John Kelly: career timeline
Irish · 1932–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 63 lots (44% 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 | 6 | 2 | $398Sign up | Mixed media |
| 1970s | 16 | 13 | $295Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1980s | 3 | 1 | $408Sign up | Mixed media |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | $558Sign up | Mixed media |
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1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 2 of 6
- Median
- $398Sign up
- Average
- $398Sign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 20.5 in (64 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (2), Watercolor (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1)
1963 BROWN AND BLACK LANDSCAPE$471Sign up
1966 PAINTINGUnsold
1966 COCKUnsold
1968 FIGURE STUDY$325Sign up
1968 UNTITLED FIGURE STUDYUnsold
1969 FIGURE STUDYUnsold
1970s 16 works
- Sold
- 13 of 16
- Median
- $295Sign up
- Average
- $337Sign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 13 in (33 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (9), Etching (2), Pastel (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6)
1970 Blue Image With Red$304Sign up
1970 BLUE IMAGE WITH RED$696Sign up
1971 NUDEUnsold
1972 FIGURES IN INTERIORUnsold
1972 The Lovers$109Sign up
1972 Figure In Interior Iv$232Sign up
1972 THE LOVERSUnsold
1973 FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE$307Sign up
1974 HARLEQUIN$129Sign up
1974 HARLEQUIN$65Sign up
1974 HARLEQUIN$410Sign up
1976 Figure In Landscape$115Sign up
Show 4 more (1970s)
1976 FIGURE IN A LANDSCAPE, 1976 (A PAIR)$295Sign up
1976 FIGURE IN INTERIOR$380Sign up · sold 2×
1977 Christ Is Nailed To The Cross$153Sign up
1978 NAPOLEON ON HORSEBACK$1.2kSign up · sold 2×
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $408Sign up
- Average
- $408Sign up
- Typical size
- 38 × 25 in (96 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Watercolor (1), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
1984 Figurative Study$408Sign up
1989 QUILL PENS AND LETTERSUnsold
1989 VICTIM WITH LETTERUnsold
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $558Sign up
- Average
- $558Sign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 14.5 in (52 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1990 AUDIENCE FOR A CLOWN, c.1990s$558Sign up
c. 1999 FIGURE WITH LETTERUnsold
Creation date not recorded
34 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 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $912Sign up
- Average
- $817Sign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 18.5 in (51 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2000 MINUTES OF THE CLOATH MAKERS GUILDUnsold
sold 2001 CHRIST CLOWN OF THE WORLD$968Sign up
sold 2001 ICARUSUnsold
sold 2001 ICARUSUnsold
sold 2005 FIGURE$856Sign up
sold 2005 ICARUS$1.1kSign up
Show 1 more (2000s)
sold 2008 FIGURES IN LANDSCAPE III$342Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $490Sign up
- Average
- $554Sign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 11.5 in (42 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Oil (2), Etching (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
sold 2010 EX LOVERS IUnsold
sold 2011 PROFILE OF A WOMAN$558Sign up
sold 2011 WORKERS IN A FIELDUnsold
sold 2012 PENNANTUnsold
sold 2014 CIRCUS AND WORKS BY FOUR OTHER ARTISTS (SET OF 5)$422Sign up
sold 2014 FIGURE IN INTERIOR and NUDE IN INTERIOR (A PAIR)$1.1kSign up
Show 2 more (2010s)
sold 2018 UNTITLED$136Sign up
sold 2018 SONGS OF SONGS I, II & III (SET OF THREE)Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 11 of 19
- Median
- $186Sign up
- Average
- $282Sign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 11 in (46 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Lithograph (4), Mixed media (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (11), Birds (1)
sold 2020 FIGURE WITH BLUE$494Sign up
sold 2020 HEAD [2]$566Sign up
sold 2022 CLOWNUnsold
sold 2022 CLOWNUnsold
sold 2022 FEMALE FIGUREUnsold
sold 2022 FIGUREUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 GIRL WITH FLORAL HATUnsold
sold 2022 CLOWNUnsold
sold 2023 SELF-PORTRAITUnsold
sold 2023 FIGURE WITH LETTERUnsold
sold 2023 SELF-PORTRAIT$326Sign up
sold 2023 MAN AND BIRD$544Sign up
…and 7 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 John Kelly auction results →