Erle Loran: career timeline

American · 1905–1999 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 22 lots (62% 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.

Erle Loran: 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	4	4	$823Sign up	Watercolor
1940s	3	1	$2.9kSign up	Oil
1950s	2	2	$780Sign up	Oil
1960s	2	2	$2.1kSign up	Other
1970s	2	2	$175Sign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $823Sign up
Average: $999Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 19 in (37 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (4)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)

1940s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 36 in (64 × 92 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1941 California Coast$2.9kSign up · sold 2×
1947 On the seashoreUnsold
1948 Nets DryingUnsold

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $780Sign up
Average: $780Sign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 25 in (68 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1950 In the Southwest$1kSign up
1955 Waterfalls and Granite$512Sign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 55.5 × 46 in (141 × 117 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1965 Bay Sun$4kSign up
1967 Book of Tantra$250Sign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $175Sign up
Average: $175Sign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1977 On Petrified Forest Road$150Sign up
1978 Diggings at Gold Run$200Sign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $765Sign up
Average: $765Sign up
Typical size: 11 × 16 in (28 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Boats (1), Beach scenes (1)

sold 2014 Southwest landscape; Northwest imagery; Boats; Abstract with lake and hills (group of four)Unsold
sold 2019 Noyo beach$765Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $525Sign up
Average: $560Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 21.5 in (37 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Gouache (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Landscapes (1)

sold 2023 Coastal Scene (Jenner, California)$538Sign up
sold 2023 Winding Road$512Sign up
sold 2023 By the Tracks$832Sign up
sold 2023 Red Cliffs$358Sign up
sold 2023 'San Francisco Bay'Unsold
sold 2026 UntitledUnsold

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 Erle Loran auction results →