Gladys Nilsson: career timeline

American · b. 1940 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 35 lots (88% 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.

Gladys Nilsson: 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
1960s	8	8	$1.6kSign up	Print (other)
1970s	5	4	$14kSign up	Watercolor
1980s	9	9	$9.4kSign up	Watercolor
1990s	6	6	$6kSign up	Watercolor
2000s	1	1	$7kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 7 in (28 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (5), Lithograph (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1970s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $14kSign up
Average: $35.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 12 in (36 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Acrylic (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 UntitledUnsold
c. 1970 The Elephant General$16.6kSign up
1973 By a Waterfall .....$114kSign up
1974 Hyde Park Art Center auction poster$448Sign up
1975 About Bows$11.3kSign up

1980s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $9.4kSign up
Average: $12.8kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 10.5 in (38 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (9)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Danzin, circa 1980s-90s$8.3kSign up
c. 1980 Little Swingers, circa 1980s-90s$6.4kSign up
1982 Going off the Edge$21.7kSign up
1984 Deep Purple Dance$27.5kSign up
1986 Small Cloth$7kSign up · sold 2×
1987 Here Again$7kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1989 Simple Video Vistas$9.4kSign up
1989 Simply Big$15.1kSign up
1989 Coming Undone$12.8kSign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $12.2kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (4), Acrylic (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 5 in (18 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

2002 Eye to Eye with a Red Bird$7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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: $3kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10.5 in (35 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 Store Window Underwear$3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $9kSign up
Average: $9kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 22 in (38 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Aquatint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Marooned in a Blue RoomResult not published
sold 2022 Camp ShopalongResult not published
sold 2025 Archway Couple$9kSign 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 Gladys Nilsson auction results →