David Blackwood: career timeline
Canadian · 1941–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 119 of 121 lots (98% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | 10 | $2.2kSign up | Etching |
| 1970s | 38 | 29 | $2.1kSign up | Etching |
| 1980s | 36 | 26 | $1.7kSign up | Etching |
| 1990s | 28 | 25 | $1.8kSign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 5 | 5 | $1.7kSign up | Etching |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $2kSign up | Etching |
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1960s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 21.5 in (50 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (11)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sea & coast (1), Beach scenes (1)
1965 Captain Abraham Kean Awaiting the Return of the Lost Party #Artist's Proof$1.8kSign up
1965 Lost Party at Sea: The Sign #6/10$5.9kSign up
1966 Beach Object #Artist's Proof$1.2kSign up
1966 Spring #24/25Unsold
1967 Wreck Off Bragg's Island #Artist's Proof$2.2kSign up
1967 S.S. Imogene with Crew on Ice #Artist's Proof$3.2kSign up
1968 Posthumous Portrait of Captain Abram Kean #2/10$928Sign up
1969 Captain Ned Bishop with Officers On the Bridge of the S.S. Eagle #Artist's Proof$2kSign up
1969 The Departure: Kean's Men Leaving #20/25$3.7kSign up
1969 Gram Glover's Dream #6/20$3.8kSign up
1969 Autobiography: Faces #15/25$2.2kSign up
1970s 38 works
- Sold
- 29 of 38
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (50 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (37), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (1), Beach scenes (1)
1970 Fire at Sea 2nd Ed. #14/25$5.1kSign up
1971 Survivors Discovered #Artist's Proof$2.1kSign up
1971 Captain Sid Hill #7/25$869Sign up
1971 March: North Atlantic #12/25$2kSign up
1971 Gram Glover Waiting #1/25$1.8kSign up
1971 Captain Sid Hill #10/25$1.2kSign up
1971 Inscription at the Belvedere #A.P.Unsold
1971 Mummer Family #A.P.Unsold
1972 Sick Captain Leaving #Artist's Proof$3.5kSign up
1972 The Burgeo Whale, A Whale for the Killing #13/50$12.3kSign up
1972 Farley Mowat #26/50$3kSign up
1973 S.S. Imogene - Home from the Icefields #23/25$5.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1973 Fortress of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia #14/35Unsold
1973 Wreck of the S.S. Ranger on Baccalieu Island, #21/25Unsold
1973 Fortress of Louisbourg, Cape Breton #32/35Unsold
1974 Stranded Berg in Greenspond Tickle$1.7kSign up
1975 Captain Jesse Winsor Home in Wesleyville #13/35$1.1kSign up
1975 September 3rd: Uncle Dan Sturge Home from the Labrador #16/35$2kSign up
1975 Aunt Mag and Uncle Lias on Braggs Island #19/35$2.5kSign up
1975 Sealer's Dream: Family #24/25Unsold
1976 Home From the Labrador #Artist's Proof$1.7kSign up
1976 Captain Jess Home from the Labrador #29/35$2.4kSign up
1976 Gram Glover Home on Bragg's Island #32/35$2.1kSign up
1976 Lone Mummer Approaching #4/35$3.3kSign up
…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 36 works
- Sold
- 26 of 36
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 21 in (50 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (31), Print (other) (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2), Figures & portraits (1)
1980 Two Patriots With Flag and Ode #15/50$1.7kSign up
1981 Wesleyville, March Ice Raft #25/50$3.8kSign up
1981 Wesleyville, Seabird Hunters Crossing the Reach #25/50$3.1kSign up
1981 Wesleyville: March Ice Raft #6/50$1.2kSign up
1981 Wesleyville: March Ice Raft #31/50$2kSign up
1981 Wesleyville: Seabird Hunters Crossing the Reach #31/50$2kSign up
1981 Wesleyville: Night Passage Bennett High Island #31/50$2.6kSign up
1981 Ephraim Kelloway's Door #22/50Unsold
1982 Study for Man Warning Two Boys II #41/50$761Sign up
1982 Night Island #36/50$802Sign up
1982 Resettlement #6/50$2.6kSign up
1982 The Red Gate, Templeman, Bonaventure Bay #A.P. 7/10Unsold
Show 12 more (1980s)
1982 Skipper Nat Walking Home #44/50Unsold
1983 Cape Spear, Newfoundland #75/100$3.5kSign up
1983 Young Mummer from Wesleyville #46/50$1.2kSign up
1983 Old Mummer #41/50$216Sign up
1984 The Passing of Tom Barbour #47/50$653Sign up
1984 Uncle Elias Feltham's House on Braggs Island #20/50$1.4kSign up
1984 Uncle Elias Feltham's House on Bragg's Island #47/50$642Sign up
1984 The Passing of Tom Barbour #50/50Unsold
1985 Molly Glover Leaving Bragg's Island #13/50Unsold
1986 Lamplight #43/50$748Sign up
1987 Study for Lone Mummer with Cat #1/50$2kSign up
1987 Lone Mummer with Cat #10/50$3.3kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
1990s 28 works
- Sold
- 25 of 28
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 20 in (45 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (27), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (4), Sea & coast (2)
1990 Passing Shadow #Artist's Proof 3/15$2.8kSign up
1990 Passing Shadow #H/C$2.2kSign up
1990 For Ishmael Tiller; The Ledgy Rocks #55/75$5.1kSign up
1990 Passing Shadow #12/75$1.6kSign up
1990 For Ishmael Tiller; The Ledgy Rocks #58/75$3.1kSign up
1990 Alice Lacey #66/75Unsold
1991 Wesleyville: Seabird Hunters Returning Home #61/75$2.8kSign up
1991 Griffith Oakley's Light #74/75Unsold
1991 Granda Glover on Bragg's Island #71/75Unsold
1992 Notes from Bragg's Island #26/75$1.8kSign up
1993 Mummer In Lantern Light #39/75$1.4kSign up
1993 Wreck of the Nickerson #45/50$14.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1993 Mummer in Lantern Light #55/75$697Sign up
1993 Folded Studies #23/75$1.1kSign up
1993 Mummer in Lantern Light #42/75$879Sign up
1993 Loss of the Flora S. Nickerson #55/75$3.1kSign up
1994 Landing of the Irish at Grosselle #20/50$2.8kSign up
1995 Wesleyville Fleet in the Labrador Sea #72/75$4kSign up
1995 Wesleyville Fleet in the Labrador Sea #73/75$2.9kSign up
1996 Wesleyville: April's Kite Over Blackwood's Hill #34/75$2.9kSign up
1997 Visitation on Bragg's Island$1.6kSign up
1997 Visitation on Braggs Island #64/75$1.1kSign up
1998 March ice offshore: Erik Bishop's Kite$1.7kSign up
1999 June Visit Home$2.8kSign up
…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 5 works
2010s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
2 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 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 38 in (56 × 97 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2026 The 'Friend' Bound For Labrador$1kSign up
sold 2026 March, Glovers Place on Braggs Island$1kSign 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 David Blackwood auction results →