John Swannell: career timeline

British · b. 1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 20 lots (80% 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 Swannell: 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	10	8	$4kSign up	Photograph
1980s	5	3	$4kSign up	Photograph
1990s	1	1	$4kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1970s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 18 in (51 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (10)
Subjects: —

1977 Debbie Moore and Lindy Christensen$775Sign up
1977 Fine Lines (Lindy Christensen and Debbie Moore)$14kSign up
1977 Fine LinesUnsold
1977 Fine LinesUnsold
1977 Jacques-Henri Lartigue$3.2kSign up
1977 Helmut Newton and Marie Helvin$2kSign up
1977 Debbie Moore and Lindy Christensen$4kSign up
1977 Fine Lines$15.1kSign up
1978 Fine Lines$6kSign up
1978 Fine Lines$4kSign up

1980s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 16 in (43 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 20 in (39 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1991 Reclining Nude$4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $201Sign up
Average: $260Sign up
Typical size: 17 × 14 in (43 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Vivienne with Hoop$186Sign up
sold 2011 Nude Under Black Hat$201Sign up
sold 2011 Nude with Ball$392Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $94Sign up
Average: $94Sign up
Typical size: 12 × 8 in (30 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2026 Sir Roy Strong$94Sign 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 Swannell auction results →