Peter Howson: career timeline

British · 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. 90 of 172 lots (52% 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.

Peter Howson: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1970s11$902Sign upDrawing
1980s2523$784Sign upDrawing
1990s2119$1.5kSign upOil
2000s1313$1kSign upOil
2010s1717$2.1kSign upMixed media
2020s1111$1.7kSign upMixed media

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1970s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$902Sign up
Average
$902Sign up
Typical size
13 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1980s 25 works

Sold
23 of 25
Median
$784Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 15 in (44 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Woodcut / linocut (5), Etching (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 21 works

Sold
19 of 21
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 13.5 in (47 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Oil (8), Etching (6), Pastel (4)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 9 more (1990s)

2000s 13 works

Sold
13 of 13
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$5kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Drawing (4), Pastel (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 1 more (2000s)

2010s 17 works

Sold
17 of 17
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11.5 in (29 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (7), Pastel (5), Oil (3)
Subjects
—
Show 5 more (2010s)

2020s 11 works

Sold
11 of 11
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$1.5kSign up
Typical size
8 × 11 in (21 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (11)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)

Creation date not recorded

82 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 8 works

Sold
8 of 8
Median
$421Sign up
Average
$1kSign up
Typical size
12 × 14 in (30 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Other (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 74 works

Sold
71 of 74
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 12.5 in (36 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Pastel (35), Oil (25), Drawing (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (22), Sunsets & night (6)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 62 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 Peter Howson auction results →