Oli Sihvonen: career timeline

American · 1921–1991 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 24 lots (92% 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.

Oli Sihvonen: 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
1940s	1	1	$512Sign up	Print (other)
1950s	4	4	$1kSign up	Drawing
1960s	15	15	$5kSign up	Oil
1970s	2	2	$2.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $512Sign up
Average: $512Sign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 11 in (19 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1949 Block Print #4$512Sign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 25 in (42 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1960s 15 works

Sold: 15 of 15
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $9.3kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 36 in (91 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (14), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1960 Dialogue Spring$20.5kSign up
1960 Snowfall$4.4kSign up
c. 1960 Heart in Darkness$3kSign up
1960 Symmetric Variance #8$5kSign up
1960 Configuration$5.9kSign up
1960 Ascendant$5kSign up
1961 Green and Blue Fenestra No. 5$11.9kSign up
c. 1961 Veronica$3.7kSign up
1963 Orange$3.5kSign up
1965 Triad on Blue (142)$23kSign up
c. 1966 Sextet$5.6kSign up
c. 1966 Origin$3.5kSign up

Show 3 more (1960s)

1966 Matrix-on Orange (Sextet in Orange)$3.5kSign up
1966 3 by 3, 3 Blues & Dark Green$3kSign up
1967 Double Matrix Orange - Green (diptych)$37.5kSign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1977 DK. Green, Scarlet, Blue$2.2kSign up
1977 3 x 3 Blue, Yellow, Red$2.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4.7kSign up
Average: $4.7kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 untitled$3.8kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$5.6kSign 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 Oli Sihvonen auction results →