Bill Owen: career timeline

American · 1942–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 42 lots (60% 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.

Bill Owen: 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
1970s	6	5	$960Sign up	Oil
1980s	5	5	$8.2kSign up	Sculpture
1990s	9	7	$10.9kSign up	Oil
2000s	5	5	$11.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $960Sign up
Average: $11.4kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 25.5 in (41 × 65 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)

1970 (CA) Savin' HeiferResult not published
1973 Untitled (Calf portrait)$960Sign up
1973 Just one more mile$27.5kSign up
1974 Calf$275Sign up
1977 Preliminary Sketch for Cuttting out the Dry Cows$750Sign up
1977 Roping at Sundown$27.6kSign up

1980s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $8.2kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (46 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1990s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $10.9kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (46 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

1991 Hereford Cows$4.5kSign up
1991 In Hot Pursuit$10.9kSign up
1991 Ropin' One In$13.8kSign up
1993 His Way of LifeResult not published
1995 Red Rock Cowboy$21.3kSign up
1995 On the Hind Tit$1.4kSign up
1996 Back Tracking$11.3kSign up
1996 Peanut$7kSign up
1998 Water BreakResult not published

2000s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $11.4kSign up
Average: $19.3kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 32 in (53 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

17 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $9.1kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 33 in (56 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Sacking out a bronc$13.8kSign up
sold 2017 Mothered Up & On the Move$4.5kSign up
sold 2018 Watering Hole$14kSign up
sold 2019 Bill Owen's Boot$688Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $18.7kSign up
Average: $26.9kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 23 in (56 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Sculpture (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (3)

sold 2020 CO Bar Roundup (Triptych)$32.2kSign up
sold 2021 Range Branding$70.2kSign up
sold 2021 His String of Horses$43.9kSign up
sold 2021 A CO Bar Cowboy$18.7kSign up
sold 2021 The Cutting Horse$8.2kSign up
sold 2022 Takin’ Up the Slack$29.3kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Cutting Out the Bull$16.4kSign up
sold 2023 Bear Claw$819Sign up
sold 2023 Corriente$585Sign up
sold 2023 Laying a Heel Trap$76kSign up
sold 2023 Jughead$35.1kSign up
sold 2025 Hashknife Cowboy$5.8kSign up

…and 1 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 Bill Owen auction results →