Gordon Onslow Ford: career timeline

American · 1912–2003 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 62 of 74 lots (85% 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.

Gordon Onslow Ford: 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	3	2	$36kSign up	Acrylic
1940s	5	4	$10kSign up	Gouache
1950s	12	11	$8.3kSign up	Other
1960s	10	9	$15kSign up	Other
1970s	10	10	$3.1kSign up	Acrylic
1980s	8	8	$5.8kSign up	Acrylic
1990s	9	8	$8.7kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	5	5	$2.2kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $36kSign up
Average: $36kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 22 in (53 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1939 Sketch for Interatom (CR 1939-086)$6kSign up
1939 UntitledUnsold
1939 Birth Transcontinental (Birth Extraterrestrial)$66kSign up

1940s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $8.9kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 23.5 in (45 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (2), Watercolor (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1943 BirthUnsold
1943 The Desert's Dazzling Furniture$10kSign up
c. 1943 Untitled (4)$10kSign up
1944 Si tu avais idée de ton âme oiseau$10.6kSign up
1948 Untitled$5kSign up

1950s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $8.3kSign up
Average: $12.1kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Gouache (3), Acrylic (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

c. 1950 Untitled, circa early 1950s$8.3kSign up
c. 1950 UntitledUnsold
1951 Out of the Woods (1)$3.8kSign up
1952 River Road$37.5kSign up
1953 Untitled$37.8kSign up
1954 Untitled$10.6kSign up
1954 Untitled (Too Porous)$3.8kSign up
c. 1955 Untitled$3.1kSign up
1955 Dragon Play$8.3kSign up
c. 1955 Untitled$10kSign up
1955 Untitled-145$8.8kSign up
1959 untitled (Abstraction)$1.3kSign up

1960s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $15kSign up
Average: $19.3kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 33 in (100 × 84 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Abstraction in Black and White$3.4kSign up
1960 BlushUnsold
1960 Moi L'Arbe$27kSign up
1961 Both Sides One$15kSign up
1962 Universal Animal$40.6kSign up
1962 Lunar Wind$28.1kSign up
1963 Egg Hatch Blue$45kSign up
1964 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1964 Abstraction in Yellow$5.9kSign up
1966 V Space S$5.6kSign up

1970s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 30 in (58 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (7), Drawing (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1980s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $5.8kSign up
Average: $6.6kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 20 in (58 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (6), Mixed media (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Appearing$2.4kSign up
1980 Untitled$4.8kSign up
1980 Untitled$2.9kSign up
1980 Untitled$9.6kSign up
1981 Voyager$6.9kSign up
1987 Peace and Space 1$14.4kSign up
c. 1989 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1989 The Muse and the Painter$10kSign up

1990s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $8.7kSign up
Average: $9.5kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 32.5 in (97 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (7), Other (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1991 An Accord of Space Life (CR 1991-005)$8.5kSign up
1991 Dancing Still$28.1kSign up
1993 Save 2$8.8kSign up
1995 Insight SunUnsold
1996 Untitled, 1996; Untitled (2)$2kSign up
1997 Apace II$3kSign up
1997 Heaven is Earth$9.4kSign up
1999 One Of (CR 1999-020)$6kSign up
1999 Spring of Night and Day$10kSign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 51.5 × 38 in (131 × 97 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (4), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2001 Jewel$7.5kSign up
2002 In Magin$1.7kSign up
2002 Glimpse$2.2kSign up
2003 Untitled$1.7kSign up
2003 Fair Ground$8.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $11.4kSign up
Average: $17kSign up
Typical size: 48 × 38.5 in (122 × 98 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Acrylic (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 (British, 1912-2003)$11.2kSign up
sold 2005 (British, 1912-2003)$20kSign up
sold 2005 (British, 1912-2003)$16.4kSign up
sold 2005 (British, 1912-2003)$47kSign up
sold 2005 (British, 1912-2003)Unsold
sold 2006 (British 1912-2003)$11.4kSign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2006 (British 1912-2003)$9.6kSign up
sold 2006 (British 1912-2003)$11.4kSign up
sold 2006 (British 1912-2003)$9kSign up · sold 2×

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 15 in (33 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Untitled$650Sign up
sold 2025 On the Wing$6.5kSign 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 Gordon Onslow Ford auction results →