Howard Terpning: career timeline

American · b. 1927 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 98 of 119 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.

Howard Terpning: 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
1970s	22	22	$159kSign up	Oil
1980s	42	41	$234kSign up	Oil
1990s	21	20	$159kSign up	Oil
2000s	6	6	$251kSign up	Oil
2010s	3	3	$169kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 22 works

Sold: 22 of 22
Median: $159kSign up
Average: $199kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 24 in (61 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (18), Drawing (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1975 Searching the Mountains$163kSign up
1975 A Sense of Danger$60.5kSign up
1975 The Pipe Holder$327kSign up
1975 Steer Roping$62.5kSign up
1975 A Winter Trail$99.5kSign up
1976 The Mighty Blackfoot$132kSign up
1976 Making a Stand$269kSign up
1976 Paints$268kSign up
1976 Trouble$31.3kSign up
1977 Watering Stop$30.3kSign up
1977 Leading the War Party$211kSign up
1977 Along the Old North Trail$155kSign up

Show 10 more (1970s)

1978 Huachuca Pond$109kSign up
1978 Traveling in Good Company$327kSign up
1978 Apache Road Map$375kSign up
1978 Soldier Chief$155kSign up
1978 Mixed Company$298kSign up
1978 Summer Hunt$47.6kSign up
1979 Gathering at Dawn$333kSign up
1979 Yellow Scarf$50.6kSign up
1979 Spoils of War$293kSign up
1979 The Victors$582kSign up

1980s 42 works

Sold: 41 of 42
Median: $234kSign up
Average: $404kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 29 in (69 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Oil (29), Mixed media (8), Drawing (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

1980 Sioux Scout$30.3kSign up
1980 One Man’s Castle$234kSign up · sold 2×
1980 Beaver n' Blackfeet$387kSign up
1980 Crow Brave$26.3kSign up
1981 Army Mules No More$514kSign up
1981 Dust of Many Pony Soldiers$819kSign up
1981 Shield of Her Husband$1MSign up
1981 Search for the Renegades$1.5MSign up
1981 Study of an Assinboine$33.6kSign up
1982 Blackfoot in Winter$96.8kSign up
1982 Spectator$13.3kSign up
1982 Talk Among Trappers$96.8kSign up

Show 12 more (1980s)

1982 Tools of the Trade$59.5kSign up
1982 Coffee Coolers Meet the Hostiles$1.4MSign up
1982 The Long Shot$1.4MSign up
1982 Woman of the Sioux$585kSign up
1982 The Cache$420kSign up
1982 Architecture of the Plains$112kSign up
1983 Sits Beside Me Wife$242kSign up
1983 Cheyenne$57.5kSign up · sold 2×
1983 Pipe Smoke$41.6kSign up
1983 Crow Country$211kSign up
1984 Cold Montana Morning$20.2kSign up
1984 Blackfeet Spectators$793kSign up

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 21 works

Sold: 20 of 21
Median: $159kSign up
Average: $293kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 16.5 in (48 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Oil (16), Drawing (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Chased by the Devil$726kSign up · sold 2×
1990 Time Stood Still$242kSign up
1990 Crows in Yellowstone$500kSign up
1991 Bonded$95.2kSign up
1991 Prairie Wind$112kSign up
1991 Crossing Badger Creek$146kSign up
1992 Source of All Life$187kSign up
1993 Crow Singer$13.1kSign up
1993 Black Horned Bonnet$152kSign up
1993 The Stragglers$1.1MSign up
1995 Crow Warrior$152kSign up
1995 Badger Medicine$527kSign up

Show 9 more (1990s)

1996 Chiricahua Apache$14.5kSign up
1996 Crow Brave$48.4kSign up · sold 2×
1996 Bad Medicine Crossing$641kSign up
1998 BlackfeetResult not published
1998 Whiskey Smugglers$819kSign up
1998 Into the High Country$167kSign up
1998 Blackfeet Man$10.5kSign up
1999 Daughters of the Chief$211kSign up
1999 Summer$35.7kSign up

2000s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $251kSign up
Average: $586kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 26.5 in (57 × 67 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: —

2000 My Medicine is Strong$350kSign up
2002 The Cynic$115kSign up
2005 Sign Along the Trail$152kSign up
2006 Lady of the House$484kSign up
2008 Paper That Talks Two Ways – The Treaty Signing$2.4MSign up
2009 Apache$52.6kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $169kSign up
Average: $318kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 14 in (56 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

17 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $43.1kSign up
Average: $60.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 Face of Many Winters$42kSign up
sold 2007 Taking the Sun$95.2kSign up
sold 2009 Blackfoot Scouts$43.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $87.8kSign up
Average: $87.8kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 19.5 in (58 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2018 He Saw the Enemy Coming$117kSign up
sold 2019 Portrait of an Elder$58.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $90.8kSign up
Average: $236kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Mixed media (3), Drawing (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Far from the Madding Crowd$7.3kSign up
sold 2021 Apache$32.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2021 Face of Many Winters$10.5kSign up
sold 2021 Head Study$55.6kSign up
sold 2021 Hunting$322kSign up
sold 2022 Northern Blackfeet$90.8kSign up · sold 3×

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 The Shaman and His Magic Feathers$1.5MSign up
sold 2023 Red Blanket [or] Study for the Blanket Speaks$8.5kSign up
sold 2023 The Coup Stick$93.6kSign up
sold 2023 The Next Generation$199kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 Buffalo Runners$269kSign up
sold 2024 Standing IndianResult not published

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 Howard Terpning auction results →