Winslow Homer: career timeline

American · 1836–1910 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 24 lots (67% 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.

Winslow Homer: 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	1	1	$57.1kSign up	Oil
1870s	1	1	$70kSign up	Drawing
1880s	13	11	$4.8kSign up	Etching
1900s	1	1	$6.3kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1860s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $57.1kSign up
Average: $57.1kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 38 in (67 × 97 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1865 Waverly Oaks$57.1kSign up

1870s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $70kSign up
Average: $70kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 15 in (23 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1879 Two Girls in Sunbonnets at a Well$70kSign up

1880s 13 works

Sold: 11 of 13
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $29.9kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 21.5 in (40 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Etching (12), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Boats (1)

1880 Sailboats at Gloucester$240kSign up
1884 The Life Line$2.8kSign up
c. 1887 Eight Bells (G. 96)$1.9kSign up
c. 1887 Eight Bells$4.8kSign up
1887 Eight Bells$7kSign up
1888 Perils of the Sea (Goodrich 98)$51.2kSign up
1888 Mending the Tears (Goodrich 97)Unsold
c. 1888 Mending the Tears (c. 1888) (G. 97)$4.5kSign up
c. 1888 Mending the Tears (c. 1888) (G. 97)Unsold
c. 1888 Mending the Tears$1.1kSign up
1888 Mending the Tears (Goodrich 97)$8kSign up
1888 Perils of the Sea (Goodrich 96)$6kSign up

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1888 Mending the Tears (Goodrich 97)$2kSign up

1900s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6.3kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 3.5 × 5 in (9 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

1906 Boardwalk Sketch, Atlantic City, New Jersey$6.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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: $12.2kSign up
Average: $12.2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 Pair of English Pencil Sketches$3.2kSign up
sold 2008 The Old Fisherman$21.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $15kSign up
Average: $52.9kSign up
Typical size: 4 × 6.5 in (10 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2011 Double sided sketchUnsold
sold 2016 Untitled (Sketch of a Horse)$6.3kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled (War Scene)$15kSign up
sold 2018 The Dutch Door$138kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 20.5 in (39 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Eight Bells$4.5kSign up
sold 2023 Three WorksUnsold

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 Winslow Homer auction results →