Malcolm Morley: career timeline

British · 1931–2018 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 48 lots (73% 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.

Malcolm Morley: 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
1960s	5	4	$474Sign up	Screenprint
1970s	7	4	$10.3kSign up	Lithograph
1980s	11	8	$1.1kSign up	Lithograph
1990s	9	7	$41.6kSign up	Oil
2000s	3	2	$2.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $474Sign up
Average: $582Sign up
Typical size: 25 × 18.5 in (63 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Oil (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (3), Sea & coast (1)

1965 Sub WatcherUnsold
1969 Beach Scene, from Six New York Artists$384Sign up
1969 Marine Sergeant at Valley Forge$210Sign up
1969 Beach Scene (from the Six New York Artists portfolio)$1.2kSign up
1969 Beach Scene (from Six New York Artists portfolio)$563Sign up

1970s 7 works

Sold: 4 of 7
Median: $10.3kSign up
Average: $11.6kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 34 in (55 × 86 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1973 Five works from the Arles/Miami portfolio$396Sign up
1973 Miami Postcards: two plates$250Sign up
1974 Hollywood Film Stars and Their Homes, Doris Day fragmentResult not published
1974 Detail of George Washington Bridge New York Postcard Fold OutUnsold
1974 Hollywood Film Stars and Their Homes, Doris Day fragmentResult not published
1975 Teacup$20.1kSign up
1976 A Variety of Catastrophes$25.6kSign up

1980s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $93.4kSign up
Typical size: 38.5 × 40 in (98 × 102 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (6), Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (3), Cattle & animals (2), Birds (1)

1980 Landscape with Horses$413kSign up
1981 ParrotsResult not published
1982 Devonshire Bullocks$318Sign up
1982 Beach SceneResult not published
1982 Landscape with Horses$1.6kSign up
1982 Beach Scene (T. 374)$3.5kSign up
1983 UntitledUnsold
1986 Odysseys of Enoch$699Sign up
1987 Kite on Gibsons Beach$330Sign up
1987 Aegean Crime$328kSign up
1987 Our Tramp Streamer Hugging the Horizon off Coconut Island I$625Sign up

1990s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $41.6kSign up
Average: $68.2kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 36 in (79 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Gouache (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Boats (1), Beach scenes (1)

1990 The Dolphin$1.4kSign up
1990 The Boat, The Knight, The Tank$261kSign up
1993 Erotic Fruitos$256Sign up
1995 Flight of Icarus$76.7kSign up
1997 Parasailor over MuizenbergUnsold
1997 The Sailor$41.6kSign up
1997 Approaching Valhalla$94.5kSign up
1998 Two works: (i-ii) UntitledUnsold
1998 Beach Scene with Parasailor$2kSign up

2000s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 45 × 35.5 in (115 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

2002 BuzkashiUnsold
2005 Death of Dale Earnhardt$2.3kSign up
2009 V (Lifeboat)$2.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

13 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $896Sign up
Average: $896Sign up
Typical size: 10 × 7.5 in (26 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2006 (British/American b.1931)$896Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (5), Watercolor (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 Untitled$3.8kSign up
sold 2017 Our Salvation$3.5kSign up
sold 2018 Goat$1.3kSign up
sold 2018 Odysseys of Enoch Suite$1.3kSign up
sold 2019 Four works of art$1.9kSign up
sold 2019 Two works of art$938Sign up

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sold 2019 Two works of art$1.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 2 of 5
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 33.5 in (64 × 85 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Rhine Chateau, offset colorResult not published
sold 2021 "Rhine Château"Unsold
sold 2024 The Lone Ranger from Fallacies of EnochResult not published
sold 2024 Forever Marcia$5.3kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$241Sign 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 Malcolm Morley auction results →