John Lewis: career timeline

Irish · b. 1942 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 27 lots (74% 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.

John Lewis: 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	8	7	$1.3kSign up	Other
1990s	5	5	$1.9kSign up	Sculpture
2000s	4	4	$1.5kSign up	Sculpture
2010s	3	3	$1.1kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 16.5 in (21 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1980 Moon Bowl and sphereUnsold
1981 Bowl$1.3kSign up
1986 Glacier$640Sign up
1987 Compotier with Patinated Ribs$1.1kSign up
1988 Tourmaline Compotier$1.1kSign up
1988 Pedestal$6.3kSign up
1989 Crescent table$3.6kSign up
1989 Chair$4.8kSign up

1990s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $4.5kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 9 in (96 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

2000s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 8 in (49 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2003 Large bowl$1.5kSign up
2008 Two vessels$318Sign up
2009 Tall candlesticks, pair$1.4kSign up
2009 Tall candlesticks, pair$1.9kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 7.5 in (25 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

7 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 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Glass Coffee Table$6.9kSign up
sold 2019 Coffee TableUnsold
sold 2019 Glacier Winged Vessel$2.5kSign up
sold 2019 Glacier with Yellow Gold$4.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 10 in (28 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Coffee Table$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 Ribbon Console$4.1kSign up
sold 2025 Planter$381Sign 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 John Lewis auction results →