Oswaldo Guayasamín: career timeline

Ecuadorian · 1919–1999 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 47 lots (30% 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.

Oswaldo Guayasamín: 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	2	2	$25.2kSign up	Oil
1950s	1	1	$312Sign up	Print (other)
1960s	2	1	$43.8kSign up	Print (other)
1970s	4	4	$78.1kSign up	Oil
1980s	1	1	$62.5kSign up	Oil
1990s	3	1	$325Sign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $25.2kSign up
Average: $25.2kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

1940 Untitled$50kSign up
c. 1944 Evacuacion (Evacuation)$375Sign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $312Sign up
Average: $312Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1956 Female Face$312Sign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $43.8kSign up
Average: $43.8kSign up
Typical size: 37.5 × 22 in (95 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1960 Afiche Guayasamín. Exposición retrospectiva, [1960]Unsold
1967 Two Works: i) Magdalena Scherbina ii) Sascha Scherbina$43.8kSign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $78.1kSign up
Average: $74.1kSign up
Typical size: 35.5 × 36 in (90 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Untitled (Cabeza de hombre)$8.8kSign up
1973 Cabeza y mano$75kSign up
1976 El Grito$131kSign up
1977 Mujer llorando$81.3kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $62.5kSign up
Average: $62.5kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 31.5 in (71 × 80 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Untitled$62.5kSign up

1990s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $325Sign up
Average: $325Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 20 in (53 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Lithograph (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1990 Portrait$325Sign up
1994 Sin título de la carpeta Imagen e imágenes latinoamericanas de la Fundación Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, [1994]Unsold
1999 Quito, Ecuador, 1919 - Baltimore, E.E. U.U., 1999)Unsold

Creation date not recorded

31 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 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $275Sign up
Average: $275Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 13.5 in (53 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2006 Cabeza de NinaUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2009 FACE and HEAD IN HANDS: TWO WORKS, first$275Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $438Sign up
Average: $873Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 10 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2016 Untitled (Still Life)$1.9kSign up
sold 2016 Portrait of Mary WallerUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2018 Head of Aztec Woman$438Sign up
sold 2018 Woman$307Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 25 works

Sold: 8 of 25
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15 in (50 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (15), Oil (4), Other (3)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Seis Toros$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 Seis TorosUnsold
sold 2022 UntitledResult not published
sold 2022 UntitledUnsold
sold 2022 UntitledUnsold
sold 2022 UntitledResult not published

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 ToroUnsold
sold 2023 Floral # 51/175$150Sign up
sold 2023 La niña negraUnsold
sold 2023 UntitledResult not published
sold 2023 UntitledResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled$19.2kSign up

…and 13 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 Oswaldo Guayasamín auction results →