Ray Delaney: career timeline

b. 1972 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 46 of 58 lots (79% 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.

Ray Delaney: 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
2010s	3	1	$1.6kSign up	Sculpture
2020s	43	36	$1.7kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

2010s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 11.5 in (48 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: Butterflies (2), Boats (1)

2017 Sailing$1.6kSign up
2017 Spring ButterflyUnsold
2017 ButterflyUnsold

2020s 43 works

Sold: 36 of 43
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 14.5 in (52 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (43)
Subjects: Butterflies (6), Boats (5), Cattle & animals (1)

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…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

12 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 5 works

Sold: 2 of 5
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $1kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 11 in (54 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5)
Subjects: Birds (2), Butterflies (1), Boats (1)

sold 2014 Monolith with BirdsUnsold
sold 2014 Children of Lir$1.1kSign up
sold 2017 Monolith with Birds$952Sign up
sold 2017 Butterfly IUnsold
sold 2017 Sea Boat IIUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 4 of 7
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 15 in (41 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7)
Subjects: Boats (2)

sold 2020 Blue Boat$3.6kSign up
sold 2021 TailwindUnsold
sold 2021 Glide$1.8kSign up
sold 2025 Warrior Boat$2.3kSign up
sold 2026 IcarusUnsold
sold 2026 Tide RunnerUnsold

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2026 Returning to Source$2kSign up

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 Ray Delaney auction results →