California School: career timeline
· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 7 of 25 lots (28% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2 | 1 | $11kSign up | Oil |
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | $5.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | $438Sign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | $875Sign up | Acrylic |
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1870s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $11kSign up
- Average
- $11kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 42.5 in (71 × 108 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1870 Lake Tahoe$11kSign up
1878 Dr. Rosenk in his OfficeUnsold
1880s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $5.4kSign up
- Average
- $5.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 37.5 in (44 × 95 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1880 View of San Francisco Bay$9.6kSign up
1881 California currants$1.3kSign up
1900s 1 work
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $875Sign up
- Average
- $875Sign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 29 in (61 × 74 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
1961 Rolling hills and telephone polls$875Sign up
1961 Rolling hills and telephone pollsUnsold
Creation date not recorded
18 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 30.5 in (65 × 77 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2005 California Coastal Scene$2.1kSign up
sold 2006 The Dunes$2.4kSign up
sold 2006 A Portrait of a Lady in Blue; A Portrait of a Gentleman (a pair)$1.8kSign up
sold 2007 Lady Seated in a Garden$7.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $525Sign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 19.5 in (46 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Sunsets & night (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2011 El Capitan by moonlight$2.4kSign up
sold 2011 Rider on horseback fording a river$2.4kSign up
sold 2012 Foothills and Trees$188Sign up
sold 2013 Portrait of Giuseppe Ghiradelli$250Sign up
sold 2013 The first Cliff House, San Francisco$525Sign up
sold 2014 A road through the mountains$1.2kSign up
Show 1 more (2010s)
sold 2016 House shaded by trees$150Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 23 in (55 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1), Beach scenes (1)
sold 2020 Old Custom House, Monterey, California$319Sign up
sold 2022 Discovery of the Ophir, Comstock (Portrait of two California Miners)$10.2kSign up
sold 2022 California mining sceneUnsold
sold 2023 California Mining SceneUnsold
sold 2023 View of the Martinez House (Piedmont)$2kSign up
sold 2024 Yosemite ValleyUnsold
Show 1 more (2020s)
sold 2024 California Seascape – Laguna Beach$75Sign 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 California School auction results →