Michael Canning: career timeline

Irish · b. 1971 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 22 lots (82% 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.

Michael Canning: 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
1990s	1	0	—	Mixed media
2000s	14	13	$3.2kSign up	Oil
2010s	3	2	$1.2kSign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1990s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 33 × 44.5 in (84 × 113 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1992 ROSA MUTABILISUnsold

2000s 14 works

Sold: 13 of 14
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 27.5 × 19.5 in (70 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (13), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

2001 Cultivar IV$1.1kSign up
2002 CULTIVAR (DARK) II$2kSign up
2004 Red House$2.3kSign up
2004 PAINTING 'PSALMS' V$3.2kSign up
2005 SONG$2.7kSign up
2006 Trojan$2.6kSign up
2006 A HISTORY OF HISTORY, 2006 (DIPTYCH)$8.9kSign up
2006 MINUTES$3.5kSign up
2007 Teacher$3.2kSign up
2007 EXPOSITION$4.5kSign up
2007 OVIDUnsold
2007 ANNO$3.9kSign up

Show 2 more (2000s)

2008 Lights Leaving Iv$1.9kSign up
2008 ASSEMBLY$9.4kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 21 in (69 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2012 Insomnia$703Sign up
2012 InsomniaUnsold
2014 Vault$1.6kSign 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 48 in (92 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Untitled$4.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 0 of 3
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 The Vees And ArcsUnsold
sold 2025 InsomniaUnsold
sold 2025 BardoUnsold

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 Michael Canning auction results →