Brian McCarthy: career timeline
Irish · b. 1960 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 48 lots (80% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | — | Oil |
| 1980s | 3 | 2 | $971Sign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 7 | 3 | $2kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 19 | 11 | $916Sign up | Oil |
| 2010s | 7 | 2 | $1.1kSign up | Oil |
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1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 13 × 9 in (33 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1978 PORTRAIT OF A WOMANUnsold
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $971Sign up
- Average
- $971Sign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Birds (2), Palms (1)
1987 BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW$1.1kSign up
1987 BIRDS$871Sign up
1988 STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT DISH AND POTTED PALMUnsold
1990s 7 works
- Sold
- 3 of 7
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 29 in (51 × 73 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- —
1991 MONUMENT TO LIBERTY$2kSign up
1992 MEMORIESUnsold
1993 MASKSUnsold
1993 NOCTURNEUnsold
1998 SATYR$2.2kSign up
1999 MASQUERADEUnsold
1999 GERBERAS$1.9kSign up
2000s 19 works
- Sold
- 11 of 19
- Median
- $916Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20.5 in (51 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (19)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (2), Sunsets & night (1)
2000 LITTLE BACCHUSUnsold
2001 Head$265Sign up
2001 HEADUnsold
2001 FANTAIL PIGEONS$2.8kSign up · sold 2×
2002 TROPHYUnsold
2002 AbstractUnsold
2002 AbstractUnsold
2003 MASQUERADE$2.1kSign up
2003 NUDEUnsold
2005 In The Lap of the Gods$269Sign up
2006 The Young Clown$916Sign up · sold 2×
2006 THE YOUNG CLOWN$704Sign up
2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 2 of 7
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Harbours & ports (1)
2010 HEARTBREAK BOULEVARDUnsold
2011 RESURGENT ISLEUnsold
2011 The Hat TrickUnsold
2011 RESURGENT ISLEUnsold
2012 Gran Canal$649Sign up
2015 THE RARE AULD TIMES$1.6kSign up
2017 MEN AT WORK, DUBLIN'S GRAVING DOCKSUnsold
Creation date not recorded
9 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 27 in (41 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Birds (1), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2000 GERBERAS$2.3kSign up
sold 2000 ROMAN BUST WITH A YELLOW BIRD$2.2kSign up
sold 2001 SHANTY TOWN$2.3kSign up
sold 2002 WHITE FAN-TAIL PIGEONS$3.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 15 × 24 in (38 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2024 BOOMTOWNUnsold
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 Brian McCarthy auction results →