Ian Hamilton Finlay: career timeline
British · 1925–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 33 lots (67% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4 | 3 | $589Sign up | Screenprint |
| 1970s | 8 | 6 | $546Sign up | Screenprint |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $781Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1990s | 5 | 5 | $896Sign up | Screenprint |
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1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $589Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 13.5 in (37 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (3), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1965 EARTHSHIP$2.6kSign up
1968 LE CIRCUS, FROM THE BLUE AND THE BROWN POEMSUnsold
1968 SEA POPPY II$409Sign up
1968 STAR/STEER$589Sign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $546Sign up
- Average
- $598Sign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 17.5 in (36 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (8)
- Subjects
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c. 1970 Prinz Eugen: Homage to Gomringer$175Sign up
c. 1970 Prinz Eugen: Homage to GomringerUnsold
c. 1970 Prinz Eugen: Homage to GomringerUnsold
1970 SCOTTISH ZULU (COLLABORATION WITH DAVID BUTTON)$513Sign up
1970 THE LITTLE SEAMSTRESS (COLLABORATION WITH RICHARD DEMARCO)$1.2kSign up
1970 SCOTTISH ZULU (COLLABORATION WITH DAVID BUTTON)$853Sign up
1970 CATAMERINGUE (COLLABORATION WITH PETER GRANT)$580Sign up
c. 1970 Scottish Zulu. After Bernini$275Sign up
1980s 5 works
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $896Sign up
- Average
- $971Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 30 in (26 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (3), Lithograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
1990 REEDPIPE, 1990$1.2kSign up
1991 Hovis$896Sign up
1991 EVENING WILL COME$2kSign up
c. 1991 Diamond-Studded Fish-Net. Parheliacal Marble. Blue Water's Bark. Poverty pitted with larks$288Sign up
1998 COBLE 1 AND COBLE 2$458Sign up
Creation date not recorded
11 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 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $718Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 22.5 in (46 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (10), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Boats (2), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2020 VENUS OF THE HOURS$660Sign up
sold 2020 SOMEONE SOMEWHERE WANTS A CABLE FROM YOU$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 SOMEONE SOMEWHERE WANTS A CABLE FROM YOU$1kSign up
sold 2020 FAX, IDLING ITS SAILS$500Sign up
sold 2020 ZIMMERIT-HAUNTING WOOD NYMPH$718Sign up
sold 2020 Seashells$748Sign up
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2021 EVENING WILL COME$4.8kSign up
sold 2021 POVERTY, PITTED WITH LARKS$411Sign up
sold 2022 TWO POSTCARDS: ARCADIA AND ZULU 'CHIEFTAIN'$611Sign up
sold 2023 Evening/Sail: Evening Will Come They Will Sew The Blue Sail$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Apollo And Daphne After Bernini$100Sign 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 Ian Hamilton Finlay auction results →