Roland Petersen: career timeline

American · b. 1926 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 37 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.

Roland Petersen: 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
1950s32$4.5kSign upOil
1960s2221$27.5kSign upOil
1970s33$15.1kSign upAcrylic
1980s22$29.1kSign upGouache
1990s22$21.8kSign upAcrylic
2000s21$11.3kSign upAcrylic

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1950s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$4.5kSign up
Average
$4.5kSign up
Typical size
19 × 24 in (48 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Tempera (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

1960s 22 works

Sold
21 of 22
Median
$27.5kSign up
Average
$38.1kSign up
Typical size
33 × 25.5 in (83 × 65 cm)
Mediums
Oil (19), Gouache (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (12), Landscapes (1)
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1970s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$15.1kSign up
Average
$16.3kSign up
Typical size
18 × 22 in (46 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)

1980s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$29.1kSign up
Average
$29.1kSign up
Typical size
35.5 × 45.5 in (90 × 115 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

1990s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$21.8kSign up
Average
$21.8kSign up
Typical size
30 × 42 in (76 × 107 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (2)
Subjects
Palms (1), Figures & portraits (1)

2000s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$11.3kSign up
Average
$11.3kSign up
Typical size
16 × 27 in (40 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

3 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
2 of 2
Median
$108kSign up
Average
$108kSign up
Typical size
53 × 45.5 in (135 × 115 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$125Sign up
Average
$125Sign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Aquatint (1)
Subjects
—

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 Roland Petersen auction results →