Michael Kane: career timeline

British · 1935–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 56 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.

Michael Kane: 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	6	5	$630Sign up	Pastel
1970s	4	4	$332Sign up	Watercolor
1980s	12	11	$1kSign up	Oil
1990s	11	11	$1.5kSign up	Gouache
2000s	4	4	$460Sign up	Mixed media

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $630Sign up
Average: $699Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 16 in (53 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Mixed media (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1)

1964 INTERIOR WITH CHAIR AND SHOES$387Sign up
1965 PORTRAIT OF MARYUnsold
1967 Borstal Boy$630Sign up
1967 COTTAGE IN A LANDSCAPE$868Sign up
1967 Borstal Boy$1.2kSign up
1968 FIGURE STUDIES, 1968 (SET OF FIVE)$453Sign up

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $332Sign up
Average: $331Sign up
Typical size: 23 × 16.5 in (59 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Mixed media (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

1980s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 15 in (61 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Woodcut / linocut (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (1)

1981 LITTLE GIRL OF FIFTY$141Sign up
1982 POTTED PLANT$1.1kSign up
1983 GIRL WITH RED HAIR$88Sign up
1984 Prelude$191Sign up
1987 Metropolitan Poet$872Sign up · sold 2×
1987 Canal Bank Walk II$1.3kSign up
1987 UNTITLED$1kSign up
1987 HEAD VII (HOMAGE TO PATRICK KAVANAGH)$3.1kSign up
1987 METROPOLITAN POETUnsold
1988 SELF PORTRAIT$1.7kSign up
1988 Self Portrait$1.7kSign up
1989 Homage to Handwork$811Sign up

1990s 11 works

Sold: 11 of 11
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 30 in (91 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (5), Oil (3), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1), Beach scenes (1)

1990 The Poet in Baggot Street IV$2.2kSign up
1990 ANTHONY CRONIN$2.3kSign up
1990 Bath Avenue$1.5kSign up
1990 BLUE FIGURE$3.1kSign up
1991 BATHERS IN A POOL$175Sign up
1993 HEAD$1.1kSign up
1995 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1995 UNTITLED$1.5kSign up
1995 Untitled$1.9kSign up
1995 JUDGE DESMOND WINDLE$1.1kSign up
1995 NARCISSUS THE YOUTH$3.9kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $460Sign up
Average: $454Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 12 in (46 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (3), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)

Creation date not recorded

18 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 4 works

Sold: 1 of 4
Median: $985Sign up
Average: $985Sign up
Typical size: 21 × 16.5 in (53 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1), Acrylic (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2012 FEMALE NUDEUnsold
sold 2013 ABSTRACTUnsold
sold 2016 TWO WORKERS WITH A MILLUnsold
sold 2019 Untitled$985Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works

Sold: 10 of 14
Median: $425Sign up
Average: $771Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 14 in (47 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Lithograph (2), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (2)

sold 2021 Cassandra's End$117Sign up
sold 2021 Girl Undressing$2.3kSign up
sold 2021 Still Life With Bottles$506Sign up
sold 2022 Figure in Urban Landscape$1.7kSign up
sold 2023 ABSTRACTUnsold
sold 2025 The Red TreeUnsold

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2026 The Red Tree$344Sign up
sold 2026 Woodland Ways II$277Sign up
sold 2026 Nude with Flowers II$208Sign up
sold 2026 Exercise, MarziibadUnsold
sold 2026 Moving Figure$1.3kSign up
sold 2026 JD$752Sign up

…and 2 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 Michael Kane auction results →