Alasdair Gray: career timeline
British · 1934–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 73 lots (49% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $4.7kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1960s | 3 | 3 | $1.6kSign up | Drawing |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $11.2kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1980s | 3 | 3 | $3.5kSign up | Mixed media |
| 2000s | 10 | 8 | $648Sign up | Screenprint |
| 2010s | 10 | 10 | $612Sign up | Screenprint |
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1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $4.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 16 in (61 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Mixed media (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1952 THE BEAST IN THE PIT$5.6kSign up
1954 NUDE AND RED TABLE$4.8kSign up
1955 ST. JEROME$781Sign up
1958 FAUST IN HIS STUDY (THE FAUST LEGEND)$1.2kSign up
1959 PORTRAIT OF CAROLE GIBBONS$4.7kSign up
1960s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 22 in (43 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 MARY AND TOM BLISS IN BEARSTED$1.6kSign up
c. 1968 BILL SKINNER - 1968/2017$1.3kSign up
1969 KAREN, 1969$2.8kSign up
1970s 3 works
1980s 3 works
2000s 10 works
- Sold
- 8 of 10
- Median
- $648Sign up
- Average
- $684Sign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 19 in (70 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (10)
- Subjects
- —
2003 THE WHITE DOG$1.1kSign up
2005 FROM AN EASTERN EMPIRE$784Sign up
2007 THE SCOTS HIPPO 3Unsold
2007 THE SCOTS HIPPO 5Unsold
2007 THE SCOTS HIPPO 6$474Sign up
2007 THE SCOTS HIPPO 5$348Sign up
2007 THE SCOTS HIPPO (5)$673Sign up
2008 WE WILL ALL GO DOWN INTO THE STREETS OF WATER, 2008$561Sign up
2008 INSIDE THE BOX OF BONE . . . , 2008$623Sign up · sold 2×
2008 CORRUPTION$886Sign up
2010s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $612Sign up
- Average
- $872Sign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 17 in (63 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (8), Print (other) (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2)
2011 BILL SKINNER IN HIS OTAGO STREET HOME$684Sign up
2011 ANN$474Sign up
2011 BILL SKINNER IN HIS OTAGO STREET HOME$474Sign up
2013 WOUNDSCAPE$342Sign up
2014 LANARK: A LIFE IN 4 BOOKS (SET OF FIVE SCREENPRINTS)$3.3kSign up
2014 MAY ON STRIPED COVERLET$601Sign up
2017 OZYMANDIAS, 2017$623Sign up
2017 THE TOWER OF BABEL, 2017$561Sign up
2019 BELLA CALEDONIA, 2019$748Sign up
2019 BELLA CALEDONIA$962Sign up
Creation date not recorded
36 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 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $161Sign up
- Average
- $161Sign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 14.5 in (46 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2019 Glasgow tenement$161Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 35 works
- Sold
- 32 of 35
- Median
- $986Sign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 14 in (44 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (9), Mixed media (5), Screenprint (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (11)
sold 2020 SET OF 4 LITHOGRAPHS FROM THE 'LANARK' SERIES$4.6kSign up
sold 2020 KATY GARDINER, IN PROFILE$495Sign up
sold 2020 PORTRAIT OF KATY GARDINER$429Sign up
sold 2020 SUSAN BOYD$495Sign up
sold 2020 FOREMOST OF THE BEASTS OF THE EARTH FOR PRIDE$693Sign up
sold 2020 PORTRAIT OF SUSAN$1.3kSign up
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sold 2020 FROM THE SOUL'S PROPER LONELINESS LOVE AND AFFECTION SEEM . . .$937Sign up
sold 2020 THE FAUST LEGEND$2.8kSign up
sold 2020 PORTRAIT OF KATEY$2kSign up
sold 2021 THE SCOTS HIPPO (5) - RED$588Sign up
sold 2021 I - INA$725Sign up
sold 2021 LIFE DRAWING CLASS$1kSign up
…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.
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 Alasdair Gray auction results →