William Louis Otte: career timeline

American · 1871–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 28 lots (79% 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 Louis Otte: 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
1910s	1	1	$2.4kSign up	Pastel
1920s	16	14	$4.8kSign up	Pastel
1930s	2	2	$5.5kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

1917 Hillside Grove in Summer, Santa Barbara$2.4kSign up

1920s 16 works

Sold: 14 of 16
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 25 in (48 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (13), Oil (3)
Subjects: Sea & coast (7), Landscapes (1)

1920 'The edge of the desert, October, 1920, Inyo County, California'Unsold
1921 Santa Barbara, California$3.1kSign up
1921 Santa Barbara, California$5.5kSign up
1921 California coast$3.8kSign up
1921 Carmel-by-the-Sea$3kSign up
1921 Day at Carmel$3.2kSign up · sold 2×
1921 Coastal Cypress$3.6kSign up
1921 Sea Breezes, Carmel by the SeaUnsold
1922 Summer Days at the foot of La Cumbre, Santa Barbara$9.4kSign up
1923 Windswept, Carmel by the Sea$12.5kSign up
1923 An Early Snowfall on the Mountains, Santa Barbara, California$12.5kSign up
1923 Windswept Carmel$3kSign up

Show 4 more (1920s)

1923 Dune shadows$6.1kSign up
1928 Spring Days, Coachella Valley$5.7kSign up
1928 Incoming Fog, Monterey Coast, California$4kSign up
1928 Fog on the Monterey coast$7.9kSign up

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 18 in (43 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1933 Sand Shadows, Carmel$5.7kSign up
1933 Arlington Crag (Peak) through Eucalyptus, Santa Barbara$5.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $9.4kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2013 California coast$400Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2017 Carmel sand dunes with wildflowers$9.4kSign up
sold 2018 From My Studio Window, Santa Barbara$17.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 27.5 in (56 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Mountains above Santa BarbaraUnsold
sold 2024 The Sun's Last Caress$1.4kSign up · sold 3×

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 Louis Otte auction results →