N. C. Wyeth: career timeline

American · 1882–1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 40 lots (75% 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.

N. C. Wyeth: 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	2	1	$382kSign up	Drawing
1910s	14	12	$248kSign up	Oil
1920s	7	7	$373kSign up	Oil
1930s	4	2	$212kSign up	Oil
1940s	3	3	$108kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1900s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $382kSign up
Average: $382kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 24.5 in (59 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1903 The Moose Call, 1903/1904Unsold
1905 Hungry, but Stern, on the Depot Platform (The Imitation Bad Man)$382kSign up

1910s 14 works

Sold: 12 of 14
Median: $248kSign up
Average: $448kSign up
Typical size: 34 × 29 in (87 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Oil (14)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1910 They'll See the Fire at Dundee in Short Dots or Long Dashes$15.7kSign up
c. 1910 Harvey's RunUnsold
c. 1910 Farmer with Pumpkin$304kSign up
1912 It was, then, not a dream. This was the sign unto them. (The Nativity)$191kSign up
c. 1912 Untitled (The Family Home, Chadds Ford)Unsold
1912 "Who's afraid of his guns?" shouted McFarlane. "He daren't shoot in a square fight!" (Colts 45)$572kSign up
1912 Still Life with Plate and Jug (after 1912)$40.3kSign up
1913 Partners$476kSign up
1915 Two Boys in a Punt$896kSign up
c. 1916 The Lost Vein$70.2kSign up
1916 Wild Bill Hickok at Cards$2.2MSign up
c. 1917 The Fight in the Peaks (ca. 1917)$363kSign up

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1920s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $373kSign up
Average: $404kSign up
Typical size: 36.5 × 30 in (92 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1), Sea & coast (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1930s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $212kSign up
Average: $212kSign up
Typical size: 32.5 × 34 in (83 × 87 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1934 Untitled (View of the Maine Coast)Unsold
c. 1936 Unknown (Coastal Scene with Apple Tree in Foreground)Unsold
1936 A Man of a Certain Probity and Worth, Immortal and Natural (New England; The Wood Sled)$407kSign up
1939 Study for The Coming of the Mayflower$16.7kSign up

1940s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $108kSign up
Average: $112kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 25 in (69 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1940 The Story of Coffee$190kSign up
1944 Have a "Coke" = How are things goin'?$38.4kSign up
1945 First Farmer of the Land, Composition Drawing$108kSign 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $144kSign up
Average: $144kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 25 in (97 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2007 Louise Loved to Climb to the Summit on one of the Barren Hills Flanking the River and Stand there while the Wind Blew$144kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $61kSign up
Average: $59.6kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 30 in (79 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)

sold 2010 Cart Track at Rocky Hill$61kSign up
sold 2011 The Wild Man of Tabor Island$86.5kSign up
sold 2014 Portrait of Hope Elizabeth Robinson (Phipard)$31.3kSign up
sold 2016 "I Thank Him for the Knowledge That - I Shall Not Tell!... And, Perhaps,... I Shall Not Wholly Die....Perhaps"Unsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $20.7kSign up
Average: $138kSign up
Typical size: 33 × 50.5 in (83 × 128 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Oil (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2024 Custer's Last StandUnsold
sold 2025 Custom sofa$1.3kSign up
sold 2025 Study for The Story of Gold$35.8kSign up
sold 2025 Island Funeral, composition drawing$509kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled$5.5kSign 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 N. C. Wyeth auction results →