Harvey Dunn: career timeline

American · 1884–1952 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 11 of 22 lots (50% 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.

Harvey Dunn: 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
1900s	4	4	$30.6kSign up	Oil
1910s	2	2	$9.3kSign up	Oil
1920s	1	1	$39.3kSign up	Oil
1930s	1	1	$893Sign up	Pastel
1940s	2	2	$227kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1900s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $30.6kSign up
Average: $44.5kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 24 in (80 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1910s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $9.3kSign up
Average: $9.3kSign up
Typical size: 34.5 × 27 in (87 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1913 Conahan (for Hearst Magazine)$8.8kSign up
1915 Green Half-Moon$9.8kSign up

1920s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $39.3kSign up
Average: $39.3kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 29 in (74 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1920 Spring Planting (ca. 1920s)$39.3kSign up

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $893Sign up
Average: $893Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 15 in (22 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

1936 Adobe House, Trinidad, Colorado$893Sign up · sold 2×

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $227kSign up
Average: $227kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 50 in (84 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1942 Neighbor Sam and the Lawman$60.5kSign up
1942 The Homesteaders$393kSign up

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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $24.9kSign up
Average: $37.9kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 16 in (31 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2006 Strong Medicine$89.6kSign up
sold 2006 Pioneer Woman$36.4kSign up
sold 2007 Watering Tank$13.4kSign up
sold 2007 Farm House$12.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $101kSign up
Average: $101kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 60 in (51 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Mexican Calf$101kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $20kSign up
Average: $19.5kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2022 The Night Falls$18.1kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 The Flame that Cuts Through Sea and SteelUnsold
sold 2023 Esau In Search of a Home$35.1kSign up
sold 2024 The Gambler$2.8kSign up
sold 2024 The Cowboy$21.8kSign 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 Harvey Dunn auction results →