George Morrison

Navajo · 1919–2000 · Painter

George Morrison was an Ojibwe abstract painter and sculptor from Minnesota. His Ojibwe name was Wah Wah Teh Go Nay Ga Bo. Morrison's work is associated with the Abstract… (Wikipedia)

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13lots offered2009–2026years recorded86%sold (6)$3.2kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. George Morrison, Cerulean Shadows. Approaching Night (Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape), 1994, acrylic on canvas on board, in artist's frameCerulean Shadows. Approaching Night (Red Rock Variation: Lake Superior Landscape)Phillips · $70,950≈ £53,539≈ €62,220Sign up to see
  2. George Morrison, Red Rock, 1955, Oil on canvas panelRed RockLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $5,513≈ £3,374≈ €3,659Sign up to see
  3. George Morrison, Untitled, c. 1955, oil on canvasUntitledRago Auctions · $4,375≈ £3,350≈ €3,691Sign up to see

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Average price
median $3.2kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
6
of 7 offered · 2009–2026
Sell-through
86%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k201120132015201720192021202320252009-12-06 · $5,5132011-02-24 · $1,8752014-06-16 · $4002019-11-08 · $2,0002020-10-21 · $4,3752026-09-26 · $70,950
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings33100%$26.9kSign up$5.5kSign up$71kSign up
Oil22100%$4.9kSign up$4.9kSign up$5.5kSign up
Acrylic11100%$71kSign up$71kSign up$71kSign up
Works on paper22100%$1.1kSign up$1.1kSign up$1.9kSign up
Gouache22100%$1.1kSign up$1.1kSign up$1.9kSign up
Other2150%$2kSign up$2kSign up$2kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202611$71kSign up
202510—Sign up
202011$4.4kSign up
201911$2kSign up
201411$400Sign up
201111$1.9kSign up
200911$5.5kSign up

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