Doris Jean McCarthy: career timeline
1910–2010 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 50 lots (82% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | $4.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 4 | 3 | $925Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1970s | 8 | 6 | $3.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 12 | 11 | $3.3kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1990s | 6 | 6 | $1.7kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 7 | 7 | $4.6kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 13.5 in (28 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1932 Untitled - Northern Sunset$2.3kSign up
1933 Petite Riviere, 1933$8.7kSign up
1934 Untitled - Snow Scene$3.2kSign up
1935 Rock Puddle below the Pine, Baie Fine$6kSign up
1960s 4 works
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 16 in (31 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Watercolor (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1973 Puddle in the Rocks, Cape DorsetUnsold
1977 Jasper - Banff Highway$4.4kSign up
1977 Holman Island, Western Arctic$12kSign up
1977 Village of Conche, NewfoundlandUnsold
1979 Medicine Lake, April 13. 1979$4kSign up
1979 Untitled - Arctic Settlement$3.5kSign up
1979 Three Houses at Broughton Island$1.2kSign up
1979 Moberley's Cabin Near Jasper$2.9kSign up
1980s 12 works
- Sold
- 11 of 12
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 25.5 in (46 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (9), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Boats (1), Sea & coast (1)
1981 Untitled - Broughton Island$1.9kSign up
1981 Above the Penny Ice Cap$21kSign up
1981 Early Spring Broughton Island, NWT$601Sign up
1981 Village Under the Hill, BroughtonUnsold
1982 Loaded for Camp, Broughton Island$5.1kSign up
1982 Little Mountains, Badlands$1.6kSign up
1983 Small Boats at Ferryland$1.8kSign up
1984 Renews Nfld.$915Sign up
1984 Late Light, Broughton Island$5.1kSign up
1986 Spring Snow Cape Dorset$8.8kSign up
1987 Cloud Hung, West Coast$5.1kSign up
1989 North in the Fjord from Mount Duval$3.3kSign up
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 18.5 in (33 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Lithograph (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Mountains North of Climber's Rock$3.4kSign up
1991 Ice Floes #1/32$571Sign up
1991 Iceberg Fantasy #17/34$527Sign up
1994 Dinosaur Park$1.9kSign up
1996 Yellow Loosestrife in Polly's Puddle$1.4kSign up
1997 Rocks on the Pancake [Georgian Bay]$7.1kSign up
2000s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $6.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 16 in (31 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
2000 The Church at Sarteano$1kSign up
2000 Untitled - Grand Alpine Vista$21.3kSign up
2000 From Fears' Island, Stony Lake$4.7kSign up
2001 Pyramid Mountain$4.7kSign up
2001 The Gully at Moab, Utah$4kSign up
2002 Polly's Puddle$4.6kSign up
2003 Cloudy Ridge Ranch - Alberta$2.3kSign up
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 1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 15 × 17.5 in (38 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 1994 Ice Flows at Povunirtung Instance #5/20Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 19.5 in (41 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1)
sold 2000 Untitled - Churchyard Scene$502Sign up
sold 2001 Untitled - Boats on the Beach$6.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $532Sign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 14.5 in (30 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Aquatint (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2011 Untitled - Summer in Gaspe$6.3kSign up
sold 2012 High Arctic Instance #10/20$532Sign up
sold 2015 Untitled - Trees in the Wind$329Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 20.5 in (35 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
sold 2021 Dream of Jasper$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Remains of the Fire [Near Radium]$2.2kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled - Coastal Rocks$732Sign 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 Doris Jean McCarthy auction results →