Dorothy Cross: career timeline

Irish · b. 1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 27 lots (85% 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.

Dorothy Cross: 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	3	2	$631Sign up	Watercolor
1980s	7	5	$2.4kSign up	Mixed media
1990s	2	2	$1.5kSign up	Photograph
2000s	9	7	$1kSign up	Photograph
2010s	1	1	$1.7kSign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $631Sign up
Average: $631Sign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 21 in (50 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Gouache (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1980s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 22.5 in (75 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (3), Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Boats (1)

1980 SKETCHES FROM VILLA ADRIANA, ROMEUnsold · sold 2×
1980 MAN, ANGEL, ICONUnsold
1981 FIGURES$1.5kSign up
1981 THREE FIGURES$2.5kSign up
1981 THREE FIGURES$2.4kSign up
1981 KRAPPS' LAST TAPE I & II (A PAIR)$3.1kSign up
1986 House-Boat$2.2kSign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 34.5 in (58 × 88 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1995 Rugby Diptych (1995/6)$1.3kSign up
1995 Iris$1.7kSign up

2000s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6), Mixed media (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 18 in (37 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

2011 GHOST SHIP II$1.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $250Sign up
Average: $378Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 Untitled$247Sign up
sold 2016 Untitled$637Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$250Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $370Sign up
Average: $370Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 5 in (21 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2022 FIGURES$370Sign 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 Dorothy Cross auction results →