William Kurelek: career timeline

1927–1977 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 48 lots (74% 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 Kurelek: 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
1960s	3	3	$18.2kSign up	Oil
1970s	32	28	$450Sign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $18.2kSign up
Average: $21kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 12.5 in (29 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1961 Woman Chopping Wood$18.2kSign up
1966 Children Studying Prismatic Effects in Ice Cracks$29kSign up
1967 Mendelsohn in Canadian Winter$15.8kSign up

1970s 32 works

Sold: 28 of 32
Median: $450Sign up
Average: $5.8kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (27), Drawing (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

1970 Can It Make Itself Become?$413Sign up
1970 All Metal Was to be Collected Separately$416Sign up
1972 Poet Dedora's Dream of B.C.Unsold
1973 Untitled - Planting Potatoes #264/300$495Sign up
1973 Light Trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange #7/950Unsold
1973 Untitled - Stock Exchange #67/950Unsold
1974 The Barn Dance #35/300$748Sign up
1974 The Barn Dance [The Happy Canadian]$151kSign up
1974 Untitled - Barn Dance #172/300$462Sign up
1974 Manure and Bull Rushes in the SnowUnsold
1975 Untitled - Hunter Awaiting Seal at Breathing Hole #1/300$504Sign up
1975 Story-Telling: A Winter Pastime #24/300$693Sign up

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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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2006 Evening Chore in the Maritimes #OS III$1.1kSign up
sold 2006 Snow Fun #67/100$1.1kSign up
sold 2007 Snow Fun #67/100$2.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $935Sign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 15.5 in (42 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2)

sold 2011 Evening Chore in the Maritimes #5/50$1kSign up
sold 2011 Snowfall Ending on Quebec Ontario Border #5/50$1kSign up
sold 2011 A Prairie Winter's Night #5/50$1kSign up
sold 2011 Children School Bound in Northern B.C. #5/50$863Sign up
sold 2015 The Hound of Heaven #46/100$1.1kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled - Newfie Jokes #275/300$539Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $658Sign up
Average: $723Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 13 in (43 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 The Hound of Heaven #80/100$1.2kSign up
sold 2021 Building A Cord Cradle #17/50$658Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2026 Potato Diggers #263/300$348Sign 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 Kurelek auction results →