John Shinnors: career timeline

Irish · b. 1950 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 84 of 277 lots (30% 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 Shinnors: 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
1970s	15	14	$8.2kSign up	Oil
1980s	19	18	$12.3kSign up	Oil
1990s	14	14	$17.2kSign up	Oil
2000s	27	22	$6.4kSign up	Oil
2010s	2	2	$2kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 15 works

Sold: 14 of 15
Median: $8.2kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 27.5 in (55 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Oil (14), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (1)

c. 1970 Diamond Hill, Connemara (c.1970's)$2.9kSign up
1972 THE REFUSAL$3.1kSign up
1973 DUSK$12.5kSign up
1974 Young Witches Warning From History$13.2kSign up
1974 SMALL PORT AT SUNSET$5.6kSign up
1974 EVENING ON THE SHANNON$4.2kSign up
1976 A WOMAN WATCHINGUnsold
1977 BEACH SCENE WITH PARASOLS$4.5kSign up
1977 First Friday$8.3kSign up
1977 FIGURES UNDER THOMOND BRIDGE, LIMERICK$15.3kSign up
1979 Moving South$11kSign up
1979 Moving South$8.1kSign up

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1979 FIGURE AT THE PIANO$15.2kSign up
1979 FIGURE IN INTERIOR$12.2kSign up
1979 WOMAN IN WEST KENSINGTON$2.1kSign up

1980s 19 works

Sold: 18 of 19
Median: $12.3kSign up
Average: $13.5kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 28.5 in (62 × 72 cm)
Mediums: Oil (19)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (2), Sea & coast (1)

1980 PICTURE OF CHRISTINE KEELER$16.8kSign up
1980 THE BABY$21.8kSign up
1980 Lot's Wife$17kSign up
1980 LOT'S WIFE STUDY$9kSign up
1980 SCARECROW$14.3kSign up
1981 The Grey Madonna$12.8kSign up
1981 The Grey Madonna$13.8kSign up
1981 Michael Collins$5.4kSign up
c. 1981 BIRTH OF PINOCCHIO$41.6kSign up
1982 SALOME$10.1kSign up
c. 1985 RECLINING FEMALE FIGUREUnsold
1985 BUS STOP$14kSign up

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1986 CIRCUS FIGURE I$3.5kSign up
1986 KITES AND CLIFF$11.8kSign up
c. 1987 THE GYPSY$5.7kSign up · sold 2×
1988 Storm at Banna Strand$4kSign up
1988 Storm At Banna Strand$3.4kSign up
1989 SCENE FROM A KERRY SKETCHBOOK$2.3kSign up
1989 TRAPEZE$35.4kSign up

1990s 14 works

Sold: 14 of 14
Median: $17.2kSign up
Average: $20.2kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 27.5 in (69 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Lithograph (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (4), Figures & portraits (3), Cattle & animals (2)

1990 EVENING STUDY AT WINDOW II$23.8kSign up
1992 THE DOLL SCARECROW$19.7kSign up
c. 1992 FIGURE STUDIES circa 1992 (A PAIR)$9.2kSign up
1995 YOUNG WITCHES AND THEIR CATS, 1995 and HER COWS COME HOME, WHITE MOON, 1995 (A PAIR)$5.5kSign up
c. 1995 WHITE KITE, ISLAND HOUSE$43.5kSign up
1996 MAYO MOON, BLACK SCARECROW AND BADGER$14.7kSign up
1997 HER COWS COME HOME, WHITE MOON$2.8kSign up
1997 MAGPIES OVER CATHEDRAL SQUARE$3.9kSign up
1998 Cow Crossing, Pinafored Child$49.4kSign up
1998 Scarecrow, Loophead$21.9kSign up
1998 Loop Head - Kite I$13.4kSign up
1998 SCARECROW IN LANDSCAPE WITH KITE$30.8kSign up

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1998 WHITE KITE, SCARECROW AND CATTLE$34.5kSign up
1998 WOMAN'S WINDOW, ST. JOHN ST., I$9.6kSign up

2000s 27 works

Sold: 22 of 27
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $9kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (20), Drawing (2), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Birds (3), Rivers & marshes (2)

2000 Falling (2000/01)$19.8kSign up
2000 The Hide and Artificial Scarecrow$21.8kSign up
2001 Estuary in February$1.7kSign up
2001 Estuary in February$2.1kSign up
2002 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 2002/3$729Sign up
2002 Friday, Still Life II$8.4kSign up
2002 Dun Aengus Study$3.6kSign up
2002 Dun Aengus Study$3.5kSign up
2002 Dun Aengus Study$3.4kSign up
2002 BLUE FACED SCARECROW$29.7kSign up
2003 Overloop, June$4.3kSign up
2004 Line And Snow$7.5kSign up · sold 2×

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2004 Road to Carraroe$14.9kSign up
2004 Strawboy 5$10.7kSign up
2004 Birds Over Loop IUnsold · sold 2×
2004 Nude II$4.5kSign up
2004 Strawboy 3Unsold
2004 Birds Over Loop IUnsold
2005 Edward Delaney Sculpture, Road to Carraroe$7.7kSign up · sold 3×
2007 Roxboro Road Bus Stop IVUnsold
2007 Study for Field Form Portrait$772Sign up
2007 Field Form Portrait$4.8kSign up
2007 Roxboro Road Bus Stop V$15.3kSign up
2007 THREE CRANES AND CATHEDRALUnsold

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 6 in (15 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: —

2016 Sculpture Scarecrow II$2.3kSign up
2016 Sculptors Scarecrow I$1.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

178 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 16 works

Sold: 14 of 16
Median: $13.2kSign up
Average: $17.6kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 18 in (39 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (12), Watercolor (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (3), Flowers & still life (2), Sea & coast (2)

sold 2001 SPANISH CIRCUS$2kSign up
sold 2003 FEMALE STILL LIFE CALENDAR, APRIL$13kSign up
sold 2003 DANCE$13.5kSign up
sold 2004 EMERALD SCARECROW II$11.6kSign up
sold 2004 FEMALE STILL LIFE CALENDAR, SEPTEMBER$19.9kSign up
sold 2005 SCARECROW, FALLEN KITE AND MAGPIES - A DIPTYCH$35.4kSign up

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sold 2005 SEAGULLS OVER THE CLIFFS OF MOHER, COUNTY CLARE$3.2kSign up
sold 2006 BLINKERED HORSEUnsold
sold 2006 WAR HORSE$12.5kSign up
sold 2006 FAMILY$12.7kSign up
sold 2007 SHOWER, MONDAY$22.3kSign up
sold 2007 FIGURES IN SNOWFIELD$25.7kSign up

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 83 works

Sold: 72 of 83
Median: $7.1kSign up
Average: $9.6kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 17.5 in (41 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Other (41), Oil (37), Pastel (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (3), Birds (2)

sold 2010 LAST RED CRANE ON CATHEDRAL STREET (DIPTYCH)$19.1kSign up
sold 2010 SMALL KITES$3.3kSign up
sold 2010 GIRL WITH DOG AND CLOWN$5.1kSign up
sold 2010 FEMALE STILL LIFE CALENDAR, JULY$6.8kSign up
sold 2011 Untitled$5.6kSign up
sold 2011 RED RIBBON STUDY and THE STRIPED GOWN (A PAIR)$3.5kSign up

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sold 2011 CRANE, CATHEDRAL, ST. JOHN'S SQUAREUnsold
sold 2011 Untitled$6.4kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled$1.9kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled$10.6kSign up
sold 2012 THE SPEAKER$2.5kSign up
sold 2012 THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER'S CAT$6.6kSign up

…and 71 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 79 works

Sold: 72 of 79
Median: $7.3kSign up
Average: $13.8kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 19.5 in (41 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (53), Pastel (7), Lithograph (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (10), Sunsets & night (3), Harbours & ports (3)

sold 2020 St. John's Night, Carraroe, Inishmor$23.7kSign up · sold 3×
sold 2020 4 o'c$6.9kSign up
sold 2020 Two Scarecrows$4.8kSign up
sold 2020 Birds Over Loop 1$9.8kSign up
sold 2020 Gull Goes East$20.6kSign up
sold 2020 The Black and White Mug$3.2kSign up · sold 2×

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sold 2020 SCULPTOR'S SCARECROWS$13.7kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$1.9kSign up
sold 2020 Foynes Port$3.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 4 o'cUnsold
sold 2021 Guardian AngelUnsold
sold 2021 TOWEL AND SNOWMAN$38.3kSign up

…and 67 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 Shinnors auction results →