Pat Adams Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Pat Adams Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 12, 2024
PAT ADAMS (B. 1928, AMERICAN) Thicket, Lace, Path.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
PAT ADAMS (B. 1928, AMERICAN) Thicket, Lace, Path. Mixed media on paper, 1979. 570x475 mm; 22½x18¾ inches. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, NY; Private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 27, 2024
Pat Adams, Not Apart
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Pat Adams Not Apart 2000 oil and acrylic on grit paper 11.75 h x 13.75 w in (30 x 35 cm) Signed and dated to verso 'Pat Adams 2000'. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York | Private Collection | Thence by descent This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Sep. 27, 2024
Pat Adams, In the Beginning
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Pat Adams In the Beginning 1982 oil, isobutyl methacrylate, sand, shell, mica, charcoal and pearlessence on linen 45.25 h x 130 w in (115 x 330 cm) Signed, titled and dated to verso 'Pat Adams In the Beginning 1982'. Provenance: Art Options, Inc., New York | Private Collection Exhibited: Pat Adams: Paintings 1968-1989, 5 November 1988 - 8 January 1989, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Jul. 09, 2024
Pat Adams "What, More" Mixed Media on Paper
Est: $300 - $500
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928), "What, More", Mixed Media with Acrylic and Eggshell on Paper Mounted on Canvas, depicting an abstract composition with a sun and crescent moon, signed and titled to verso, cerused wood frame. Image: 7" H x 7" W; frame: 8" H x 8.5" W. Provenance: Property from an East Village Estate. Keywords: Painting, Assemblage, Surrealist, Surrealism, Abstract, 20th Century Art
Auctions at Showplace
Jun. 05, 2024
Pat Adams
Est: $800 - $1,200
American, b. 1928 It and Is, 1980 Signed Pat Adams, dated Burlington VT / October 1980, and inscribed as titled on the reverse Acrylic, mica, pastel, and crayon on paper 24 x 16 1/4 inches (61 x 41.3 cm) (Framed 30 1/4 x 22 1/4 inches) In overall good condition. Affixed to mat in the upper corners.
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Mar. 27, 2024
PAT ADAMS - TIM CASEY - GOUACHE
Est: $400 - $600
Pat Adams, American, b.1928, Changes through Green, 1968, gouache. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, 1968, loaned to The Baltimore Museum of Art, January 1970, labeled verso along with Tim Casey, American, b.1947, Abstract, watercolor on paper, verso signed and dated 1976
Litchfield Auctions
Dec. 14, 2023
Pat Adams, Il me plait
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Pat Adams Il me plait 1959 gouache on paper 9.125 h x 12.5 w in (23 x 32 cm) Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York | Private Collection This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Oct. 28, 2023
Patricia Adams, Vermont / California (b.1928), Untitled, 1956, gouache on paper, 16 1/4"H x 10 1/2"W (sight), 23"H x 17 1/4"W (frame)
Est: $700 - $900
Patricia Adams Vermont / California, (b.1928) Untitled, 1956 gouache on paper Signed and dated upper right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Interested in sacred and prehistoric art, abstract painter Patricia Adams has traveled widely in pursuit of such studies to Burma, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Indonesia, Thailand and Malta. Since 1964, Adams has taught painting in Vermont at Bennington College, and at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971-1972, 1983, and from 1990 on. Her primary home has been Bennington, Vermont. She has served as visiting artist and critic and taught seminars at the graduate level at Queens College, New York City, in 1972; University of Iowa, Iowa City, 1976; the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, both in 1978; Columbia University, New York City, 1979; Kent State University, Ohio, and Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, both in 1980 (as well as the latter institution in 1981 and 1989); Mills College, Oakland, California, 1987; and University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1989. Patricia Adams was born in 1928 in Stockton, California, gaining her B.A. degree in 1948 from the University of California at Berkeley, where she studied with Margaret Peterson O'Hagan, Worth Ryder and Erle Loran. Her teachers were influenced by the ideas of Hans Hofmann, Paul Cezanne and collector Albert Barnes, as well as the sacred art of Northwestern India, thus laying the ground work for Adam's later pursuits. Adams also studied in 1950 at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York with well-known artists Max Beckmann, John Ferren and Ruben Tam. Adams became known as a lyrical watercolorist. She is also known for her small gouaches in which she often combines a great variety of mediums; also combinations of methods. She uses these with precise patterns in geometric shapes. She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, American Federation of the Arts and many galleries. Adams' works can be read as an argument for the continuing vitality of basic abstract forms. Yet her densely crowded surfaces remind us that this kind of abstraction does not necessarily mean reduction, Complex and rich, these works affirm the expressive potential of the nonrepresentational impulse. Awards received by the artist include a Fullbright Fellowship in 1956-1957 to study neo-lithic megaliths in Ireland and Brittany. Adams also received a grant from the National Council on the Arts in 1968; National Endowment for the Arts in 1976 and 1987; the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980, 1984, 1986 and 1989. Her vast teaching experience was acknowledged by the College Art Association in 1984 with their Distinguished Teaching Award. She also was awarded residencies at the Yaddo and MacDowell art colonies, subsequently becoming a member of the former institution in 1972, and an important figure there as vice-chairman and member of the Board of Trustees and Executive Council. She was elected an Associate of the National Academy of Design in 1992 and a National Academician in 1993. Adams first exhibited in New York City in 1953-1954 at the Zabriskie Gallery (then the Korman Gallery), where she has continued to show every other year since that time. Other exhibitions include the Museum of Modern Art, New York City; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; New York Academy of Sciences, New York City; Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore; Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts; and Brattleboro Museum, Vermont. Patricia Adams work may be found in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art; University of California, Berkeley; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut; Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington; New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut; University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and the Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield. Source: Jules and Nancy Heller, North American Women Artists of the 20th Century Additional information courtesy of Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 11, 2023
Patricia Adams (American, b 1928) Large format abstract painting, "Matters", oil, bead, mica and pigment on canvas, signed "Pat Adam...
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
Patricia Adams (American, b 1928) Large format abstract painting, "Matters", oil, bead, mica and pigment on canvas, signed "Pat Adams 1984" on reverse, 79" x 90-1/2", framed 80-1/2" x 92", excellent condition
William Bunch Auctions & Appraisals
Jun. 20, 2023
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Invitation Oil on canvas 79 x 91 inches (200.7 x 231.1 cm)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Invitation Oil on canvas 79 x 91 inches (200.7 x 231.1 cm) PROVENANCE: Private collection, Newark, New Jersey. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Jun. 08, 2023
PAT ADAMS And All the Time.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PAT ADAMS And All the Time. Color etching and aquatint on cream wove paper, 1988-89. 463x905 mm; 18 1/2x35 3/4 inches, full margins. Signed, titled, dated and numbered 39/40 in pencil, lower margin. A very good impression with strong colors.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jun. 03, 2023
2 Patricia Adams etchings
Est: $100 - $200
Patricia Adams (American 1928- ) 1). ''And All The Time''- etching, 1988, signed, titled, dated and annotated 'P.P.' in pencil, good condition. 18 1/4 x 35 5/8''; 2). ''Double-Disc, Black Pass''- etching, 1988, signed, titled, dated and annotated 'P.P.' in pencil, good condition. 18 x 35 3/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 25, 2023
PAT ADAMS - UNTITLED (FIGURE WITH GRASSHOPPER)
Est: $600 - $800
Lot 155 Pat Adams American (b. 1928) Untitled (Figure with Grasshopper) collage on masonite with wood backing 21 1/2 x 16 inches frame dimensions: 30 1/4 x 24 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches, wood frame with acrylic glazing Provenance: From a Private Collection
Capsule Gallery Auction
Apr. 19, 2023
Patricia Adams (American, b. 1928) What They Are to Each Other, 1978
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Patricia Adams (American, b. 1928) What They Are to Each Other, 1978 oil, pastel, mica, and crayon signed Pat Adams and dated (verso) 40 x 90 inches. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Hindman
Mar. 05, 2023
PATRICIA ADAMS "IN FLIGHT" OIL ON CANVAS
Est: -
Patricia Adams (Born 1928) "In Flight" Oil on Canvas. Artist hand signed, dated on lower right, and also titled on reverse. Pat Adams is an American modernist painter and mixed-media artist. She studied in 1950 at the Brooklyn Museum Art School in New York with well-known artists Max Beckmann, John Ferren and Ruben Tam. Since 1964, Adams has taught painting in Vermont at Bennington College, and at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1971-1972, 1983, and from 1990 on. She has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, American Federation of the Arts and many galleries. Artist: Patricia Adams Title: "In Flight" Medium: Oil on Canvas Circa/Year: 1972 Signature Type: Hand Signed Signature Location: Reverso Site Measurement: 20 x 24 in. Image Keywords: Mid-Century, Mid Century, Modern, Art, contemporary; Ref: BD1578
Bradford's
Dec. 01, 2022
PAT ADAMS (B. 1928, AMERICAN) The Pleasure is Measured.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PAT ADAMS (B. 1928, AMERICAN) The Pleasure is Measured. Gouache and acrylic on paper, 1971. 438x426 mm; 17 1/4x16 3/4 inches. Provenance: The artist; Zabriskie Gallery, NY; Sid Deutsch Gallery, NY; Private collection, VA.
Swann Auction Galleries
May. 18, 2022
Pat Adams, mixed media on paper, 1980
Est: $600 - $800
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928), "Possession", acrylic, graphite, eggshell and sand, no signature visible, "PA-199" on gallery label verso, 14.25"h x 21.5"w (sheet), 15.5"h x 22.75"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Dec. 02, 2021
PAT ADAMS (B.1928, AMERICAN) The Announcement.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PAT ADAMS (B.1928, AMERICAN) The Announcement. Ink, warercolor, and acrylic on paper, 1959. Signed, Pat Adams, and dated, 5/59, upper right. Inscribed as titled on verso. 318x235 mm; 12 1/2x9 1/4 inches. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, NY; Private collection.
Swann Auction Galleries
Dec. 02, 2021
PAT ADAMS (B.1928, AMERICAN) Difference In and Out.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PAT ADAMS (B.1928, AMERICAN) Difference In and Out. Acrilyc on paper, 1972. Signed, P Adams, and dated 72, lower left. Signed, Pat Adams, on verso. 273x203 mm; 10 3/4x8 inches. Provenance: Zabriskie Gallery, NY; Private collection. Exhibited: The Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH, Pat Adams Paintings, December 7, 1979 - January 20, 1980.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 21, 2021
PAT ADAMS (1928 - ) Untitled.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PAT ADAMS (1928 - ) Untitled. Acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, sand, shell and grit on cream wove paper. 375x530 mm; 14 3/4x20 7/8 inches. Provenance: Acquired from the artist. Adams' work was the subject of Zabriskie Gallery's 50th Anniversary exhibition in 2004. She was part of the Korman Gallery roster before Zabriskie purchased the gallery and flourished with it for fifty years, fostering a deep personal and professional relationship with Virginia Zabriskie. To Adams, Zabriskie was a steady presence throughout the artist's career, and the last discerning eye whose approving gaze would complete her creative process and herald her works into the larger, art-consuming world. Adams' abstract paintings analyze the relationship between macro- and micro-cosms, and by not depending on spectacle or sensationalism, are accessible by the viewer. Through her long and industrious career, spanning many art movements, Adams' work has adhered to her mission of experimentation and of crafting forms which are tangible either in our reality or in a mystical cosmos.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 23, 2021
Pat Adams, watercolor on paper, 1969
Est: $300 - $500
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928), "On Either Side", pencil signed and dated upper right corner, titled verso, 7"h x 16"w (sheet), 8.5"h x 17.5"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Jul. 23, 2021
Pat Adams, mixed media on paper, 1982
Est: $300 - $500
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928), "That Drew", acrylic, mica, eggshell, lithography, signed "PA 82" in pencil upper left corner, gallery label verso, 16"h x 17.25"w (sheet), 17"h x 18"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
May. 20, 2021
Pat Adams (b. 1928) - Pagan
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Pagan acrylic and sand on paper mounted on canvas 22 1/8 x 30 1/8 in. (56.2 x 76.5 cm.)
Christie's
May. 20, 2021
Pat Adams (b. 1928) - Slowly when
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Slowly when mixed media -- sand, oil, glass and watercolor on paper 18 x 23 7/8 in. (45.7 x 60.6 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 17, 2018
Patricia Adams etching
Est: $100 - $200
Patricia Adams (American 1928- )- ''And All The Time''- etching, 1988, signed, titled, dated and annotated 'P.P.' in pencil, good condition. 18 1/4 x 35 5/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 17, 2018
Patricia Adams etching
Est: $100 - $200
Patricia Adams (American 1928- )- ''Double-Disc, Black Pass''- etching, 1988, signed, titled, dated and annotated 'P.P.' in pencil, good condition. 18 x 35 3/8''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 27, 2016
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil and mixed media on canvas,
Est: $600 - $800
Pat Adams (b. 1928)Clearing, 1980,Oil and mixed media on canvas,Signed, titled and dated on verso of stretcher.H: 84 W: 70 in.Proceeds to benefit Kent State University's School of Art Collection & Acquisition Fund.
Gray's Auctioneers
Dec. 09, 2015
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil and mixed media on canvas,
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928)Clearing, 1980,Oil and mixed media on canvas,Signed, titled and dated on verso of stretcher.H: 84 W: 70 in.Proceeds to benefit Kent State University's School of Art Collection & Acquisition Fund.
Gray's Auctioneers
Oct. 28, 2015
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil, mixed media on canvas,
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928)Clearing, 1980,Oil, mixed media on canvas,Signed, titled and dated on verso of stretcher.H: 84 W: 70 in.Proceeds to benefit Kent State University's School of Art Collection & Acquisition Fund.
Gray's Auctioneers
Sep. 27, 2015
Adams, "Blue Trope," M/M
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928), "Blue Trope," mixed media, 1977, 5 3/4" h x 18 1/2" w. Provenance: From a Massachusetts collection.
Kaminski Auctions
Jul. 31, 2015
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil, mixed media on canvas,
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil, mixed media on canvas, Signed, titled and dated on verso of stretcher. Dimensions: h: 84 x w: 70 in. Other Notes: Proceeds to benefit Kent State University's School of Art Collection & Acquisition Fund.
Gray's Auctioneers
May. 06, 2015
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil, mixed media on canvas,
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Pat Adams (b. 1928) Clearing, 1980, Oil, mixed media on canvas, Signed, titled and dated on verso of stretcher. Dimensions: h: 84 x w: 70 in. Other Notes: Proceeds to benefit Kent State University's School of Art Collection & Acquisition Fund.
Gray's Auctioneers
Jan. 23, 2015
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928), Pass, Initialed, titled, numbered, and dated "PA ... 186 1980" on the stretcher,, Condition: Good.Proven
Est: $800 - $1,200
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928) Pass Initialed, titled, numbered, and dated "PA ... 186 1980" on the stretcher, identified on a label from Graham Gund, Cambridge, Massachusetts, affixed to the stretcher. Oil and mixed media on linen, 79 x 82 in. (200.7 x 208.3 cm), unframed. Condition: Good. Provenance: Property of Ann and Graham Gund.
Skinner
Sep. 28, 2014
Adams, Abstract, Gouache
Est: $300 - $500
Pat Adams, abstract, gouache, with Zibriski gallery label, 15" h x 11" w. Provenance: From the estate of the late Bernard Chaet.
Kaminski Auctions
Apr. 04, 2012
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928) Everyday; and a companion work each acrylic and encaustic on paper laid down on canvas the first 8½ x 20¾ in. (21.6 x 52.7 cm.) The first executed in 1990. (2)
Christie's
Apr. 03, 2012
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928)
Est: $800 - $1,200
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928) Everyday; and a companion work each acrylic and encaustic on paper laid down on canvas the first 8½ x 20¾ in. (21.6 x 52.7 cm.) The first executed in 1990. (2)
Christie's
Oct. 10, 2011
Patricia Adams (American, b. 1928) oil, sand, mica on linen, "All Two Three Four", abstract circles and cresents in brown and rust c...
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Patricia Adams (American, b. 1928) oil, sand, mica on linen, "All Two Three Four", abstract circles and cresents in brown and rust colors, 39" h. x 78" w. [Sold to benefit a New England Museum/Institution]
Winter Associates, Inc.
Jun. 04, 2009
PATRICIA ADAMS Next to Next.
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PATRICIA ADAMS Next to Next. Mixed-media on paper, 1987. 257x585 mm; 10 1/8x23 inches. Exhibited Pat Adams: Paintings 1968-1989, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, 1988. Ex-collection Zabriskie Gallery, New York, with the label on the frame back.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 01, 2008
Being Drawn
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Pat Adams (American, b. 1928) Being Drawn signed, titled and dated 'Pat Adams 1983 "Being Drawn"' (on the stretcher) oil, acrylic and isobutyl methacrylic on canvas 79 x 101 in. (200.7 x 256.5 cm.) Painted in 1983.
Christie's
Jul. 12, 2007
Delight's Array
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928) Delight's Array acrylic, eggshell and mixed media on paper 22¾ x 16 in. (57.8 x 40.6 cm.) Executed in 1978.
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2007
Being Drawn
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Pat Adams (B. 1928) Being Drawn signed, titled and dated 'Pat Adams 1983 "Being Drawn"' (on the stretcher) oil, acrylic and isobutyl methacrylic on canvas 79 X 101 in. (200.7 x 256.5 cm.) Painted in 1983.
Christie's
Jul. 10, 2007
Delight's Array
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Pat Adams (AMERICAN, b. 1928) Delight's Array acrylic, eggshell and mixed media on paper 22¾ x 16 in. (57.8 x 40.6 cm.) Executed in 1978.
Christie's