Richard Smith: career timeline
British · 1931–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 40 of 67 lots (60% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 5 | $2.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 24 | 18 | $352Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 9 | 4 | $4.3kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $814Sign up | Mixed media |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | $508Sign up | Other |
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1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $11.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 19 in (39 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Acrylic (1), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1962 Garland$50kSign up
1966 Wide Stripe 45°$2.5kSign up
1967 SPHINX NO. 1 & SPHINX NO. 4, 1967$1.3kSign up
1968 Envelope No. 1$858Sign up
1969 Drawing (Brown: with Yellow), 1969$2.1kSign up
1970s 24 works
- Sold
- 18 of 24
- Median
- $352Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 27.5 in (60 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (7), Etching (7), Screenprint (3)
- Subjects
- Butterflies (3)
1970 BRAMBLE$405Sign up
1970 Sixty °, Forty-Five °, Thirty °, 1970 Three color lithographs on embossed paper 17 3/4" x 17 3/4" (each sheet)Unsold
1970 Appia 6$1.9kSign up
1971 Cream and Pink from Logo SuiteResult not published
1971 H. Cream from Logo Series, 1971$556Sign up
1971 Proscenium III$150Sign up
1971 Logo Suite$2.2kSign up
1972 I (from the Butterfly Suite)$66Sign up
1972 II (from the Butterfly Suite)$63Sign up
1972 Butterfly Series$300Sign up
1973 The Florentine Set (Two Works)$576Sign up
1973 1 FROM THE 'FLORENTINE SET'$401Sign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1973 I (from the Florentine Set)$262Sign up
1973 5 (from the Times Square Remembered Times Five suite)$189Sign up
1973 The Florentine Set$100Sign up
1974 Two works from the Paper Clip suite$318Sign up
1975 Folded Paper Clip I (from the Folded Paper Clip Suite)$328Sign up
1975 Russian I; Russian II$375Sign up
1975 Russian I; Russian IIUnsold
1977 Sin títuloUnsold
1977 The Clown [a], 1977$1.9kSign up
1977 Senza titoloResult not published
1977 The EnvelopeResult not published
1979 Three Crosses$20.5kSign up
1980s 9 works
- Sold
- 4 of 9
- Median
- $4.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 44 × 30.5 in (112 × 78 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (2), Etching (2), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)
1980 Figure VII$7.9kSign up
1981 Drawing Boards II (No. 1)Result not published
1981 Espalier (Diptych)$250Sign up
1982 CBE, (British, 1931-2016), Untitled Abstract, 1982, monoprintResult not published
1982 UntitledUnsold
1982 Isometric of PaintingUnsold
1983 Untitled 1983$650Sign up
1985 First DancerResult not published
1987 Arlequin$12.8kSign up
1990s 1 work
2000s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
27 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 6 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 21 works
- Sold
- 20 of 21
- Median
- $413Sign up
- Average
- $873Sign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 29 in (70 × 74 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (12), Other (4), Mixed media (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Senza titoloUnsold
sold 2021 Untitled$389Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$494Sign up
sold 2023 Untitled$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 Everglad and Evergloom$710Sign up
sold 2023 Untitled$2.1kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$425Sign up
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$375Sign up
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$350Sign up
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$350Sign up
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$400Sign up
sold 2024 Two of a Kind, Three of a Kind$300Sign up
…and 9 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 Richard Smith auction results →