Henry Percy Gray Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Henry Percy Gray Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 12, 2026
Henry Percy Gray California Mountain Landscape
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Henry Percy Gray, American (1869-1952). Watercolor on paper of a California mountain landscape signed bottom left. Framed 16.5" H x 20.5" W, visible 11.5" x 15.5". Condition report: paper appears in good condition, some wear to the gilt frame. Contact AAG for more detailed information if needed. AAG is not responsible for any errors or omissions to any lots. All sales are final and sold as is. This lot cannot be shipped in house. Please contact our third party shippers for quotes.
Abington Auction Gallery
Aug. 12, 2026
Percy Gray California Watercolor Painting
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Henry Percy Gray, American (1869-1952). Watercolor on paper features a California landscape scene with trees. Signed bottom left. Framed 20.5" H x 24.5" W, visible 15.5" x 19.5". Condition: paper appears in good condition with some wear to the gilt frame. Contact AAG for more detailed information if needed. AAG is not responsible for any errors or omissions to any lots. All sales are final and sold as is. This lot cannot be shipped in house. Please contact our third party shippers for quotes.
Abington Auction Gallery
May. 05, 2026
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "Cattle Ranch"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Cattle Ranch" Watercolor and traces of pencil on paper Signed lower left: Percy Gray; titled by repute
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 05, 2026
Percy Gray (1869-1952), Farm in a rolling hills landscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Farm in a rolling hills landscape Watercolor on paperboard Signed lower left: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 26, 2026
Percy Gray (American, 1869"1952) Signed Watercolor, Mt. Tamalpais, Signed
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
A watercolor painting by painter Percy Gray depicting Mount Tamalpais. The landscape features a large central mountain range under a pale sky, with rolling hills, a body of water, and fields dotted with trees in the middle ground. A dirt path or road leads into the foreground, bordered by a rustic wooden fence. The artwork is painted with a muted color palette and soft rendering in Gray's Tonalist and regional Impressionist style. It is housed within a simple wooden frame with a ribbed outer profile and a gold-toned inner border. A label on the verso reads: Schussler Bros. Art Dealers, 285 Geary Street, San Francisco. Signed Percy Gray and dated 1923 (possibly 1925) in the lower left corner. Dimensions: Frame: 21.25"L x 1.50"W x 17.75"H; Sight size: 15.75"L x 11.75"H Weight: 6.50 lb
Lion and Unicorn
Nov. 18, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), California hillside landscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) California hillside landscape Watercolor on paper laid to paper Signed lower right: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 29, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "Folding Hills"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Folding Hills" Watercolor on paper Signed lower left: Percy Gray; titled in blue pencil, verso
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 29, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "Lone Cypress"
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Lone Cypress" Watercolor on paper Signed lower right: Percy Gray; titled by repute
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 29, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), Eucalyptus by the footpath
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus by the footpath Watercolor on paperboard Signed lower right: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 12, 2025
Percy Gray Mt Tamalpais California Painting
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Title is Mt Tamalpais San Rafael California 1915 Marin County. 14" by 10" unframed. 14 5/8" by 18 3/4" framed. Holton Studio Oak Frame. Watercolor on Paper. Percy (Henry Percy) Gray (1869 - 1952) was active/lived in California, New York. Percy Gray is known for Landscape, coastal view, and portrait painting. Percy Gray was a talented American painter whose career spanned over forty years from 1906 to 1952. During these years of modernist turmoil in American art, Gray adhered to a single artistic goal -- to extract poetic reverberations from California's natural beauty. Percy Gray was born in San Francisco in 1869 to a family with a rich artistic and literary heritage. Gray's father emigrated from England to Australia, married and moved to San Francisco, where he thrived in the insurance business. Percy grew up in the young city, which harbored ambitions to become a major cultural center. During a childhood illness, he discovered a talent for art. He attended the California School of Design from 1886 - 1888 and began a career as a newspaper illustrator, ending up with a job at the "New York Journal" in 1895. Gray spent the next eleven years as a newspaper artist in New York City but also found time to study at the Art Students League and with William Merritt Chase. As a newspaper illustrator, Gray learned how to get the facts of a scene down quickly and correctly. In 1906, Gray was dispatched to San Francisco to cover the catastrophe caused by the earthquake and fire that occurred in April of that year. He then remained in the city of his youth, and launched into a career as an exhibiting artist. Gray's first paintings, exhibited in 1907, depicted stretches of ocean with waves breaking against headlands. Gray soon began to explore other subjects, including landscapes with eucalyptus trees swaying in the fog, their indistinct outlines full of ghostly suggestiveness. His ability to extract emotional responses from real California scenery was praised in the press. The San Francisco Examiner critic noted: "Although Gray is a painter-realist, he endows his pictures with the eerie charm of romance. He knows how to bring out the misty quality of the air, the mystery of clouds sailing by, the soul of trees and the fragrance of flowers." In addition to eucalyptus trees, Gray watercolors often depict fields of California flowers seen in springtime. This subject allowed Gray to apply to his watercolors the high-keyed palette and broken brushstrokes learned from William Merritt Chase. "Don't hesitate to exaggerate color and light!" Chase would expostulate to his students, and Gray sometimes added more flowers and brilliant color than the scene actually portrayed. Although Gray often painted bright works in the impressionist mode, his primary inspiration was directed towards muted landscapes in the style now known as "tonalism." The emotions most typically expressed in his pictures were those of quiet, introspective pleasure, rather than sublimity or joy. He loved to paint clouds. One time he was painting near the coast on a cloudy day when a farm boy approached. "It's a pity, Mister," the farm boy remarked, "that you did not come out to work on a clear day. Why, sometimes you can see all the way to the Farallones (twenty miles)." Replied Gray: "That's just what I don't want." Gray's work became popular, and his paintings, exhibited at various San Francisco galleries, were sought after. In 1915, his watercolor, Out of the Desert, Oregon, won a bronze medal at the Panama Pacific International Exposition. For most of the time between 1912 and 1923, Gray lived in Burlingame while maintaining a studio in San Francisco. To the surprise of some of his friends, in 1923, at age 53, the "avowed bachelor" married and moved into the historic Bonifacio adobe in Monterey. Some of Gray's best paintings from his Monterey years celebrate the fortitude of coastal cypress trees in their struggle to survive the constant battering of the elements symbolic of the struggles of human life. In 1939, the Grays sold their Monterey home and returned to San Francisco. In 1941, they settled in the quiet village of San Anselmo in Marin County, about fifteen miles north of San Francisco near the base of Mount Tamalpais. Gray was in his seventies but continued to paint with considerable virtuosity. After his wife died in 1951, he moved back to San Francisco and set up a studio where he died of a heart attack while at his easel on October 10, 1952.
Davis Brothers Auction
Jun. 20, 2025
Watercolor, Percy Gray
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (American, 1869-1952), Oaks in a Field, 1920, watercolor, signed and dated lower left, sight: 10"h x 14"w, overall (with frame): 14.25"h x 18.25"w
Clars Auctions
May. 06, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), House on a hill surrounded by oaks, 1907
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) House on a hill surrounded by oaks, 1907 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right: Percy Gray 1907
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 06, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), California hillside landscape
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) California hillside landscape Watercolor on paper laid to paper Signed lower right: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 06, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "California Wildflowers," 1926
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "California Wildflowers," 1926 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right: Percy Gray 1926; titled on the frame plaque
John Moran Auctioneers
May. 06, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "Trees and Wildflowers" (Coastal live oaks and wildflowers), 1923
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Trees and Wildflowers" (Coastal live oaks and wildflowers), 1923 Watercolor on thick paper Signed and dated lower left: Percy Gray 1923; titled on the frame plaque
John Moran Auctioneers
Apr. 16, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Coastal View, Oak Tree and Sentinels (a group of three) first sight 4 x 5 in.; second sight 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.; third sight 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. first and third framed 10 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.; second framed 9 x 9 1/2 in.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Coastal View, Oak Tree and Sentinels (a group of three) first signed and dated 'Percy Gray / Jan. 29, 44.' (on a handwritten note affixed to the reverse); second signed, dated and inscribed 'Percy Gray / Phoenix Ariz / April 30-40' (on a handwritten note affixed to the reverse); third signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) each watercolor on paper first sight 4 x 5 in.; second sight 2 3/4 x 3 1/2 in.; third sight 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. first and third framed 10 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.; second framed 9 x 9 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Apr. 16, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Sand Dunes of Monterey sight 16 x 20 in. framed 24 1/5 x 28 in.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Sand Dunes of Monterey signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 16 x 20 in. framed 24 1/5 x 28 in.
Bonhams
Mar. 11, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), "Eucalyptus Landscape," 1939
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) "Eucalyptus Landscape," 1939 Watercolor on cardstock Signed verso, at the conclusion of a letter written in ink by the artist: Percy Gray; dated at the center of the upper ruled border: "Nov. 9, 1939"; the letter starting in the lower ruled border and continuing to the verso; titled on a gallery label affixed to the verso of the frame
John Moran Auctioneers
Mar. 11, 2025
Percy Gray (1869-1952), California oak, 1939
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) California oak, 1939 Watercolor with graphite traces on paper Signed with initials lower left: P.G.; signed, inscribed and dated "Dear Mrs. Hall - / Sept. 14, 1939. / Thank you for your check and a happy evening on the 13th / Sincerely Percy Gray" in the upper and lower margins
John Moran Auctioneers
Dec. 19, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus 12 x 16 in. framed 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) oil on canvas laid to board 12 x 16 in. framed 18 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Dec. 19, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) View Through the Eucalyptus (Portola Valley) sight 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. framed 22 1/4x 19 1/4 in.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) View Through the Eucalyptus (Portola Valley) signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1920' (lower right) watercolor on paper sight 13 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. framed 22 1/4x 19 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 12, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952), Landscape with a distant lake and mountains
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Landscape with a distant lake and mountains Watercolor on paperboard Signed lower right: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
Oct. 08, 2024
Percy Gray (American, 1869-1952) Wildflowers Along the Coast 14 x 19 3/4in (35.5 x 50.1)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Percy Gray (American, 1869-1952) Wildflowers Along the Coast signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1928' (lower right) watercolor on paper laid to board 14 x 19 3/4in (35.5 x 50.1)
Bonhams
Sep. 22, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Pencil Drawing Native American Chief 1910
Est: - $500
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Pencil Drawing Native American Chief 1910. Signed. Excellent condition. 4 1/8"h x 2.25"w. Frame 9.5"h x 7"w. Spend $7500 or more at our two day auction and all of your SHIPPING IS FREE within the lower 48 states. SHIPPING We box and ship ourselves, to keep shipping costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the customer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or Fed Ex Ground. We deliver most larger pieces ourselves on the west coast and we make a loop around the US within approximately 60 days after the auction. No matter where you live in the lower 48 states, we look forward to personally meeting you and delivering larger pieces directly to your house. Most larger pieces can be hand delivered for $500-$600 almost anywhere in the lower 48 states. For estimated shipping times of larger pieces, please call or email us before you bid.
California Historical Design, Inc
Sep. 17, 2024
Percy W. Holt "Gray Skies & Snow Fields" Painting
Est: $400 - $800
Percy William Holt (American, 1881-1958). Oil on canvas painting titled "Gray Skies & Snow Fields" depicting a wintery landscape. Signed along the lower right. With a sticker from "Southern Skies Art League" along the verso. With a gilt wood carved frame.
Revere Auctions
Aug. 06, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Foggy Dusk sight 15 1/2 x 12 in. framed 24 x 20 in.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Foggy Dusk signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1921' (lower right) watercolor on paper sight 15 1/2 x 12 in. framed 24 x 20 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 06, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Oaks by the Pond sight 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. framed 16 x 20 in.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Oaks by the Pond signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. framed 16 x 20 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 06, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Wildflowers sheet 10 x 14 in. framed 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Wildflowers signed, dated and indistinctly inscribed 'To my friend Mrs. Wei***/ Percy Gray / 1911' (lower right) watercolor on paper laid to board sheet 10 x 14 in. framed 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Jun. 30, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Pencil Drawing Native American Chief 1910
Est: $1,200 - $1,500
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Pencil Drawing Native American Chief 1910. Signed. Excellent condition. 4 1/8"h x 2.25"w. Frame 9.5"h x 7"w. Spend $7500 or more at our two day auction and all of your SHIPPING IS FREE within the lower 48 states. SHIPPING We box and ship ourselves, to keep shipping costs low. We do not use a packaging service, unless the customer prefers us to use them. We can ship either USPS or Fed Ex Ground. We deliver most larger pieces ourselves on the west coast and we make a loop around the US within approximately 60 days after the auction. No matter where you live in the lower 48 states, we look forward to personally meeting you and delivering larger pieces directly to your house. Most larger pieces can be hand delivered for $500-$600 almost anywhere in the lower 48 states. For estimated shipping times of larger pieces, please call or email us before you bid.
California Historical Design, Inc
Apr. 23, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Lucas Valley Landscape with Wildflowers sight 10 x 13 1/2 in. framed 20 x 23 1/2 in.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Lucas Valley Landscape with Wildflowers signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1928' (lower left) and titled on a gallery label (on the reverse) watercolor on paper sight 10 x 13 1/2 in. framed 20 x 23 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Mount Tamalpais 26 x 32 in. framed 34 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Mount Tamalpais signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) oil on canvas 26 x 32 in. framed 34 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Mile Rocks Lighthouse (San Francisco Bay) 23 x 36 1/4 in. framed 31 x 44 in.
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Mile Rocks Lighthouse (San Francisco Bay) signed and dated 'PERCY GRAY / 1-9-0-6' (lower right) oil on canvas 23 x 36 1/4 in. framed 31 x 44 in.
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Wildflowers in a Clearing sight 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. framed 21 x 25 in.
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Wildflowers in a Clearing signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1925' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. framed 21 x 25 in.
Bonhams
Apr. 23, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Rogue River Gorge sight 21 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. framed 31 x 24 3/4 in.
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Rogue River Gorge signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1926' (lower right) watercolor on paper sight 21 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. framed 31 x 24 3/4 in.
Bonhams
Mar. 24, 2024
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Watercolor California Eucalyptus 1915
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Watercolor California Eucalyptus 1915. Enscribed on back "To my friend Esther, Percy Gray...20th, 1915". Signed. Excellent condition. Tim Holton custom hand-carved oak frame. 9.5"h x 7.25"w. Frame 13.75"h x 11.5"w.
California Historical Design, Inc
Dec. 15, 2023
In the Manner of Percy Gray (American, 1869-1952) Watercolor on Paper, H 7" W 9"
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Flock of sheep grazing by a tree. Unframed.
DuMouchelles
Nov. 30, 2023
Percy Gray ''Oaks by the Lake'' Watercolor
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952 California) ''Oaks by the Lake'' Watercolor on Paper 7''x9.5'' Sight. Signed l.r. Gilt gallery framing 16''x18''. Excellent condition. Not examined outside of framing. Collection of Michael Parsons (1957-2022), Oregon. Owner and operator of Michael Parsons Fine Art Gallery (2013-2022), Portland.
MBA Seattle Auction LLC
Nov. 14, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952), Along the Monterey coastline, 1928, Watercolor on paper laid to board, 14" H x 20" W
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Along the Monterey coastline, 1928 Watercolor on paper laid to board Signed and dated lower left: Percy Gray
John Moran Auctioneers
Nov. 08, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Yosemite in Winter 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. framed 14 x 16 1/4 in.
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Yosemite in Winter signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) oil on board 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in. framed 14 x 16 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 08, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus by the Lake sight 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. framed 20 x 23 1/4 in.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus by the Lake signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1922' (lower left) and titled on a label (on the reverse) watercolor on paper sight 9 3/4 x 13 1/2 in. framed 20 x 23 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 08, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) San Mateo, California sight 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. framed 15 x 18 3/4 in.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) San Mateo, California signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1920' (lower right) watercolor on paper sight 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 in. framed 15 x 18 3/4 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 08, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Grove sight 13 x 9 1/2 in. framed 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Grove signed and dated 'Percy Gray 1912' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 13 x 9 1/2 in. framed 21 1/4 x 17 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Nov. 08, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Summer Oaks sight 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. framed 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Summer Oaks signed and dated 'Percy Gray June 1912' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 15 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. framed 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 26, 2023
Percy Gray, "Oak Tree and Wild Flowers"
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Painting
Scottsdale Art Auction, LLC
Aug. 02, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Scene sight 18 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. framed 29 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Scene signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 18 1/4 x 26 1/2 in. framed 29 3/4 x 38 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 02, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) California Oak sight 10 x 12 in. framed 19 x 20 1/4 in.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) California Oak signed 'Percy Gray' (lower right) watercolor on paper sight 10 x 12 in. framed 19 x 20 1/4 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 02, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Grove sight 11 x 15 in. framed 21 1/2 x 25 in.
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Eucalyptus Grove signed 'Percy Gray' (lower left) watercolor on paper sight 11 x 15 in. framed 21 1/2 x 25 in.
Bonhams
Aug. 02, 2023
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Landscape with Oak Tree sight 10 x 14 in. framed 20 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Percy Gray (1869-1952) Landscape with Oak Tree unsigned watercolor on paper sight 10 x 14 in. framed 20 1/2 x 23 1/2 in.
Bonhams