Melanie Le Brocquy: career timeline
Irish · 1919–2018 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 85 lots (36% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $1.2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | $2.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 12 | 5 | $2.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 9 | 8 | $2.5kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 4 | 2 | $2.9kSign up | Sculpture |
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1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 2.5 in (9 × 6 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
1941 MOTHER AND CHILD$1.2kSign up
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 3 in (30 × 8 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1965 TALL FIGURE$2.3kSign up
1967 Man Stepping$1.1kSign up
1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 5 in (20 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1971 Woman in ShawlUnsold
1976 Young Boy on Horseback$2.3kSign up
1980s 12 works
- Sold
- 5 of 12
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 8 in (19 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (11), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (1)
1981 FLOWER POTUnsold
1982 Figures on a Bridge$2.3kSign up
1982 Figures on a Bridge$3.9kSign up
1983 MOTHER AND CHILDUnsold
1985 Brothers$1.1kSign up
1985 BrothersUnsold
1985 BrothersUnsold
1985 BrothersUnsold
1988 Child Walking$909Sign up
1988 Child WalkingUnsold
1988 Child and Mother Walking$2.4kSign up
1988 HEAD OF CHILDUnsold
1990s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 8 in (29 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1)
1990 At The Cinema$2.4kSign up
1991 Little Boy Musing$1.6kSign up
1991 AT AN ART GALLERY, II$5.7kSign up
1992 Carolan's Receipt$2.6kSign up · sold 3×
1994 Horse and Rider$2.7kSign up
1994 Child on ShoulderUnsold
1998 Mother and Child Walking$2.5kSign up
1998 Boy Looking Upwards$1kSign up
1998 Child and Mother Walking$3.4kSign up
2000s 4 works
- Sold
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 10 in (34 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2003 Three Graces and a ChildUnsold
2005 WOMAN ON A STONE WALL$1.7kSign up
2005 Lady on Stone WallUnsold
2006 Three Graces and a Child$4.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
53 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
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11.5 in (21 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2004 NATURE STUDIES (A PAIR)Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works
- Sold
- 29 of 34
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 7 in (26 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (20), Sculpture (13), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2011 FIGURATIVE GROUP$2kSign up
sold 2011 ADMIRING ART$2.8kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled$973Sign up
sold 2015 Untitled$4.2kSign up
sold 2015 Female Bust$1.6kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$3.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 18 works
- Sold
- 11 of 18
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 6.5 in (28 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (12), Other (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (7), Beach scenes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2020 Arms Outstretched in Peace$713Sign up
sold 2020 Spring and SummerUnsold
sold 2020 GOOSE$704Sign up
sold 2021 Spring and SummerUnsold
sold 2021 Head Of A Child$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Head Of A ChildUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Head Of Louis Le BrocquyUnsold
sold 2022 Mother And Child Walking$2.1kSign up
sold 2022 MOTHER AND TWO CHILDREN ON A BEACH and THREE CHILDREN ON A BEACH (A PAIR)Unsold
sold 2022 LADY GREGORY READING$2kSign up
sold 2023 Parkland$303Sign up
sold 2023 Spring and Summer$1.3kSign up
…and 6 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 Melanie Le Brocquy auction results →