Jay Contway: career timeline
American · 1935–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 33 lots (64% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $1.2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 5 | 5 | $447Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 9 | 7 | $545Sign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 3 | 3 | $1.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $750Sign up | Sculpture |
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1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 10.5 in (28 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1966 Great Falls Centennial -$1.3kSign up
1969 Bull Rider #14/30$1.2kSign up
1969 Untitled - Howling Wolf #78/100$1kSign up
1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $447Sign up
- Average
- $542Sign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6 in (21 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (5)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1973 Team Roper #8/20$998Sign up
1973 Untitled - Coffee Time #95/200$216Sign up
1975 Untitled - Winter Scout #6/30$715Sign up
1976 Untitled - Small Mounted Horse Head #19/200$337Sign up
1978 Cowboy Bust #5/20$447Sign up
1980s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $545Sign up
- Average
- $838Sign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 25 in (32 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1980 Cutter #11/30$638Sign up
1980 Cutter #11/30$790Sign up
1982 FT. Worth Cutter #6/30$545Sign up
1982 The repUnsold
1982 Indians on horsebackUnsold
1984 Cowboy #3/75$402Sign up
1985 Montana Rancher #12/200$369Sign up
1987 Champion, Calgary Stampede #7/24$2.6kSign up
1987 Wild Cow Milking #6/24$545Sign up
1990s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 16 in (39 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
1992 Steer Wrestler #19/24$1.5kSign up
1992 Untitled - Bucking Bronco$1.6kSign up
1997 Wild Cow Milking #19/24$1.8kSign up
2010s 1 work
2015 Wyoming Centennial -$750Sign up
Creation date not recorded
12 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
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2011 Cattle driveUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 5 of 11
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $950Sign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (10), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2022 Travois -$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Dancing Indian Maiden -$438Sign up
sold 2022 Bronc Rider -$1kSign up
sold 2022 Chiefs Little Wolf & Dull Knife of the Cheyenne Nation -$1kSign up
sold 2023 Bronc Rider -$438Sign up
sold 2023 Ride at DuskResult not published
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Back to the BadlandsResult not published
sold 2023 I'll Tell You A TaleResult not published
sold 2023 The BullriderResult not published
sold 2024 Steer JerkerResult not published
sold 2026 Mysteries of the FogResult 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 Jay Contway auction results →