John Wells: career timeline

British · 1907–2000 · 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 24 lots (67% 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 Wells: 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
1940s	3	1	$25.8kSign up	Oil
1950s	5	5	$18.8kSign up	Oil
1960s	4	4	$5.7kSign up	Drawing
1970s	4	4	$1.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $25.8kSign up
Average: $25.8kSign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 12 in (16 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $18.8kSign up
Average: $15.8kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 21 in (20 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Engraving (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1), Landscapes (1)

1960s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 13 in (23 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Pastel (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 DRAWING, c.1960s$6.9kSign up
1963 Constructed Relief, 1963$15.7kSign up
1968 DRAWING 80/6D, 1968$1.4kSign up
1968 DRAWING 68/17D, 1968$4.6kSign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 11.5 in (20 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Watercolor (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1973 Black Sea & Demilune, 1973$13.1kSign up
1974 Untitled, 79/3D, 1974$1.5kSign up
1975 Untitled, 86/11D, 1975$1.3kSign up
1976 Untitled, 76/5D, 1976$1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $11.2kSign up
Average: $9.8kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 12.5 in (25 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2008 Project$16.2kSign up
sold 2008 Untitled$11.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 6 in (11 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (3), Oil (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1), Birds (1)

sold 2022 Composition$4.7kSign up
sold 2023 Two Christmas Cards$1.5kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$883Sign up
sold 2026 TWO PRINTS; UNTITLED AND BIRDUnsold
sold 2026 UNTITLEDUnsold

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 Wells auction results →