Rowan Gillespie: career timeline
Irish · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 58 of 75 lots (77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 | 8 | $9.8kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1980s | 24 | 21 | $6.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1990s | 14 | 12 | $5.8kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | $10.4kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2010s | 2 | 1 | $7.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | $13.1kSign up | Sculpture |
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1970s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $9.8kSign up
- Average
- $9.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 10.5 in (57 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (6), Other (3), Multiple (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1976 AMBITION II$11.6kSign up
1977 JOY OF LIVING$15.6kSign up
1977 PREGNANT WOMAN WITH MAN$8.7kSign up
c. 1978 REACHING FEMALE FIGURE$9.2kSign up · sold 2×
1979 Fragment of a Dream$5.3kSign up · sold 2×
1979 DILEMMAUnsold
1979 EGG$10.5kSign up
1979 Fragment Of Dreams, 1979Unsold
1979 DILEMMAUnsold
1979 OLD COUPLE$10.3kSign up
1979 OLD COUPLE II$6.2kSign up
1980s 24 works
- Sold
- 21 of 24
- Median
- $6.9kSign up
- Average
- $9.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 6 in (31 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (23), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4)
1981 LOVERS$4kSign up
1981 Lovers (1981/2)$6.9kSign up
1981 ECHO$9.1kSign up
1982 SEATED GIRL$3kSign up
1983 Falling Couple$3.5kSign up
1983 CAPTIVE MAN OF 83$12.6kSign up
1983 CAPTIVE MAN OF 83Unsold
1983 UNTITLEDUnsold
1984 The Voice$5.9kSign up
1984 Study For Bacchus$15.2kSign up
1984 DANCING FIGURE$3.4kSign up
1984 The Muse$2.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1984 MIND GAMES$4.4kSign up
1984 THE POET$2.9kSign up
1984 HARPIST$17.1kSign up
1984 THREE MUSICIANS$11.2kSign up
1985 Untitled$8.8kSign up
1985 SOLITUDE$2kSign up
1985 The Kiss$15.4kSign up
1985 STUDY FOR HOMMAGE TO SPRING II$3.9kSign up
1986 TRANSITION$9.3kSign up
1988 LADDER OF LIFE$34.1kSign up
1989 MAQUETTE FOR W.B. YEATS, SLIGOUnsold
1989 MAQUETTE FOR W.B. YEATS, SLIGO$19kSign up
1990s 14 works
- Sold
- 12 of 14
- Median
- $5.8kSign up
- Average
- $11kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 6.5 in (26 × 17 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (14)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1990 WILD HARVEST$22.7kSign up
1992 SCHIZOPHRENIA$4.4kSign up
1994 THREE DANCERS$7.4kSign up
1994 THE ELEMENTS$6.3kSign up
1994 THE HERALD and LIMERICK LADY, 1994 (A PAIR)Unsold
1995 DANCERS$4kSign up
1995 MAQUETTE FOR "ASPIRATION" [TREASURY BUILDING, DUBLIN]Unsold
1996 Famine Figures$5kSign up
1996 Solon's Law$43.2kSign up
1996 The Guardian (Evolution to Birdy)$17.9kSign up
1997 FAMINE FIGURES$5.2kSign up
1997 Untitled (figure in robe)$11.3kSign up
Show 2 more (1990s)
1998 The Banjo Player$2.5kSign up
1998 The Fiddler$2.6kSign up
2000s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $10.4kSign up
- Average
- $14.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 10.5 in (47 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (4)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
2000 HATE AND HOPE$6.6kSign up
2002 Looking to Sea$9.2kSign up
2003 Two$11.6kSign up
2006 IMAGINE [THE FRAILEST REED]$30.3kSign up
2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $7.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 6 in (51 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
2016 Convict WomanUnsold
2016 Convict Woman$7.6kSign up
2020s 1 work
2023 Reclining Bodyscape$13.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
17 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 9 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $9.2kSign up
- Average
- $9.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 4.5 in (15 × 11 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4)
sold 2020 Convict Woman$11.6kSign up
sold 2022 Robed Figure$6.8kSign up
sold 2023 The Bass PlayerResult not published
sold 2023 KISSING COUPLE$2.3kSign up
sold 2024 FrustrationUnsold
sold 2024 Portrait Of A Dreamer (Homage To John Lennon)$16.9kSign up
Show 2 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Click$15.9kSign up
sold 2026 Falling Figure$4kSign 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 Rowan Gillespie auction results →