Olin Dows Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Olin Dows Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 20, 2024
Stephen OLIN DOWS: "Hudson Valley Pastures"
Est: $300 - $400
Stephen OLIN DOWS (American, 1904-1981): "Hudson Valley Pastures". Oil wash on board. Signed and dated at lower right. Board size: 9 1/8 x 15 inches. Frame size: 12 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches.
Armstrong Fine Art
Jun. 01, 2024
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) woodblock
Est: $200 - $400
Outdoor Scene woodblock, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 9 x 6"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 01, 2024
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) woodblock
Est: $200 - $400
Interior Scene woodblock, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 4 3/4 x 9 1/2"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 01, 2024
Olin Dows (American, 1940-1981) woodblock
Est: $200 - $400
Outdoor Scene woodblock, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 6 1/2 x 12"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 01, 2024
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) woodblock
Est: $200 - $400
Untitled woodblock, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 3 1/2 x 9 1/4"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jun. 01, 2024
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) woodblock
Est: $200 - $400
Market Scene, Acapulco wood engraving, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 5 3/4 x 10"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Aug. 05, 2023
Olin Dows wood engraving
Est: $500 - $800
Olin Dows (1904-1981) Market Scene, Acapulco wood engraving, 1933, signed and dated in pencil, stamped 'Benjamin West Society'. 5 3/4 x 10"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Aug. 05, 2023
Olin Dows woodblock
Est: $500 - $800
Olin Dows (1904-1981) Procession to Market woodblock, 1932, signed and dated in pencil. 5 1/2 x 9"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Feb. 26, 2023
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER STEPHEN OLIN DOWS (1904-1981) SPRING GLENBURN, 1946. PROV. WM. MACBETH GALLERY, NY (13 1/2" X 20 1/2" SITE SIZE)
Est: $200 - $500
MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER STEPHEN OLIN DOWS (1904-1981) SPRING GLENBURN, 1946. PROV. WM. MACBETH GALLERY, NY (13 1/2" X 20 1/2" SITE SIZE)
Carlsen Gallery, Inc.
Jan. 01, 2023
Olin Dows (1904-1981)
Est: $150 - $250
Painting: Olin Dows (1904-1981), Egyptian Subject, oil on panel. Signed and dated '37 LRC. 17 1/2" x 28 1/2", overall 22 1/2" x 34 1/2".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jan. 01, 2023
Olin Dows (1904-1981)
Est: $150 - $250
Painting: Olin Dows (1904-1981), Surrealist Subject, oil on masonite. Signed and dated 1967 LRC. 13" x 25 1/2", overall 19" x 31".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jan. 29, 2022
Olin Dows, On The Way to the Assault Boats, 1945.
Est: $400 - $600
Dows, Olin (New York, 1904-1981). On The Way to the Assault Boats, 1945. Normandy Invasion depicting American GIs marching to board. Watercolor and pencil on paper. Signed and dated l.r. 13 1/2" x 20 1/2". Provenance: From the collection of Nicholas R. Burke, Washington D.C. Stephan Olin Dows was a United States Army artist who served in the Historical section of the European Theater of Operations in WWII.
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Sep. 25, 2021
Olin Dows woodcut
Est: $400 - $600
Olin Dows (1904-1981) 1.) ''Street Scene, Taxco''- woodcut, 1933, signed and titled in pencil. 6 3/4 x 10'' 2.) ''Steps, Taxco, Mexico''- woodcut, 1933, signed and dated in pencil. 11 x 6 3/4'' Exhibited: Contemporary American Art at New York's World Fair, 1939 Reproduced in Leighton, Wood Engraving of the 1930s (1936); American Art Today: New York World's Fair (1939); Oles, South of the Border (1993)
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 01, 2020
Olin Dows (1904 - 1981) watercolor on cardboard Signed
Est: $800 - $1,200
Olin Dows (1904 - 1981)Watercolor on heavy wove paper Signed measures 14 x 10 inches
Cutler Bay Auctions
Jul. 18, 2020
Olin Dows (1904 - 1981) watercolor and gouache on paper, fall Hudson River landscape, signed lower left Olin Dows 40, 10 1/4" x 18 1...
Est: $200 - $400
Olin Dows (1904 - 1981) watercolor and gouache on paper, fall Hudson River landscape, signed lower left Olin Dows 40, 10 1/4" x 18 1/2".
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Feb. 26, 2020
Gouache on Paper "Fox Hollow Hills" Olin Dows
Est: $600 - $800
Olin Stephen Dows (American, 1904-1981) Study for Hyde Park, New York Post Office murals. Signed and dated l.l. Olin Dows 1940 and titled and signed verso in pencil. Size: 8"h x 12 1/2"w Provenance: Property from the Estate of Judith Applegate, Princeton, NJ.
Nye & Company
Jan. 27, 2020
Olin Dows (N.Y. 1904-1981) Forest Landscape
Est: $200 - $300
Stephen Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981). Country landscape watercolor signed by the artist, Olin Dows (lower right). Framed under glass. Dimensions: framed: 15 in. x 26 in., sight: 7 3/4 in. x 19 in. Watercolor on paper. Condition: good original framed estate condition. Provenance: Woodstock, New York estate.
Kensington Estate Auctions
Jan. 27, 2020
Olin Dows (American b.1904-1981) Countryside Landscape,1956
Est: $200 - $400
Stephen Olin Dows (N.Y. 1904-1981). Countryside landscape watercolor signed and dated by the artist, OLIN DOWS, 1956. Watercolor on wove paper under glass. Dimensions: framed under glass: 22 in. x 29 1/2 in., sight: 15 in. x 22 1/2 in. Condition: good original framed condition. Provenance: Woodstock, New York estate.
Kensington Estate Auctions
Sep. 23, 2018
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN 1904-1981)
Est: $100 - $200
Figures in a market. Woodcut on paper, signed in pencil and dated '33 lower right. Dimensions: (Frame) H 15.75" x W 12.5", (Sight) H 7.5" x W 5" Condition: No issues to note.
Westport Auction
Jun. 10, 2018
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN, 1904-2004) PAIR OF COUNTRYSIDE VIEWS, 1940 WATERCOLOR, GOUA
Est: $400 - $600
Olin Dows (American, 1904-2004) Pair of Countryside Views, 1940 Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper 6-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches (15.9 x 28.6 cm) (sight, largest) Each signed and dated lower left: Olin Dows 40 HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 24, 2018
Painting, After Olin Dows
Est: $100 - $200
After Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981), Barns in the Country, oil on canvas, bears signature lower right, overall (with frame): 16.5"h x 23"w
Clars Auctions
Aug. 12, 2017
Olin Dows 2 wood engravings
Est: $80 - $150
Olin Dows- Men with Sombreros; Women Balancing Baskets- 2 wood engravings, 1933, both signed and dated in pencil, 'Men' with foxing, 'Women' with green stain near center of image. 10 7/8 x 6 5/8''; 5 1/2 x 9''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 22, 2017
Olin Dows (1904-1981)
Est: $200 - $300
Olin Dows (New York 1904-1981), military bunker, oil on wood panel. Signed and dated LRC. 14" x 30". Virginia Museum of Fine Art label verso.
Copake Auction Inc.
Dec. 10, 2016
Two Olin Dows 1904-1981 Original Gouache And W
Est: $2,400 - $4,800
Two Olin Dows 1904-1981 Original Gouache And Watercolor Painting Dated 1940. Beautiful Farm Barn Scene And Farm With Cows Scene, New Archive Mounting In Period Worm Wood Frame. Size: 17 1/2" X 13 1/2" Estimated more than 50 yrs old. Fine Art. Size: See Ruler Photo. (Photos Represent The Condition Of The Lot.)
Pangaea Auctions
Sep. 27, 2016
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN, 1904-1981) FARMYARD, 1952 Watercolor on heavy wove paper: 18 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.
Est: $400 - $600
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN, 1904-1981) FARMYARD, 1952 Watercolor on heavy wove paper: 18 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. Framed; lower right signed and dated: Olin Dows 1952
Potomack Company
Jun. 11, 2016
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN, 1904-1981) FARMYARD, 1952 Watercolor on heavy wove paper: 18 1/2 x 29 1/4 in.
Est: $800 - $1,200
OLIN DOWS (AMERICAN, 1904-1981) FARMYARD, 1952 Watercolor on heavy wove paper: 18 1/2 x 29 1/4 in. Framed; lower right signed and dated: Olin Dows 1952
Potomack Company
Dec. 05, 2015
OLIN DOWS (1904-1981): BRANCHES IN SNOW
Est: $500 - $800
OLIN DOWS (1904-1981): BRANCHES IN SNOW Watercolor, ink and gouache on pale blue paper, 1963, signed 'Olin Dows' and dated lower right. 14 x 17 in. (sheet), unframed. Provenance: Sold WAA, August 31, 2003, Lot 175.
STAIR
Nov. 21, 2015
Olin Dows (N.Y. 1904-1981)
Est: $25 - $50
Olin Dows (N.Y. 1904-1981), winter landscape, pencil signed print. Sight 6" x 8".
Copake Auction Inc.
Jun. 12, 2014
OLIN DOWS Farm Yard with a White Split-Rail Fence.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
OLIN DOWS Farm Yard with a White Split-Rail Fence. Gouache and watercolor on cream laid paper, 1954. 260x520 mm; 10x20 1/2 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right recto.
Swann Auction Galleries
Jul. 24, 2010
Olin Dows- ''Zebras''- lithograph, 1930, signed
Est: $150 - $200
Olin Dows- ''Zebras''- lithograph, 1930, signed and dated in pencil, minor toning in margins, small crease in lower margin, otherwise very good condition. 6 7/16 x 14 1/2''"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 21, 2010
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) Farm Buildings in a Valley. Signed and dated "Olin Dows 34" l.r. Oil on wood panel, 9 x 15 in., framed
Est: $200 - $250
Olin Dows (American, 1904-1981) Farm Buildings in a Valley. Signed and dated "Olin Dows 34" l.r. Oil on wood panel, 9 x 15 in., framed (under glass). Condition: Not examined out of frame.
Skinner
Feb. 15, 2007
A WATERCOLOR
Est: $50 - $50,000
A WATERCOLOR Probably by Olin Dows, depicting a man in a tri-corn hat. Discolored. Approximately 11"h x 6 1/2"w
Nye & Company
Mar. 08, 2006
A WATERCOLOR
Est: $100 - $200
A WATERCOLOR. Probably by Olin Dows, depicting a man in a tri-corn hat. Discolored. Approximately 11"h x 6 1/2"w
Nye & Company
Dec. 14, 2005
OLIN DOWS 1904-1981
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MARKET measurements 35 1/2 by 15 1/4 in. alternate measurements 90.2 by 38.7 cm. signed Olin Dows and dated 40 (lower left) gouache on board Condition Note: in generally good condition, although surface shows signs of wear; scattered scuffs, scratches, small losses; surface of board (pressed board) has faded (to a light brown) We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Sotheby's
Dec. 14, 2005
OLIN DOWS 1904-1981
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
LOADING measurements 14 by 19 1/2 in. alternate measurements 35.5 by 49.5 cm. signed O. Dows and dated 34 (lower left) oil on panel, unframed Condition Note: SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Sotheby's
Feb. 14, 2001
A PETIT POINT NEEDLEWORK RUG
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
American, Circa 1930 Worked in brown, gray and salmon, the six needlepoint square panels displaying the six great achievements in Franklin D. Roosevelt's life, starting from the upper left, the Groton School shield with dates 1896-1900, Harvard University and the dates 1900-1904, Columbia Law School and the dates 1904-1907, an anchor representing his years as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-1920, the seal of the State of New York, and the dates he served as Govenor 1929-1932 and the Presedential Seal with his first term of office 1933 Approximately 3ft. 8in. x 2ft. 8in. (112cm. x 81cm.) EXHIBITION Displayed in the Franklin D. Roosevelt Centennial, New York, 1982 NOTES This needlepoint rug was made by Mrs. Tracy Dows, the mother of Olin Dows, (see Lot 221). Mrs. Dows who lived in Rhinebeck, New York, was a friend and neighbor of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Her initials are worked into the lower right corner of the rug. It was displayed at 'Top Cottage' the hilltop retreat which Franklin D. Roosevelt built on his estate in Hyde Park in 1938. Roosevelt used 'Top Cottage' as a place to work and entertain guests, including Winston Churchill, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. 'Top Cottage' is now a National Historic Site and photographs there show the illustrious guests who visited.
Christie's
Feb. 14, 2001
Olin Dows (1904-1981)
Est: $400 - $600
Val Kill Cottage, The Country Retreat of Eleanor Roosevelt signed and dated 'Olin Dows 1949' (lower left) watercolor on paper 131/2 x 181/2 in. (34.4 x 47 cm.) PROVENANCE Eleanor Roosevelt. John A. Roosevelt, acquired from the above. By descent in the family to the present owner. LITERATURE R.K. McClure, ed., Eleanor Roosevelt, an Eager Spirit: Selected Letters of Dorothy Dow 1933-1945, New York, 1984, pp. 60-61, illustrated Olin Dows, Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park, Drawings and Text, 1949, p. 173, illustrated EXHIBITION Franklin Delano Roosevelt Centennial Travelling Exhibition, 1982 The Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial Travelling Exhibition, 1984-1985 NOTES Olin Dows was an American artist, friend and Hudson River neighbor of the Roosevelt Family. He was a Vice President of the Board of Trustees of the American Federation of the Arts and was named Head of the Treasury Relief Art Project in 1935, active in New Deal art projects. In 1939 he painted the Rhinebeck, New York post office murals, and in 1941 painted the Hyde Park post office murals. In 1949, Dows wrote and illustrated Franklin Roosevelt at Hyde Park, Drawings and Text, for which the present watercolor was an original drawing. Eleanor Roosevelt's Stone Cottage was completed in the summer of 1925. Henry Toombs, the architect from Atlanta, Georgia who had built the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia and Franklin D. Roosevelt worked together as an architectural team and Val Kill was designed in the Dutch tradition of the Hudson Valley.
Christie's