William Hahn: career timeline

1829–1887 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 24 lots (70% 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.

William Hahn: 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
1860s	4	4	$3.3kSign up	Oil
1870s	5	5	$26.4kSign up	Oil
1880s	5	4	$16.7kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1860s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24.5 in (46 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1863 Little peasant girl swatting flies$6.9kSign up
1866 Bei der Rast$1.1kSign up · sold 2×
1867 The halt at the inn$4.9kSign up · sold 2×
1868 Der junge Gertenschnitzer$1.6kSign up

1870s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $26.4kSign up
Average: $84.7kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: —

1874 The Return Trip from Glacier Point$250kSign up
1875 The Bear Hunter$17.3kSign up
1878 Going Home (Pioneers Braving a Storm)$127kSign up
1878 Bear Hunting$26.4kSign up
1879 Children Playing School$2.6kSign up · sold 2×

1880s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $16.7kSign up
Average: $18.1kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 15 in (56 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (2)

c. 1880 Circus Scene (Coming into the Arena)Unsold
1880 Indians on a Trail$35.1kSign up
c. 1880 Indians in the snow, ca. 1880$23.2kSign up
1880 Bringing the Cattle Home$10.2kSign up
1881 Getting the Cattle Home$3.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

6 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: 1 of 1
Median: $16.7kSign up
Average: $16.7kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 22 in (36 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2006 Farmer with Cattle$16.7kSign up · sold 2×

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $9.4kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (45 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 In the stormUnsold
sold 2011 The expedition party$11.3kSign up
sold 2012 Feeding the turkeys$875Sign up
sold 2018 Three Boys, City Scene$9.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $53.8kSign up
Average: $53.8kSign up
Typical size: 38.5 × 63 in (97 × 160 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 David Jacks on Horseback (Monterey Peninsula)$53.8kSign 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 William Hahn auction results →