# Louisa McElwain - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T03:13:30.209Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 41
- Lots with prices: 37
- First auction date: 2009-11-15
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-08
- Median realised price: $12,000
- Price range: $3,750 to $39,000

## Market Takeaway
Louisa McElwain has 41 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $12,000. Category concentration is still broad. Last 12 months recorded 18 sales. These metrics reflect recorded public auction results and may not include private transactions or every premium outlier sale.

## How To Read This Data
- Use median \($12,000\) as a typical result and the typical low/high band \($8,125 to $16,000\) as the middle 50% of recorded sales.
- Auction prices can include buyer premiums or fees depending on house reporting, so compare on a like\-for\-like basis.
- Condition, provenance, size, and attribution confidence can move final value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 0% (0 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 35.1% (13 sales)
- $10,000\+: 64.9% (24 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 18
- Previous 12 months sales: 6
- Recent 12 months median: $11,000
- Previous 12 months median: $12,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-08
- Days since latest sale: 173
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Hindman: 12 lots
- Santa Fe Art Auction: 6 lots
- Kamelot Auctions: 5 lots
- Lone Star Art Auction: 4 lots
- Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction: 4 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 2 lots
- Cordier Auctions: 1 lots
- Cordier Auctions & Appraisals: 1 lots
- EJ'S Auction & Appraisal: 1 lots
- Heritage Auctions: 1 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-14 | LOUISA MCELWAIN \(AMERICAN 1953\-2013\) "BADLANDS, SUNDOWN," EXPRESSIONIST WESTERN LANDSCAPE WITH | Kamelot Auctions | $12,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louisa-mcelwain-american-1953-2013-badlands-sundown-expressionist-western-landscape-with-1225-c-b94411fb81
2. 2025-10-14 | LOUISA MCELWAIN \(AMERICAN 1953\-2013\) "SANGRES, LATE AFTERNOON," EXPRESSIONIST WESTERN LANDSCAPE | Kamelot Auctions | $11,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louisa-mcelwain-american-1953-2013-sangres-late-afternoon-expressionist-western-landscape-1224-c-eb14f928c3
3. 2025-10-14 | LOUISA MCELWAIN \(AMERICAN 1953\-2013\) "TIERRA MADRE STUDY, LEFT," EXPRESSIONIST WESTERN LANDSCAPE WITH | Kamelot Auctions | $4,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louisa-mcelwain-american-1953-2013-tierra-madre-study-left-expressionist-western-landscape-with-1223-c-98b46b88d2
4. 2025-10-14 | LOUISA MCELWAIN \(AMERICAN 1953\-2013\) "CHAMA RIVER & ABIQUIU RED HLLS," EXPRESSIONIST WESTERN | Kamelot Auctions | $8,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louisa-mcelwain-american-1953-2013-chama-river-abiquiu-red-hlls-expressionist-western-1222-c-a954bf0bc5
5. 2025-10-14 | LOUISA MCELWAIN \(AMERICAN 1953\-2013\) "TIERRA MADRE STUDY, RIGHT," EXPRESSIONIST WESTERN | Kamelot Auctions | $4,400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-louisa-mcelwain-american-1953-2013-tierra-madre-study-right-expressionist-western-1221-c-c6c40d5b80
6. 2025-11-08 | Louisa McElwain, Mather, Last Light | Santa Fe Art Auction | $14,760
7. 2025-11-08 | Louisa McElwain, Pastoral | Santa Fe Art Auction | $12,300
8. 2025-11-01 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\), Rain Approaching Alcalde, oil on canvas, 20.25 x 30.25 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $11,000
9. 2025-11-01 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\), Ocotillos Near the Guadalupes, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | N/A
10. 2025-11-01 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\), Indian Lands, Santa Clara III, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 inches | Lone Star Art Auction | $30,000
11. 2025-10-17 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\) \- Midday Badlands | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | $20,000
12. 2025-10-17 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\) \- Bright Meadow | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | N/A
13. 2025-05-23 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\) \- Jemez View from Nambe | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | $30,000
14. 2025-05-22 | Louisa McElwain, Indian Lands, Santa Clara III | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $18,000
15. 2025-05-15 | Louisa McElwain \(American, 1953\-2013\) Palo Quemador | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $9,000
16. 2025-05-08 | Louisa McElwain, Grey Stallion & His Band | Santa Fe Art Auction | $7,380
17. 2025-05-08 | Louisa McElwain, Bliss | Santa Fe Art Auction | $6,765
18. 2025-05-08 | Louisa McElwain, Sunset Thunderhead | Santa Fe Art Auction | $7,680
19. 2025-03-06 | LOUISA MCELWAIN OIL ON CANVAS PAINTING | Cordier Auctions | $10,000
20. 2024-10-12 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\) Riverbend, Autumn Afternoon, c. 2007 | Lone Star Art Auction | $19,000
21. 2024-05-17 | Louisa McElwain \(1953\-2013\) \- Veils of Rain | Mark Sublette Medicine Man Gallery & Auction | N/A
22. 2024-05-16 | LOUISA MCELWAIN OIL ON CANVAS | Cordier Auctions & Appraisals | $39,000
23. 2024-05-09 | Louisa McElwain \(American, 1953\-2013\) The Beautiful River | Hindman | $12,000
24. 2024-05-09 | Louisa McElwain \(American, 1953\-2013\) Rain in Galisteo Basin, 1995 | Hindman | $12,000

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