Douglas Swan: career timeline
British · 1930–2000 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 11 of 24 lots (46% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $617Sign up | Mixed media |
| 1960s | 2 | 1 | $2kSign up | Mixed media |
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | $1.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $1.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $1.4kSign up | Oil |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $617Sign up
- Average
- $617Sign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 22.5 in (38 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1)
1959 AUCHMITHIE HARBOUR -1959$617Sign up
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 19 in (77 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1961 Senza titoloResult not published
1967 Auktion 329, Los 938$2kSign up
1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 25.5 in (59 × 65 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1972 Auktion 404, Los 853$1.8kSign up
1972 Air Sock$538Sign up
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 25 in (50 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Gouache (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
1980 "Casino Rhythms" (3-teilig)$5.9kSign up
1985 "Whitewash Bucket + Air"$1.2kSign up
1987 Ohne Titel$859Sign up
1987 Ohne Titel$983Sign up
1988 "Variation on the card players, from Paul Cezanne"$4.7kSign up
1990s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
13 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $3kSign up
- Typical size
- 29.5 × 26 in (75 × 66 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2005 Pedal Point$1.3kSign up
sold 2005 Garden Cellar$4.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 36 × 28 in (91 × 71 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 Lamp + brush action$4.3kSign up
sold 2015 Air Düsseldorf$1.4kSign up
sold 2016 "Studio Floor"$1.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 23.5 in (49 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (4), Gouache (2), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 FISHING CREEL ON A HARBOUR QUAY$457Sign up
sold 2020 THE LATEST CATCH$620Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled$1.7kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$869Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled$665Sign up
sold 2022 ARBROATH$1.3kSign up
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sold 2025 Orange Figure Still Life And Purple Shadow$2.4kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$1.8kSign 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 Douglas Swan auction results →