridge$3.2kSign up
c. 1971 At Green Camp$4.8kSign up · sold 2×
1971 Menemsha$12.7kSign up
1971 Early Summer$40.1kSign up
1972 Beaver Pond, Early Morning$19.2kSign up
1973 Out Buildings$3.6kSign up
1973 The Garden of the Villa, Cipriani, Asolo, Italy$4.5kSign up
1973 Great Falls, Paterson, NJ$9kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1973 Adams Barn$88.2kSign up
1973 Spoleto, Italy (Umbrian Landscape)$4.4kSign up
c. 1973 Serkin's Pond$15kSign up

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1973 Golden Field$12.5kSign up
1974 Evening Encampment$163kSign up
1974 Evening Pond$5.9kSign up
1975 Man O'War Bay (Tobago)$2.8kSign up · sold 2×
1976 View Toward New HampshireUnsold
1976 Interstate Painting (Vermont from New Hampshire)$35.2kSign up
1976 The Clark Farm III$56.3kSign up
1977 MacArthurs Field$30.7kSign up
1977 MacArthurs Field$21.7kSign up
1977 Salt Marsh$27kSign up
1978 Barns in Autumn$462Sign up
1978 Curing Barn$635Sign up

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 53 works

Sold: 49 of 53
Median: $4.6kSign up
Average: $17.8kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (22), Pastel (13), Lithograph (11)
Subjects: Landscapes (9), Rivers & marshes (5), Figures & portraits (1)

1980 Martha's Vineyard$726Sign up
1980 The Curing Shed$462Sign up
1980 Purple Barn in Landscape$990Sign up
1980 Twin Barns$445Sign up
1980 Twin BarnsUnsold
1980 Twin Barns$1.2kSign up
1980 Green Mountain in a Blue Haze$4.5kSign up
1980 Twin Barns$3.8kSign up
1980 Martha's Vineyard$2.8kSign up
1980 Morning Off the South Road$8.3kSign up
1980 Before the Riding Lesson$20kSign up
1980 Red Barn IUnsold

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1981 Barn at Thurber Farm, Vermont$700Sign up
1981 From Sword's "Stand of Elms"$31.9kSign up
1981 The Blue-Painted House Near Rte 9$35.7kSign up
1982 Oyster Pond$78.8kSign up
c. 1982 Shed$3kSign up
1982 The Open Door$945Sign up
1982 Pond in Early Summer$12.5kSign up
1982 The Airstrip in November (Dummerston, VT)$4.8kSign up
1983 Looking Down River$73.2kSign up
1983 Fall in New Marlboro, Massachusetts$3.2kSign up
c. 1983 Near Princeton$40.3kSign up
1983 Pablo Casals' House in Marlboro$4.6kSign up

…and 29 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 54 works

Sold: 49 of 54
Median: $21.8kSign up
Average: $42kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 26 in (51 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Oil (25), Pastel (21), Print (other) (6)
Subjects: Landscapes (15), Rivers & marshes (5), Sunsets & night (2)

1990 Last Glow$85.8kSign up
1990 Purple, Yellow Landscape Angels$1.5kSign up
1990 River$1.4kSign up
1990 UntitledUnsold
1990 Magenta Evening$42kSign up
1990 Last Glow$18.8kSign up
1991 Young Orchard$21.8kSign up
1991 Empty Woodshed, or Waiting for Cordwood$89.4kSign up
1991 Small Pond in a Meadow$37.5kSign up
1992 Untitled Landscape$5.5kSign up
1992 Violet Woods$142kSign up
1992 Boats in Harbor with Rain$2.6kSign up

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1992 Orange Between Winter Trees$12.5kSign up
1992 Boats in Harbor with RainUnsold
1992 Sun Setting in New Hampshire Hills$22.9kSign up
1992 Study for Trees Against Red$11.5kSign up
1993 Barn Along The Leyden Road (No.73)Unsold
1993 Vermont Riverside at DuskUnsold · sold 2×
1993 Spiky Pines, Maine II$40.6kSign up
1993 Rare Flower Piece$6.4kSign up
1993 Overlook in San Diego$16.6kSign up
1993 House Overlooking the Connecticut River$75.3kSign up
1994 Conifers Rising$15.4kSign up
1994 Gihon River, VermontUnsold · sold 2×

…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 32 works

Sold: 30 of 32
Median: $10.9kSign up
Average: $22.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (18), Oil (13), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Harbours & ports (1)

2000 In Cundy's Harbor, ME$11.5kSign up · sold 2×
2000 Waiting for Warm Weather$78.7kSign up
2000 Blue-Green (Blau-Grün)$10.2kSign up
2000 Maine Seacoast (Cindy's Cove)Unsold
2000 Long Island Barn II$8.3kSign up
2000 In Massachusetts$19.2kSign up
2000 In MassachusettsUnsold
2001 Dark Band, Dark Houses$7.9kSign up
2001 Untitled (Landscape)$4.4kSign up
2001 White Thorn Density$40.3kSign up
2001 Barn with a Blue Window$17.8kSign up
2002 Barns at Amagansett$14kSign up

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2002 A Line of Outbuildings in Sagaponack$7.3kSign up
2002 Barns in Amagansett$22.8kSign up
2004 Barn, Scrub in Front$5.8kSign up
2004 Dusky Pink$9.6kSign up
2004 Path Through Woods$18.1kSign up
2004 Huge Maple in Fall$1.3kSign up
2004 Foliage in a Lemon-Yellow Surround$15kSign up
2004 Remembering Kenya$4.3kSign up
2006 My Barn$3.9kSign up
2006 Barn Before a Meadow$7kSign up
2006 Toward a Green Horizon$7kSign up
2007 Orange Avenue$26kSign up

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $19.2kSign up
Average: $16.9kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 22 in (56 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Oil (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

2010 Mostly Purple$30.5kSign up
2010 Green Tree Row with Magenta$8kSign up
2011 Low Roof Barn$24.1kSign up
2012 Gray and Purple Verticals$2.3kSign up
2014 Orange on Orange$30.7kSign up
2014 Orange on Orange$19.2kSign up
2014 Stream Through the Trees$3.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

106 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 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 17.5 in (31 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (4), Etching (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (1)

sold 2003 Wearing Red$1.3kSign up
sold 2007 Locusts to the Valley$4.5kSign up
sold 2007 Untitled$1.8kSign up
sold 2007 Farm on a Flood Plain$550Sign up
sold 2007 Sonesta$750Sign up
sold 2008 Barns in the Summertime$2.4kSign up

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sold 2009 On Retreat Pond; Toward New Hampshire at Sunset (2)$7.3kSign up
sold 2009 Dawn at South Pond, No. 107$9.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works

Sold: 29 of 34
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $10.4kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 29.5 in (61 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Other (12), Oil (11), Pastel (6)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Sunsets & night (4), Boats (2)

sold 2010 Red and spindly$3kSign up
sold 2010 The red barn$15.9kSign up
sold 2010 Doges Palace IIUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2011 Stand of trees$3.8kSign up
sold 2011 Mother & Child$2.1kSign up
sold 2011 Woman Knitting$4kSign up

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sold 2012 Purple Barn in LandscapeUnsold
sold 2012 Purple Barn in LandscapeUnsold
sold 2013 Santa Fe, n.d.$250Sign up
sold 2014 Fishing Access$5.1kSign up
sold 2015 In South Harpswell, Maine$15kSign up
sold 2016 Hewes Orchard$27.5kSign up

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 64 works

Sold: 49 of 64
Median: $12kSign up
Average: $14.1kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 17 in (36 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (57), Oil (4), Other (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (10), Sunsets & night (2), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2020 Wolf Kahn Am. 1927-2020 Vermont HillsideResult not published
sold 2020 Wolf Kahn Am. 1927-2020 Green Grass, Purple SkyResult not published
sold 2020 Wolf Kahn Am. 1927-2020 Purple and BlackResult not published
sold 2021 UntitledResult not published
sold 2022 Landscape$16.6kSign up
sold 2022 Landscape$96kSign up

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sold 2022 Collonges La Rouge$2.2kSign up
sold 2022 The Red Barn$5.1kSign up
sold 2022 Purple Barn$2kSign up
sold 2022 My House in Tepoztlan$20kSign up
sold 2022 Yellow, Magenta, and PinkResult not published
sold 2022 TowpathResult not published

…and 52 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 Wolf Kahn auction results →