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Olaf Carl Seltzer: career timeline

American · 1877–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 149 lots (27% 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.

Olaf Carl Seltzer: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1900s1916$16.1kSign upWatercolor
1910s55$23.4kSign upOil
1920s55$87.8kSign upOil
1930s64$5.7kSign upWatercolor
1940s30—Watercolor
1950s11$61.6kSign upOil

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1900s 19 works

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16 of 19
Median
$16.1kSign up
Average
$33.8kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 17.5 in (35 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (9), Oil (8), Gouache (2)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (2), Birds (1), Landscapes (1)
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1910s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$23.4kSign up
Average
$27.2kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1920s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$87.8kSign up
Average
$65.9kSign up
Typical size
20 × 30 in (51 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)

1930s 6 works

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4 of 6
Median
$5.7kSign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
3.5 × 5.5 in (10 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (4), Gouache (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1940s 3 works

Sold
0 of 3
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
3 × 3 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (3)
Subjects
—

1950s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$61.6kSign up
Average
$61.6kSign up
Typical size
20 × 30 in (51 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

108 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 15 works

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15 of 15
Median
$42kSign up
Average
$54.4kSign up
Typical size
14 × 15 in (36 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Oil (9), Watercolor (6)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 40 works

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37 of 40
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$25.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 12 in (25 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Oil (19), Watercolor (16), Other (3)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (5), Figures & portraits (4), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 53 works

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40 of 53
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$18.9kSign up
Typical size
11 × 13 in (28 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (24), Oil (20), Gouache (3)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (9), Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 41 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 Olaf Carl Seltzer auction results →