Harry Kernoff: career timeline

British · 1900–1974 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 320 of 578 lots (55% 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.

Harry Kernoff: 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
1910s	4	4	$1.1kSign up	Woodcut / linocut
1920s	45	30	$2.5kSign up	Oil
1930s	118	89	$2.9kSign up	Watercolor
1940s	51	38	$2.9kSign up	Watercolor
1950s	57	37	$1.8kSign up	Pastel
1960s	21	16	$1.1kSign up	Pastel
1970s	9	5	$3.3kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 9.5 in (25 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1920s 45 works

Sold: 30 of 45
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 13 in (33 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (19), Watercolor (11), Pastel (9)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (12), Sunsets & night (2), Beach scenes (2)

c. 1920 COLLECTION OF 11 PORTRAITS OF ABBEY THEATRE ACTORS, POETS AND WRITERS [1920s-1970s] and OTHER GENTLEMENUnsold
1923 At The Railway Station$23.3kSign up
1924 View of Dublin Mountains from Bohernabreena, GlenasmoleUnsold
1924 View of Dublin Mountains from Bohernabreena, GlenasmoleUnsold
1925 STUDY FROM LIFE, BIDDULPH$1.6kSign up · sold 2×
1925 OLD BARN, NEWBRIDGE, COUNTY KILDARE$2.3kSign up
1925 WORKSHOP, NIGHT$2.6kSign up
1925 SUNLIT WORKSHOP$2.6kSign up
1925 THE THREE ABSOLUTES FROM 'CROCK OF GOLD' BY JAMES STEPHENS$1.7kSign up
1925 WORKSHOP, NIGHTUnsold
1925 SUNLIT WORKSHOPUnsold
1925 PORTRAIT OF HERMAN (THE ARTIST'S BROTHER)$3.3kSign up

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1925 THE CROCK OF GOLD$4.3kSign up
1926 Bandstand, The Hollow, Phoenix Park$5.2kSign up
1926 Bandstand, The Hollow, Phoenix Park 1926Unsold
1926 LARKFIELD HOUSE, KIMMAGE, DUBLIN$4kSign up
c. 1926 GEORGIAN HOUSES [HARCOURT ST.], DUBLIN$2.4kSign up
1926 Larkfield House, Kimmage (1926)Unsold
1926 THE TRAM, DUBLIN NOCTURNE$16.9kSign up
c. 1926 GEORGIAN HOUSES [HARCOURT ST.], DUBLIN$1.2kSign up
c. 1926 GEORGIAN HOUSES [HARCOURT ST.], DUBLINUnsold
c. 1926 OLD MILL PORTMARNOCK$6.6kSign up
1927 Girl in a Hat$931Sign up
1927 Masquerade Costumes (A Set Of Thirteen)$8.8kSign up

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 118 works

Sold: 89 of 118
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $7.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 13.5 in (30 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (50), Oil (21), Drawing (15)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (24), Markets & villages (12), Rivers & marshes (6)

1930 Lyle Donaghy, Poet$1.2kSign up
1930 Stamer Street, Portobello, DublinUnsold
1930 PORTRAIT OF MARTIN MURPHY$635Sign up
1930 FARM, ASKEATON, COUNTY LIMERICK$154Sign up
1930 Portrait of Cathal KickhamUnsold
1930 After the Revolution$1.1kSign up · sold 2×
1930 OLD-BARN ON FOYNES ISLAND, LIMERICK, EIRE$3.6kSign up
1930 OUTHOUSES, MORNING SUNLIGHT, NEAR DUBLIN$2.7kSign up
1930 SAND-DUNES, DOLLYMOUNTUnsold
1930 GERARD CROFTS$1.1kSign up
1930 MADAME BANNARD-COGLEYUnsold
1931 Murphy's Boatyard, Ringsend, Dublin$2.2kSign up

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1931 Portrait of a LadyUnsold
1931 PORTRAIT OF A WOMANUnsold
1931 Leeson Street BridgeUnsold
1931 ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN, DUBLIN$2.9kSign up
1931 Cathal O'Shannon$317Sign up · sold 2×
1931 VIEW OF DÚN LAOGHAIRE PIER$8.7kSign up
1931 SUN TERRACE, DÚN LAOGHAIRE PIER$12.2kSign up
1931 TOWARDS DUBLIN BAY FROM KILLAKEEUnsold
1931 THE METRO, PARIS$20.3kSign up
1931 LIME WORKS, DOLPHIN'S BARN, DUBLIN$2.1kSign up
1931 VAL VOUSDEN, ENTERTAINER$372Sign up
1931 BOLAND'S MILL [GRAND CANAL DOCK] 1931$7.8kSign up

…and 94 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 51 works

Sold: 38 of 51
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $8.8kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (16), Pastel (13), Woodcut / linocut (8)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (7), Markets & villages (4), Rivers & marshes (4)

1940 BERNADETTE KIERNANUnsold
1940 THE METAL-BRIDGE, DUBLIN$276Sign up
1940 THE METAL BRIDGE DUBLIN$235Sign up
1940 Portrait of Seamus O'Sullivan$1.1kSign up
1940 BERNADETTE KIERNANUnsold
1940 Bottle Tower, Rathfarnham$2.7kSign up
1940 ST. MICHAEL'S HILL, WINETAVERN ST., DUBLIN, 1940, DARBY & JOAN and A BIRD NEVER FLEW ON ONE WING$579Sign up
1940 THE METAL BRIDGE DUBLIN$314Sign up
1940 SELF PORTRAIT IN TIN HAT$2.2kSign up
1940 SAINT MICHAEL'S HILL, WINETAVERN STREET, DUBLIN$1.1kSign up
1940 PORTOBELLO HARBOUR, DUBLIN, 1940 and BRIDGE OVER THE MALL, WESTPORT, MAYO, 1947 (A PAIR)$465Sign up
1940 BERNADETTE KIERNAN$3.3kSign up

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1940 EGAN'S P. & H. TULLAMORE, COUNTY OFFALY$25kSign up
1940 BATHERS, NAYLOR'S COVE, BRAY$96.7kSign up
1940 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOYUnsold
1940 SEAMUS O'SULLIVAN 1940Unsold
1941 EXTENSION IN TIME SPACE, OR, TIME SPACE IS CURVED$8.2kSign up
1941 DAVY BYRNE'S PUB, DUKE STREET, FROM THE BAILEY, DUBLIN$37.3kSign up
1941 TURF-BARGES, PORTOBELLO, DUBLIN$302Sign up
1941 PORTRAIT OF A MAN, POSSIBLY SEAMUS KELLY, THEATRE CRITIC FOR THE IRISH TIMES$2.5kSign up
c. 1941 DAVY BYRNE'S FROM THE BAILEY$33.3kSign up
1941 EXTENSION IN TIME SPACE, OR, TIME SPACE IS CURVED$12kSign up
1942 WOODCUTSUnsold
1942 WOODCUTSUnsold

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 57 works

Sold: 37 of 57
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $3.3kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 11 in (34 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (18), Watercolor (12), Multiple (11)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (16), Rivers & marshes (4), Flowers & still life (2)

1950 Portrait$635Sign up
1950 PORTRAIT OF DOLORES REDMOND$317Sign up · sold 2×
1950 STILL LIFE WITH MIRROR REFLECTIONS$2.5kSign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS$592Sign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS$603Sign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS$1.1kSign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS$370Sign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold

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1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS (1951)$310Sign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS (1951) and STROLLING - PLAYER$446Sign up
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
1951 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTS$535Sign up
1951 PORTRAIT OF GEORGIA CLOUGH (USA)$2.9kSign up
1952 DIGGES STREET, DUBLIN$6.7kSign up
1952 The Jarvey (Barry Fitzgerald)$3.5kSign up
c. 1952 OLD HUGUENOT HOUSE, DIGGS [SIC] ST. OFF REDMOND'S HILL, DUBLIN$5.7kSign up
1954 WESTERN COLLEEN, CONNEMARA$9.6kSign up
1954 Connemara Girl$7.7kSign up
1954 LIFFEY-BANK HOUSE, CHAPELIZOD, DUBLIN$10.1kSign up

…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 21 works

Sold: 16 of 21
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (34 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (9), Oil (8), Woodcut / linocut (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Abstract (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1960 Yemenite Israeli$1.1kSign up
1960 PORTRAIT OF AER LINGUS PILOT, CAPTAIN JOHN TWEDDLE$850Sign up
1960 'HOLY MACKERAL' (CONNEMARA FISHERMAN, RENVYLE, WALSH)$4.1kSign up · sold 3×
1960 CENTRIFUGAL KALEIDOSCOPE and FLOATING CUBES, 1960 (A PAIR)$884Sign up
1960 FLOATING CUBES, 1960 and UNTITLED ABSTRACT WITH STAR OF DAVID (A PAIR)$1kSign up
1960 BRENDAN BEHAN$3.2kSign up
1960 CAPTAIN JACK TWEDDLE, AER LINGUS PILOTUnsold
1961 PORTRAIT OF TOVAUnsold
1963 AUDIENCE OF ONE$1.9kSign up · sold 2×
1963 Dawn Morning$1.4kSign up
1964 BYZANTINE MADONNA and CARAVANS, DUBLIN (A PAIR)$292Sign up
1964 BYZANTINE MADONNA$632Sign up

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1965 Floating Cubes$1.1kSign up
1965 SEVEN CUBES IN A CUBE$4.5kSign up
1966 PORTRAIT OF MISS SIOBHÁN TAYLOR$730Sign up
1966 Casement in Dock$377Sign up
1966 "GOD BLESS THE WORK", SAID HE POLITELY, FROM THE JAMES STEPHEN'S CROCK OF GOLDUnsold
1967 MOSES AND THE TEN COMMANDMENTSUnsold
1967 Portrait of Roderick Browne$918Sign up
1968 IRISH EYES$2.1kSign up
1969 PORTRAIT OF EAMON MARTINUnsold

1970s 9 works

Sold: 5 of 9
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 14 in (43 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Pastel (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

1970 ISRAELI BOY$3.3kSign up
1971 TULIPS [IN A VASE]Unsold
1971 A BAKER'S DOZENUnsold
1972 PORTRAIT OF VERNON HAYDENUnsold
1972 THE ONLY WAY [PEACE SCROLL] 1972$4.2kSign up
1974 Mexican Girl$697Sign up
1974 Young Mexican GirlUnsold
1974 YOUNG MEXICAN GIRL$4kSign up
1975 JEWISH NEW YEAR, 1975, NELSON'S PILLAR & GPO, DUBLIN, 1935 and DAVY BYRNE'S BACK SNUG, 1936 (SET OF 3)$181Sign up

Creation date not recorded

251 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 59 works

Sold: 48 of 59
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 9.5 in (28 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Oil (18), Woodcut / linocut (10), Pastel (9)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (11), Harbours & ports (2), Rivers & marshes (2)

sold 2000 HARBOUR$1.8kSign up
sold 2000 HE WASN'T A SQUARE or ALCOHOLIC ANONYMOUS$3.1kSign up
sold 2001 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL AND HER BROTHER (A PAIR)$2.3kSign up
sold 2001 JEUNE FILLE$2.3kSign up
sold 2001 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL WITH PLAITS$3.2kSign up
sold 2001 DUBLIN CHILDREN$7.4kSign up

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sold 2001 BACK OF ROOKERY NOOK FARM, CARRANTUOHILL MOUNT, KERRY, IRELAND (CIRCA 1943)$10.5kSign up
sold 2001 THE HORSEMAN$10kSign up
sold 2002 MICK MACKEY AT FITZGERALD PARK, KILLARNEY, COUNTY KERRYUnsold
sold 2002 PORTRAIT OF FLANN O'BRIEN$4.2kSign up
sold 2002 EMERGENCY 1941$1.7kSign up
sold 2002 PORTRAIT OF THE ABBEY THEATRE'S SCENE PAINTER$1.1kSign up

…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 84 works

Sold: 69 of 84
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (19), Oil (16), Other (14)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (10), Abstract (3), Landscapes (3)

sold 2010 12 WOODCUTSUnsold
sold 2010 THIRTY-SIX WOODCUTSUnsold
sold 2010 WOODCUTS$1.1kSign up
sold 2010 DUBLIN CABBY or "I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOURSELF, SIR"$5kSign up
sold 2010 SWEET PEAS$1.5kSign up
sold 2010 AUTUMN IN SAINT STEPHEN'S GREEN$3.8kSign up

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sold 2010 ABSTRACT$4kSign up
sold 2010 CARAVANS, DUBLIN$507Sign up
sold 2010 NELSON'S PILLAR, DUBLIN and A DUBLIN CAB$370Sign up
sold 2010 12 WOODCUTS$1kSign up
sold 2010 APPRENTICE BOYS OF DERRYUnsold
sold 2010 12 WOODCUTS$1.2kSign up

…and 72 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 108 works

Sold: 93 of 108
Median: $466Sign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (42), Oil (22), Pastel (17)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (15), Birds (4), Markets & villages (2)

sold 2020 THE ABBEY THEATRE, MARLBOROUGH STREET, DUBLIN$3.4kSign up
sold 2020 W B Yeats$503Sign up
sold 2020 St Michaels Hill, Winetavern Street, Dublin$2.7kSign up
sold 2020 The Twelve Pins, Renvyle, Connemara$29.6kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 A BIRD NEVER FLEW ON ONE WING$247Sign up
sold 2020 ISEULT$1.2kSign up

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sold 2020 MAN OF ARAN$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 ROGER CASEMENT IN THE DOCK$1.4kSign up
sold 2020 Cubes within a Cube$1.4kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 A Gathering of Rabbis$2.4kSign up
sold 2020 Sholem Aleichem, Russian Writer$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 Sailing to the Blaskets, Kerry$178Sign up

…and 96 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Kernoff auction results →