Bill Reid: career timeline

Kwakwaka'wakw · 1920–1998 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 54 lots (96% 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 Reid: 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	46	45	$899Sign up	Screenprint
1980s	4	4	$1.3kSign up	Screenprint
1990s	2	2	$1.5kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 46 works

Sold: 45 of 46
Median: $899Sign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15.5 in (49 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (46)
Subjects: Birds (1)

Show 12 more (1970s)

1972 Haida Raven #331/450$1.7kSign up
1972 Haida Dogfish #395/450$870Sign up
1972 Haida Raven #116/450$1.3kSign up
1972 Haida Dogfish #164/450$670Sign up
1972 Haida Raven #119/450$855Sign up
1972 Haida Dogfish #163/450$765Sign up
1972 Haida Dog Fish - Xaxada #367/450$836Sign up
1973 Haida Grizzly [Bear] #565/600$816Sign up
1973 Haida Grizzly [Bear] #564/600$610Sign up
1973 Haida Grizzly [Bear] #162/600$1.1kSign up
1973 Haida Grizzly [Bear] #120/600$828Sign up
1973 Haida Grizzly [Bear] #119/600$1kSign up

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

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 23 in (46 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4)
Subjects: —

1981 Haida Thunderbird - Skiamsm #193/195$1.3kSign up
1981 Haida Thunderbird - Skiasm #97/195$1.6kSign up
1981 Haida Thunderbird - Skiamsm #100/195$1.3kSign up
1981 Haida Thunderbird - Skiamsm #99/195$1.2kSign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 7.5 in (29 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

1995 Haida Frog - Hikkyaan Ggusttaan #76/100$921Sign up
1997 Haida Beaver Pole #24/45$2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $189Sign up
Average: $189Sign up
Typical size: 64 × 47 in (163 × 119 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Children of the Raven Blanket$189Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $828Sign up
Average: $828Sign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 7 in (32 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Haida Dogfish #61/200$828Sign 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 Bill Reid auction results →