Otis Oldfield: career timeline

American · 1890–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 5 of 21 lots (29% 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.

Otis Oldfield: 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
1920s	3	3	$15kSign up	Oil
1930s	2	2	$19.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $15kSign up
Average: $25.8kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 15 in (33 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

1925 Pratt Sand Works, Sacramento$57kSign up
1927 Provincial Backyards$5.4kSign up
1929 Tugs at dock from Telegraph Hill studio, San Francisco$15kSign up

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $19.1kSign up
Average: $19.1kSign up
Typical size: 47 × 33.5 in (120 × 85 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1934 The Codfisher$20kSign up
1935 The comb - Model in the studio (The artist's wife, Helen)$18.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

12 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: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 16 × 13 in (41 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2009 'Notes of a promenade, Sutter Creek'Unsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 18 in (42 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Boats (2)

sold 2010 Hard at work$5.5kSign up
sold 2011 Shacks and sailboats along the bay$9.2kSign up
sold 2012 Industrial riverside$11.3kSign up
sold 2012 A vineyard in wine country$5kSign up
sold 2015 The last ferry boats$4.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 3 of 6
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 16 in (53 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Boats (2), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Industrial Riverside (Sacramento)Unsold
sold 2023 Still Life with Oranges and Apples$4.1kSign up
sold 2024 Fishing boat$179Sign up · sold 4×
sold 2025 twoResult not published
sold 2026 Arrow Line (Boats in the Sea)Result not published
sold 2026 White Bowl$4.1kSign up · sold 2×

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 Otis Oldfield auction results →