Tadashi Nakayama: career timeline
Japanese · 1927–2014 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 32 lots (65% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | 5 | $170Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1960s | 6 | 4 | $538Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $308Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $950Sign up | Drawing |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | $1kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1950s 8 works
- Sold
- 5 of 8
- Median
- $170Sign up
- Average
- $287Sign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 15 in (61 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (6), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Birds (1)
1956 Girl in the Wind$120Sign up
1957 Sunflower, 1957 Color woodblock on paper 24" x 15$850Sign up
1957 UntitledResult not published
1957 Red Coat, 1957, colorResult not published
1957 Girl with Sunflower$170Sign up
1957 The Red Coat$175Sign up
1958 Fledgling Crane, 1958, colorResult not published
1958 The Scale of Justice$120Sign up · sold 2×
1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $538Sign up
- Average
- $613Sign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 17 in (56 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (3), Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (4)
1960 Three Horses$277Sign up
1963 Afternoon Horse Riding [Kabasai Nogogo], 1963, colorResult not published
1968 Horse and Tulip, 1968 Color woodblock on paper 22 1/2" x 16 1/4$475Sign up
1968 Hound of the Afternoon, 1968 Color woodblock on paper 14" x 11 1/2$600Sign up
1968 Three Ema color woodblocks with embellishment on paper 1968, 1973, and 1980 9 1/2" x 5", 8 1/2" x 6 1/4", and 3" x 9 1/2", respectively Each is$1.1kSign up
1968 Horse and Tulip, 1968, colorResult not published
1970s 3 works
1980s 1 work
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 17 in (32 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (2)
- Subjects
- Butterflies (1), Cattle & animals (1)
1993 ButterflyResult not published
1998 Running Horses$1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
11 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
- $230Sign up
- Average
- $230Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8.5 in (25 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (2)
- Subjects
- Butterflies (1)
sold 2010 Girl in Profile with Horse and Butterfly$350Sign up
sold 2011 CHILD AND POPPIES, color woodcut$110Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 6 of 9
- Median
- $472Sign up
- Average
- $525Sign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 15 in (57 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (7), Oil (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1), Butterflies (1)
sold 2021 Girl with Pearl Headband$1kSign up
sold 2022 Butterfly$756Sign up
sold 2022 Dappled Horse -$344Sign up
sold 2023 UntitledResult not published
sold 2023 ' W 23'Result not published
sold 2024 (2)$231Sign up
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Untitled (Abstract)Result not published
sold 2025 Raimei$221Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled (Abstract with Red)$600Sign 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 Tadashi Nakayama auction results →