Robert Colquhoun: career timeline

British · 1914–1962 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 22 lots (36% 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.

Robert Colquhoun: 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
1930s	2	2	$2.5kSign up	Drawing
1940s	4	4	$23.4kSign up	Oil
1950s	2	2	$1.5kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 9.5 in (32 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1938 THE YOUNG MOROCCAN, 1938$1.7kSign up
1939 LADY SEATED IN INTERIOR, 1939$3.3kSign up

1940s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $23.4kSign up
Average: $41.1kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 16.5 in (53 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Mixed media (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

1944 WOMAN WINDING WOOL, 1944$43kSign up
1944 HEBRIDEAN WOMAN, 1944$116kSign up
1946 IRISH PEASANT AND YOUNG WOMAN$3.8kSign up
1948 WOMAN AND GOAT$1.7kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 15 in (53 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1951 BOY WITH BIRDCAGE$2.2kSign up
1959 HEAD OF ABSALOM, 1959$748Sign up

Creation date not recorded

14 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: 4 of 4
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 9.5 in (33 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Print (other) (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

sold 2016 Triptych$1.7kSign up
sold 2017 Figure with Potted Plant no.1$3kSign up
sold 2018 Woman with Cat$573Sign up
sold 2019 Portrait study of a man$3.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 14.5 in (43 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Drawing (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 The Trinket Seller$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 MAN WITH AN OWL$650Sign up
sold 2021 Two HorsemenResult not published
sold 2023 WOMAN AND CAT$1.9kSign up
sold 2024 MAN WITH AN OWL$1kSign up
sold 2025 The Young MoroccanUnsold

Show 4 more (2020s)

sold 2025 LANDSCAPE WITH GOAT$13.9kSign up
sold 2026 Weaving Army Cloth$2.1kSign up
sold 2026 Two figures$1.6kSign up
sold 2026 Nude with flowers$866Sign 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 Robert Colquhoun auction results →