Ronald Searle: career timeline
British · 1920–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 43 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $4.2kSign up | Drawing |
| 1960s | 5 | 3 | $750Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 6 | 6 | $634Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $845Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | $671Sign up | Other |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $4.2kSign up
- Average
- $4.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 12 in (23 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1954 The Belles of St. Trinians, circa 1954$4.2kSign up
1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $750Sign up
- Average
- $563Sign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 20 in (64 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
1967 UntitledUnsold
1967 Études pour un projet municipal (Mickey Mouse)$150Sign up · sold 2×
1968 Psychedelic Cat$790Sign up
1968 Inefficient Cat Caught by an Astute Goldfish$750Sign up
1969 The Thing from UndergroundResult not published
1970s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $634Sign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 24 in (55 × 60 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1973 Insect Play$126Sign up
1974 Nobody loves me, 1974$145Sign up
1974 The Peaceable Kingdom, 1974, The Casualty, 1976 and The Flight, 1978$981Sign up
1975 Full Cry$6.2kSign up
1975 Bouquet garni$288Sign up
1978 The Kill$12kSign up
1980s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $845Sign up
- Average
- $845Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 22.5 in (30 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1981 LEASING: 1$845Sign up
1990s 2 works
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 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2001 SAM BECKETT$2.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $234Sign up
- Average
- $507Sign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 25 in (48 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2015 - ''Goodbye Harold Lloyd''-Result not published
sold 2015 - ''Two Cats Quite Calmly Making Beasts of Themselves''-Unsold
sold 2015 Exporting For The Smaller Business$1.3kSign up
sold 2015 Yugoslavian Refugee$814Sign up
sold 2016 Ronald Searle Self Portrait$100Sign up
sold 2018 The Stranger$130Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 17 of 19
- Median
- $523Sign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (10), Drawing (7), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2020 Self Portrait as an Artist$7.2kSign up
sold 2020 Hurrah for St. Trinians$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 How to Win Friends and Influence People$1.5kSign up
sold 2020 The Armed Rising of 1881 from St. Trinian's Story$3.6kSign up
sold 2020 Swine Lake$451Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$3kSign 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 Ronald Searle auction results →