James Nares: career timeline

British · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 30 lots (93% 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.

James Nares: 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
1980s	4	4	$676Sign up	Oil
1990s	6	6	$2.9kSign up	Oil
2000s	10	9	$14kSign up	Oil
2010s	7	7	$8.8kSign up	Screenprint
2020s	1	1	$10.3kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $676Sign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 19 in (77 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Print (other) (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

1985 Amphora$381Sign up
1986 Bagmen$462Sign up
1988 Ten works from The Golden Ladder portfolio$889Sign up
1989 Molloy$2.3kSign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 13.5 in (45 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects: —

1990 Untitled$2.5kSign up
1990 Unicorn Admiring Its Reflection in the Water$1.3kSign up
1990 Starling$1.1kSign up
1995 Untitled$6kSign up
1995 Untitled$5.2kSign up
1999 Untitled$3.3kSign up

2000s 10 works

Sold: 9 of 10
Median: $14kSign up
Average: $19kSign up
Typical size: 38.5 × 36 in (98 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Screenprint (2)
Subjects: —

2000 Untitled$12.7kSign up
2000 Untitled$14kSign up
2002 Untitled$7.1kSign up
2004 Untitled$36kSign up
2005 Epigraph 1; and Epigraph 3$10kSign up
2007 Say the Word$20.9kSign up
2007 It's Bin Did$48.3kSign up
2007 Untitled, #15603$6.5kSign up
2008 UntitledUnsold
2009 Thump$15.2kSign up

2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $8.8kSign up
Average: $12.8kSign up
Typical size: 37.5 × 22 in (95 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3), Lithograph (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

2010 When the Language Was Young$699Sign up
2010 Untitled$6.3kSign up
2011 Untitled$27.9kSign up
2012 In Three Words$20.2kSign up
2012 In Three Words 2$8.2kSign up
2015 Untitled$8.8kSign up
2017 Girl About Town$17.5kSign up

2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $10.3kSign up
Average: $10.3kSign up
Typical size: 60 × 24 in (152 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

2021 Going for Baroque 3$10.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $16.8kSign up
Average: $16.8kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 Get the Job Did$30kSign up
sold 2019 Untitled$3.5kSign 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 James Nares auction results →