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Louis le Brocquy: career timeline

Irish · 1916–2012 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 890 of 1,189 lots (75% 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.

Louis le Brocquy: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s66$2.6kSign upLithograph
1940s6048$6.1kSign upWatercolor
1950s4135$4.6kSign upPrint (other)
1960s238215$2.6kSign upLithograph
1970s195167$2kSign upAquatint
1980s159141$2.5kSign upLithograph
1990s132107$3.4kSign upLithograph
2000s4839$2.6kSign upScreenprint

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1930s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
15 × 21 in (37 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
—

1940s 60 works

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48 of 60
Median
$6.1kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
7 × 8 in (17 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (24), Drawing (14), Lithograph (11)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (8), Landscapes (4), Markets & villages (3)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 36 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 41 works

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35 of 41
Median
$4.6kSign up
Average
$49.6kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 22.5 in (70 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (12), Oil (6), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 238 works

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215 of 238
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$7kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 15 in (53 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (198), Oil (22), Watercolor (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (42), Cattle & animals (12), Birds (8)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 214 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 195 works

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167 of 195
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$9.3kSign up
Typical size
16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Aquatint (56), Lithograph (42), Print (other) (35)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (44), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 171 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 159 works

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141 of 159
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$12.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17.5 in (39 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (90), Watercolor (33), Print (other) (17)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (13), Landscapes (7), Markets & villages (4)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 135 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 132 works

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107 of 132
Median
$3.4kSign up
Average
$15.5kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 18 in (50 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (59), Watercolor (42), Multiple (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (32), Landscapes (6)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 108 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 48 works

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39 of 48
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
34 × 25 in (86 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (43), Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

298 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 36 works

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31 of 36
Median
$3.9kSign up
Average
$9.1kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 15.5 in (52 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (16), Aquatint (11), Other (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (12), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 134 works

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122 of 134
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$10.6kSign up
Typical size
20 × 19 in (51 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Other (62), Lithograph (37), Print (other) (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (10), Cattle & animals (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 122 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 128 works

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108 of 128
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$5kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 19.5 in (59 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (47), Other (24), Print (other) (16)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (29), Markets & villages (2), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 116 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 Louis le Brocquy auction results →