Michael O'Dea: career timeline

b. 1958 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 34 lots (77% 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 O'Dea: 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
1980s	8	2	$2kSign up	Drawing
1990s	11	7	$964Sign up	Acrylic
2000s	5	4	$1.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 8 works

Sold: 2 of 8
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 19.5 in (46 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Watercolor (2), Pastel (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

1982 YOUNG MAN'S HEADUnsold
1982 NUDE STUDYUnsold
1982 CHAIRMANUnsold
c. 1984 THE TRIAL OF ROBERT TRIMBOLE, 1984/85 (SET OF FIVE)Unsold
1985 PORTRAIT OF CHARLIE BRADY$1.2kSign up · sold 2×
1986 PORTRAIT OF MONICA OWENSUnsold
1986 PORTRAIT OF MONICA OWENSUnsold
1988 ROBBIE, BEWLEY'S CAFE, DUBLIN$2.8kSign up

1990s 11 works

Sold: 7 of 11
Median: $964Sign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 24 in (76 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (4), Oil (3), Pastel (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1990 SEATED NUDEUnsold
1991 MAYO COASTLINE$964Sign up
1991 ANNAGHMAKERRIG ARTIST'S CENTRE, COUNTY MONAGHANUnsold
1994 CORK MENUnsold
1995 RENDEZVOUSUnsold · sold 2×
1995 STOP HIM$3.2kSign up
1997 ÉDAÍN NO. 15$565Sign up
1998 ÉDAÍN NO. 10$490Sign up
1999 EDAIN, NO. 32$181Sign up
1999 EDAIN$1.4kSign up
1999 EDAíN$4.5kSign up

2000s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Acrylic (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

2001 ROCK I, SKYROS, GREECE$423Sign up · sold 2×
2001 ARTIST'S STUDIO, MASSACHUSETTSUnsold
2002 THE PAINTER'S COTTAGE$1.3kSign up
2003 O'Briens Castle$1.1kSign up
2005 Lighthouse Shadow$1.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

7 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $475Sign up
Average: $653Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 10.5 in (38 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Pastel (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 A BLACK AND WHITE PRIESTLY GARB TOPPED BY A DERISORY HAG'S WIG$1.3kSign up
sold 2015 VIEW FROM ARTIST'S STUDIO$475Sign up
sold 2018 PASSING BY$171Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $202Sign up
Average: $202Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 10.5 in (36 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 THE HOLY GROUND$224Sign up
sold 2021 A BLACK AND WHITE PRIESTLY GARB TOPPED BY A DERISORY HAG'S WIG$181Sign up
sold 2022 O'Briens CastleUnsold
sold 2022 RECLINING NUDE STUDY, JUNE 1990Unsold

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 O'Dea auction results →