Barry Castle: career timeline

British · 1935–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 49 lots (76% 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.

Barry Castle: 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
1970s	12	8	$1.1kSign up	Oil
1980s	14	10	$1.3kSign up	Oil
1990s	10	10	$1.4kSign up	Watercolor
2000s	1	1	$6kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 12 works

Sold: 8 of 12
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18 in (47 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Acrylic (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Birds (2), Sunsets & night (1)

1973 Moonlight$1.1kSign up
1973 Adam and EveUnsold
1974 LIONUnsold
1974 Romulus and Remus$941Sign up
1974 ROMULUS AND REMUSUnsold
1974 LOST IN THE WOOD$2.2kSign up
1975 Queen of ShebaUnsold
1975 ST. NECTAIRE AND THE BIRD OF PARADISE$859Sign up
1975 PUNCH AND JUDY SHOW$3.3kSign up
1976 Lady With Billy Goat$3.1kSign up
1977 UNTITLED [FIGURE WITH BIRD AND CAT] 1977$87Sign up
1979 TWO SISTERS$984Sign up

1980s 14 works

Sold: 10 of 14
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21.5 in (46 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (13), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1980 SPARE THE ROD$651Sign up
1980 SPARE THE RODUnsold
1980 SPARE THE RODUnsold
1980 DEEP IN THOUGHT$652Sign up
1980 SPARE THE ROD$1.2kSign up
1980 SPARE THE RODUnsold
1980 ANNA AND JOHN$2.4kSign up
1983 CHAMPIONUnsold
1984 DREAMS$129Sign up
1984 SMOKED HAMSTER$1.4kSign up
1986 ONE OF SOSNO'S WOMEN$1.8kSign up
1986 ONE SWALLOW DOESN'T MAKE A SUMMER$5.2kSign up

Show 2 more (1980s)

1987 Another Harvest$868Sign up
1989 What Animal Am I?$3.5kSign up

1990s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 12.5 in (40 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (6), Oil (3), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Birds (1)

1991 QUEEN OF ARAN$129Sign up
1992 Boy and Bird$648Sign up
1993 DANGEROUS PETS$1.9kSign up
1994 Feeding My Toad$801Sign up
1994 BOY AND BERRIES$3.5kSign up
1995 Woman And Little Red Hen$2.3kSign up
1995 SIMPLE PLEASURES$3.1kSign up
1995 BOY AND MOTHS$4.2kSign up
1996 Strange Pets No. 8$448Sign up
1997 TOO FAR OUT$882Sign up

2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2004 GIRL WITH YELLOW FLOWERS$6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

12 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $10.2kSign up
Average: $10.2kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 22.5 in (76 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 CLOSE FRIENDS$10.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 23.5 in (50 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Other (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2012 OTHER DAYS$1.3kSign up
sold 2016 JESUS AND THE POLICEMEN$604Sign up
sold 2017 NUNS MISS THE MOONUnsold
sold 2017 HAY FEVER$896Sign up
sold 2017 Untitled$2.3kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$2.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $300Sign up
Average: $381Sign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Lithograph (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2023 TRYING TO SLEEP NO. 1$630Sign up
sold 2025 WITCH$212Sign up
sold 2025 Another HarvestUnsold
sold 2025 Pandora's BoxResult not published
sold 2026 Woman in a Forest$300Sign up

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 Barry Castle auction results →