Harry Clarke: career timeline
Irish · 1889–1931 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 24 lots (57% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | 5 | $3.2kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1920s | 8 | 8 | $4.2kSign up | Drawing |
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1910s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Drawing (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1910 LEATHER BOUND SKETCHBOOK OF ILLUSTRATIONS, POEMS AND DRAWINGS, 1910-1914 [13 WORKS]$3.1kSign up
1911 The Swankers$5.2kSign up
c. 1912 UNTITLED (QUEEN AND CANDELABRUM)$3.2kSign up
1914 THE LADY OF DECORATION$1.6kSign up
1916 ILLUMINATED ADDRESS TO JIM BRINDLEY FOR HIS 50 YEARS SERVICE TO THE WARD UNION HUNT$11.7kSign up
1920s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $24.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8 in (27 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (4), Other (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- —
1922 Titania and Bottom$170kSign up
1922 Study for Bluebeard - From the Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault$1.5kSign up
1922 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD$4.3kSign up · sold 2×
1922 ORIGINAL BORDER ILLUSTRATION FOR PAGE ONE OF IRELAND'S MEMORIAL RECORDS 1914 - 1918, PRINT FEATURED IN ALL VOLUMES,1922.$5.7kSign up
1925 FAUST BY GOETHE$720Sign up
1925 PREFACE ILLUSTRATION TO FAUST BY GOETHE, FROM THE GERMAN BY JOHN AUSTER$4kSign up
1925 THE LORD HATH ARISEN - ILLUSTRATION TO GOETHE'S FAUST$2.7kSign up
1927 STATIONS OF THE CROSS: JESUS CARRIES HIS CROSS and JESUS FALLS FOR THE FIRST TIME$8.7kSign up
Creation date not recorded
10 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
- $12.9kSign up
- Average
- $12.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 6.5 in (23 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 AN ELEGANT COUPLE IN A GARDEN$5.6kSign up
sold 2009 THE COLLOQUY OF MONOS AND UNA$20.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $20.4kSign up
- Average
- $20.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 ILLUSTRATION TO JOHN KEAT'S POEM, THE EVE OF ST. AGNES$20.4kSign up
sold 2013 HARRY CLARKE: HIS GRAPHIC ART by NICOLA GORDON BOWE [1983]Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3), Multiple (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 THE GOLD BUG [THERE FLASHED UPWARD A GLOW AND A GLARE]$15.3kSign up
sold 2022 Harry Clarke His Graphic Art By Nicola Gordon Bowe$971Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled Study from Tales of Mystery and ImaginationUnsold
sold 2025 Untitled Study from Tales of Mystery and Imagination$1.7kSign up
sold 2025 FAIRY TALES by HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN$586Sign up
sold 2026 The Years at the Spring$1.4kSign 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 Harry Clarke auction results →