Martin Grelle: career timeline

b. 1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 95 of 171 lots (56% 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.

Martin Grelle: 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
1980s	3	3	$29.8kSign up	Oil
1990s	32	31	$27.2kSign up	Oil
2000s	35	34	$59.3kSign up	Oil
2010s	12	12	$46.7kSign up	Oil
2020s	10	10	$25.4kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $29.8kSign up
Average: $34.7kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 48 in (76 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

1990s 32 works

Sold: 31 of 32
Median: $27.2kSign up
Average: $41kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 36 in (76 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (28), Acrylic (4)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (2)

1990 River Solitude$52.6kSign up
1990 Mountain Man$14kSign up
1990 Vaya Con Dios$47.6kSign up
1991 Night Passage$96kSign up
1991 Heading to the High Country$41kSign up
1991 A Fine Winter’s Day$27.2kSign up
1991 Sundown at Brazos Cliffs$66.5kSign up
1991 Travel’n Men$38.7kSign up
1991 Stillness of Morning$31.6kSign up
1991 A Cowboy and Two Packhorses along a River$20kSign up
1993 Rain or Shine$25kSign up
1994 Golden Morning$18.1kSign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

c. 1994 Good Steeds on a Cold Night ( circa 1994)$22.6kSign up
1995 Maiden Dancing$15.6kSign up
1995 Near the Teewinot$24.2kSign up
1996 Day's End$24kSign up
1996 Remnants of the Past$46.8kSign up
1996 WarriorsUnsold
1996 Gathering Storm$179kSign up
1996 Little Cheyenne$9.4kSign up
1997 Morning Misery$51.4kSign up
1997 An Early Snow$15.2kSign up
1997 Touch of Spring$29.3kSign up
1998 Hobbles$10kSign up

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 35 works

Sold: 34 of 35
Median: $59.3kSign up
Average: $77kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (31), Acrylic (4)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

2000 Peaceful Morn$152kSign up
2000 Piegan Hunter$27.2kSign up · sold 2×
2000 Daydreamer$16.1kSign up
2001 She WaitsUnsold
2001 Winter Crow$102kSign up
2001 An Easy Mornin’$45.4kSign up
2001 Adorned with Power$32.2kSign up
2002 Piegan Sundown$70.2kSign up
2002 Monarchs of the North$200kSign up
2002 The Scout$35.1kSign up
2002 Winter’s Robe$55.6kSign up
2003 Challenge$28.2kSign up · sold 2×

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2003 Captured Pony$20.6kSign up
2003 The Challenge$5.1kSign up
2003 Workin’ in the 6666’s Dust$65.5kSign up
2003 From Days Past$83.3kSign up
2003 Not Afraid of Thunder$111kSign up
2003 Plains Sentinel$14kSign up
2004 The Shy One$7.8kSign up
2004 Crossing the Greasy Grass$48kSign up
2004 The Buffalo Rattler$96kSign up
2004 Apsaroke Autumn$293kSign up
2004 A Time to Dream$28.8kSign up
2005 Last of the Pemmican$270kSign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $46.7kSign up
Average: $84.4kSign up
Typical size: 34 × 30 in (86 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Flowers & still life (1)

2020s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $25.4kSign up
Average: $57.3kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (6), Oil (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

2020 Morning’s Guard$11.5kSign up
2020 The Day Awaits$30.3kSign up
2021 Wolves in Yellowstone Country$222kSign up
2021 So Much for Forecasts$12.1kSign up
2021 Morning Move$15.7kSign up
2022 Cheyenne in the Black Hills$114kSign up
2022 Cheyenne Shade$7.3kSign up
2022 Trapper’s Goods No More$109kSign up
2023 Uneasy Crossing$30.3kSign up
2023 Cheyenne Sentinel$20.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

73 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $66.4kSign up
Average: $113kSign up
Typical size: 35 × 49 in (89 × 124 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1), Landscapes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2005 An Old Indian Woman with her Flock of Sheep$18.8kSign up
sold 2005 Two Cowboys by a Shack$26.4kSign up
sold 2005 Three Cowboys Walking on a Wintry Road$21.1kSign up
sold 2005 Guardians in the Willows$106kSign up
sold 2006 Blackfeet at Blacktail Ponds$258kSign up
sold 2007 The River’s Gift$246kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 26 works

Sold: 26 of 26
Median: $28.4kSign up
Average: $44.3kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 24 in (61 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (23), Acrylic (3)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (2)

sold 2010 Watcher$9.9kSign up
sold 2012 When Home is Hard to Leave$26.3kSign up
sold 2012 Listening to the Elders$8.8kSign up
sold 2012 Lifetime Cowboy$8.8kSign up
sold 2012 Fort Bent Dancers$32.2kSign up
sold 2012 Cold Winter Morning$35.1kSign up

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sold 2012 Cheyenne Maiden$8.8kSign up
sold 2012 Cheyenne Dancer$11.7kSign up
sold 2012 Brush Country Cowboys$30.4kSign up
sold 2012 Back from the River$9.9kSign up
sold 2013 Summer Blossoms$17.6kSign up
sold 2015 A Western Winter$41kSign up

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 41 works

Sold: 40 of 41
Median: $33.3kSign up
Average: $53.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 24 in (61 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (34), Acrylic (6), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (4), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2020 Movin’ On$44.6kSign up
sold 2020 Brass Turtle$22.6kSign up
sold 2020 The Lost Kettle$99.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 She Awaits Her WarriorUnsold
sold 2020 Morning Calm$64.3kSign up
sold 2020 Autumn$32.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Be It Ever So Humble$46.8kSign up
sold 2020 Wet Afternoon$41kSign up
sold 2020 On a Winter Hunt$58.5kSign up
sold 2020 Acoma Evening$31kSign up
sold 2021 Watcher on the Greasy Grass$29.3kSign up
sold 2021 Waiting$18.7kSign up

…and 29 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Martin Grelle auction results →