Dale Nichols: career timeline

American · 1904–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 28 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.

Dale Nichols: 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
1930s	1	1	$3.4kSign up	Other
1940s	3	2	$469Sign up	Lithograph
1950s	8	8	$911Sign up	Lithograph
1960s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Other
1970s	2	2	$1.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.4kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1934 Regionalist Landscape with Barn, 1934$3.4kSign up

1940s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $469Sign up
Average: $469Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1940 Midwest Morning$438Sign up
1940 Company for Supper$500Sign up
c. 1945 The Visit (Barn in Winter)Unsold

1950s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $911Sign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Other (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

1950 Partners$1.1kSign up
1950 Partners, 1950$715Sign up
1950 Horses Drinking Water at Barn, 1950$975Sign up
1950 Partners 1950$847Sign up
1950 Trail Drive$41kSign up
1951 The Cradle$11.5kSign up
1958 The Mountain$393Sign up
1958 The Mountain (Fishing by a Bridge)$438Sign up

1960s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1962 Girl of the Market, 1962$1.2kSign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 29.5 in (60 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1974 Mid-Afternoon in Western Nebraska$3.5kSign up
1976 A Wise Man, Monkey in a Box$315Sign up · sold 4×

Creation date not recorded

10 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $22.7kSign up
Average: $22.7kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 35 in (69 × 89 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 Footsteps in the Snow$23.9kSign up
sold 2006 The Second Time Around (Nebraska Farm Scene)$21.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $12.8kSign up
Average: $12.8kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 20.5 in (36 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Mail delivery$25kSign up
sold 2013 After the BlizzardUnsold
sold 2017 Company for Supper$605Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $693Sign up
Average: $12.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 12.5 in (24 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2023 Midwest MorningUnsold
sold 2023 Racing Home$36kSign up
sold 2025 Grain ElevatorResult not published
sold 2026 Midwest Morning$693Sign up
sold 2026 The Hunter$567Sign 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 Dale Nichols auction results →