James McBey: career timeline
British · 1883–1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 68 of 109 lots (62% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 1 | 1 | $900Sign up | Etching |
| 1910s | 13 | 10 | $518Sign up | Etching |
| 1920s | 31 | 28 | $600Sign up | Etching |
| 1930s | 12 | 12 | $1.2kSign up | Etching |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $800Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1950s | 6 | 6 | $1.1kSign up | Watercolor |
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1900s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $900Sign up
- Average
- $900Sign up
- Typical size
- 4 × 5.5 in (10 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
1902 Point Law, Aberdeen, (H. 1)$900Sign up
1910s 13 works
- Sold
- 10 of 13
- Median
- $518Sign up
- Average
- $470Sign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 10 in (18 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (8), Drawing (3), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)
1911 OLD CASTILE$536Sign up
1911 Two Spanish related works: Benicarlo$200Sign up · sold 2×
1913 The Approach to Tetuan (H.137)$450Sign up
1913 Two studies for The Road Menders, Tetuan$300Sign up
1913 ÿDutch Boy in Meadows at Overschie$500Sign up
1914 A STUDIO (EARLS COURT)Unsold
1914 MACDUFF$702Sign up
1915 Two works: Night in Ely Cathedral, (H. 161)$750Sign up
c. 1915 The Surrey Downs$13Sign up
c. 1915 The Surrey DownsUnsold
1916 The Quai Gambetta, Boulogne (H.170)$550Sign up
1917 TWO PRINTS: 'FIRST OF JULY, 1917, ALBERT' & 'GUNFIRE, MOUNT OF OLIVES, 1917Unsold
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1919 Beach scene$700Sign up
1920s 31 works
- Sold
- 28 of 31
- Median
- $600Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (17), Watercolor (7), Drypoint (4)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (4), Sea & coast (2), Rivers & marshes (2)
1920 THE ADVANCE INTO JERUSALEM, WADI ALI$636Sign up
1920 BABY MACDUFFUnsold
1922 McBey Brightling Sea 1 September 1922$315Sign up
c. 1923 Three sketches of Equihen Harbor, FranceUnsold
1923 THE KIMONO$3.9kSign up
1923 Zaandam$100Sign up
1923 ZaandamUnsold
1924 ARTIST AND MODEL$368Sign up
1924 September, Venice$1.8kSign up
1925 The Bridge at Night$466Sign up
1925 La Fava, or Santa Maria della Fava$2kSign up
1925 Sotto Portico, Venice$400Sign up
Show 12 more (1920s)
1925 A Regatta on the Grand Canal Venice$300Sign up
1925 A Regatta on the Grand Canal Venice$850Sign up
1925 A Tartane Leaving Venice$600Sign up
1925 September Sunset$1.1kSign up
1925 Palazzo dei Camerlenghi$1kSign up
1925 Venetian Night$5kSign up
1925 The Molo$1.1kSign up
1925 Santa Maria della Fava$2.8kSign up
1925 Sotto Portico, Venice$700Sign up
1925 The Sotto Portico, Venice$1kSign up
c. 1925 Venetian Night$3.8kSign up
1926 THE SEA AT ZEEBRUGGE$478Sign up
…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.
1930s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 16 in (28 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4), Oil (3), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Rivers & marshes (1)
1930 Glass Blowers, Murano (H. 243)$1.2kSign up
1930 Farewell to Venice (H. 256)$1kSign up
1930 Shipping in the Giudecca Canal$550Sign up
1931 HALF-LENGTH PORTRAIT OF HORTENSE LOEB$4.4kSign up
1932 Portrait of Marguerite McBey in a Striped Robe$24kSign up
1932 Bullfight, Seville, Oct 1932$494Sign up
1933 Asila, Morocco$1.5kSign up
1933 Marguerite Sleeping$38kSign up
1933 Marrakesh$1.2kSign up
1935 Meknes, Morocco$850Sign up
1938 Marrakesh (H. 274)$1.3kSign up
1938 Marrakesh (H. 274)$750Sign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $800Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 21.5 in (32 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1941 Hay Wagon on a Track$650Sign up
1941 California$950Sign up
1941 World War II Era View of San Francisco, California$5kSign up
1941 Three works: Between Granby...$300Sign up
1950s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 19 in (39 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1954 Oropesa, Spain$1kSign up
1954 London Bridge$300Sign up
1956 Portrait of Joan Loeb, Tangier$1kSign up
1956 Portrait of Joan with Bagpipes, Tangier$2kSign up
1956 Portrait of Katie With Crayons, Tangier$1.1kSign up
1958 Mexico$1.7kSign up
Creation date not recorded
41 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
- $135Sign up
- Average
- $135Sign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 11 in (34 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Drypoint (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2004 Riva at Dusk$190Sign up
sold 2008 Passing Gondola$80Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $297Sign up
- Average
- $311Sign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 11 in (19 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2013 Moonlit Seascape$150Sign up
sold 2018 Stonehaven$297Sign up
sold 2018 Macduff, the Moray Firth, with Children flying Kites in the foreground$485Sign up
sold 2019 - ''Manhattan'' (Hardie and Carter 275)-Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 35 works
- Sold
- 34 of 35
- Median
- $963Sign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 13 in (25 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (15), Etching (10), Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (3), Sunsets & night (2)
sold 2020 Three works: Early Morning$600Sign up
sold 2020 Portrait of Duncan M. MacDonald$4.5kSign up
sold 2020 Venice$100Sign up
sold 2021 Portugal$650Sign up
sold 2021 The Thames Barge Race: The Sarah Winning, (H. 273), VIII$250Sign up
sold 2021 Still life of Flowers in a Silver Cup$1.2kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 The Moonlight Attack, Jelil (H. 200), XXXVIII$550Sign up
sold 2021 Study for Tangier Prostitute$11kSign up
sold 2021 Two ink sketches: Heybridge BasinUnsold
sold 2021 FIGURE IN A PUNT$694Sign up
sold 2021 BEACHED BOATS, WEST MERSEA$590Sign up
sold 2021 BARGE ON A CANAL$520Sign up
…and 23 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 James McBey auction results →