Seán Keating: career timeline

Irish · 1889–1977 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 78 of 264 lots (29% 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.

Seán Keating: 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
1910s	4	3	$67.4kSign up	Drawing
1920s	15	13	$46.3kSign up	Oil
1930s	8	7	$2.5kSign up	Drawing
1940s	9	6	$9.9kSign up	Oil
1950s	13	10	$3.5kSign up	Pastel
1960s	7	5	$2.5kSign up	Drawing
1970s	12	8	$10.7kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $67.4kSign up
Average: $46.2kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 18.5 in (50 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1910 Inhabitants of Dublin$431Sign up
1917 THE GOOSE GIRL$67.4kSign up
1917 THINKING OUT GOBNET [PORTRAIT OF HARRY CLARKE] 1917$70.8kSign up · sold 2×
1919 MRS C. L.Unsold

1920s 15 works

Sold: 13 of 15
Median: $46.3kSign up
Average: $54.8kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 28.5 in (76 × 72 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9), Gouache (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (2)

c. 1920 PORTRAIT OF 'OLD JOE', late 1920s - mid-1930s$3.8kSign up
1920 D¦IL LAND COURT SITTING IN WESTPORT, COUNTY MAYO$4.5kSign up
1921 AN ARAN MAN AND HIS WIFE$60.5kSign up · sold 2×
1922 ILLUSTRATION FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, ACT 1, 'RISING UP IN THE RED DAWN...' 1922Unsold · sold 2×
1922 ILLUSTRATION FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD, ACT 1, "RISING UP IN THE RED DAWN..."Unsold
c. 1922 ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE 'PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD', 1922-27 (SET OF FIVE)$211kSign up
1923 ILLUSTRATION FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - FRONTISPIECE$72.6kSign up · sold 2×
1924 The Window$119kSign up
1924 REST AFTER TOIL$27.5kSign up
1924 SALUD$57.9kSign up
c. 1928 GOOD OLD STUFF$46.3kSign up
1928 IRISH FREE STATE CHICKEN$717Sign up

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1928 IRISH FREE STATE BACON$12.2kSign up · sold 4×
1928 PAST DEFINITE, FUTURE PERFECT$53.5kSign up
1928 IRISH FREE STATE CHICKEN$43.8kSign up

1930s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 17 in (59 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Oil (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1930 ELIJAH WITH THE RAVENS (VERSION II)$29.1kSign up
c. 1930 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, c.1930s$2.5kSign up
c. 1930 PORTRAIT OF DR. JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER WALSH OF CLONMEL (ONLY BROTHER TO MAY KEATING, THE ARTIST'S WIFE)$5.7kSign up
1932 THE OFFICE OF ARMS AT DUBLIN CASTLEUnsold
1935 STUDY FOR BRETHREN SO RUN$6.9kSign up
1937 STUDY FOR SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE$1.6kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1937 SAINT PATRICK$2kSign up
1939 The Model$2kSign up

1940s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $9.9kSign up
Average: $20.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 20.5 in (49 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7), Other (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Boats (3)

1940 Girl Seated, 1940'SUnsold
c. 1940 LOADING AND UNLOADING TURF BOATS, CONNEMARA, c.1940s$10.2kSign up
c. 1940 SELF PORTRAIT WEARING A HAT, c. 1940s$36.6kSign up
c. 1940 LOADING AND UNLOADING TURF BOATS, CONNEMARA, c.1940s$9.5kSign up
c. 1940 GIRL SEATED, c.1940s$2.6kSign up
c. 1940 LOADING AND UNLOADING TURF BOATS, CONNEMARA, c.1940sUnsold
1944 THE HELLFIRE CLUB$3.7kSign up
1947 STILL WATERS$61.1kSign up
c. 1947 SELF PORTRAIT AT THE HACIENDAUnsold

1950s 13 works

Sold: 10 of 13
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $7.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14 in (44 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (7), Drawing (4), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

c. 1950 WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF, c. late 1950s$3.8kSign up
c. 1950 DRAWING FOR ULYSSES IN CONNEMARA$2.3kSign up
c. 1950 HEAD OF AN OLD MAN, c. late 1950s$5.7kSign up
c. 1950 WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF, c. late 1950s$2.6kSign up
c. 1950 WORKING SKETCH, early 1950s$3.2kSign up
c. 1950 THE IRISH HAZEL$43kSign up
c. 1952 ARAN WOMAN (also known as THE MATRIARCH)$9.1kSign up
c. 1955 ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER$2.3kSign up
c. 1955 STUDY FOR STATION OF THE CROSS [CHRIST BEFORE PILATE, NO. 1] ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, TRALEE$4kSign up
1958 Sketch of Dan Breen$1.1kSign up
1958 SKETCH OF DAN BREENUnsold
c. 1958 A STUDY OF DUSTMAN REILLY FOR THE KEY MENUnsold

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1958 SKETCH OF DAN BREENUnsold

1960s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $6.5kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 12 in (36 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

c. 1960 WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF and HEAD OF MAN, c. late 1960sUnsold
c. 1960 WORKING STUDY FOR AN ARAN WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF, c. mid-1960s$1.3kSign up
c. 1960 STUDY FOR THEME OF JOCOSE, BELLICOSE, LACHRYMOSE, c.1960sUnsold
c. 1960 PORTRAIT OF PAUL, c.1960s$2.5kSign up
c. 1961 SELF PORTRAIT [SKETCH FOR IRISH MURAL AT GENEVA, INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE]$16.8kSign up
1964 "WHERE EVERY PROSPECT PLEASES..." 1964$2.2kSign up
c. 1965 TIME GOES BY$9.8kSign up

1970s 12 works

Sold: 8 of 12
Median: $10.7kSign up
Average: $9.9kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 26 in (55 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (8), Gouache (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Markets & villages (1)

c. 1970 FOUR MEN AND A CAT, c.1970s$9kSign up
c. 1970 PORTRAIT OF PAULUnsold
c. 1970 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, c.1970sUnsold · sold 2×
c. 1970 PORTRAIT OF PAULUnsold
c. 1971 ARAN COUPLE$10.8kSign up
c. 1971 THREE IRISH WORKMEN$14.1kSign up
c. 1971 AN ARAN COUPLE$13.4kSign up
c. 1971 THREE IRISH WORKMEN$11.7kSign up
1972 Aran Islander$6.4kSign up
c. 1973 PORTRAIT OF A LADY$3.6kSign up
1973 JOCOSE, BELLICOSE, LACHRYMOSE$10.6kSign up
1977 CLOONACOOL VILLAGE, COUNTY SLIGOUnsold · sold 2×

Creation date not recorded

169 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 55 works

Sold: 45 of 55
Median: $7kSign up
Average: $17.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14 in (44 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (22), Pastel (22), Oil (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (34), Markets & villages (1), Boats (1)

sold 2000 SEATED WOMAN IN SHAWL$2.4kSign up
sold 2000 COUNTRY MARKETUnsold
sold 2000 WOMAN AND CHILD$1kSign up
sold 2000 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN 0Unsold
sold 2000 PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST'S WIFEUnsold
sold 2000 SELF PORTRAITUnsold

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sold 2000 THE TURF MEN OF ARAN$49.7kSign up
sold 2002 PORTRAIT OF HARRY BROGAN (ACTOR)$4kSign up
sold 2002 PORTRAIT OF HARRY BROGAN (ACTOR)Unsold
sold 2003 PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL$4.1kSign up
sold 2003 MOVITA$4.9kSign up
sold 2003 PORTRAIT OF ÉAMON DE VALERA$4.7kSign up

…and 43 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 42 works

Sold: 28 of 42
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 13.5 in (43 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (18), Pastel (8), Other (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (17), Boats (1)

sold 2011 DOUGLAS HYDE AS PRESIDENT OF IRELAND$535Sign up
sold 2011 HAND HOLDING A HAMMER (STUDY FOR ARD NA CRUSHA ESB SCHEME)Unsold
sold 2011 ILLUSTRATION FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - "THAT WAS A GREAT BLOW"Unsold
sold 2011 ILLUSTRATION FOR THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD - HAIRY GALLANT FELLOWSUnsold
sold 2011 STUDY FOR AN ROINNT OR THE SHARE OUT$8.6kSign up
sold 2012 SIDE FACE PORTRAIT OF A WOMANUnsold · sold 2×

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sold 2012 STUDY OF MALE HEAD AND HANDS$1kSign up
sold 2013 PORTRAIT OF COLMÁN MAC AN RÍ [ALIAS TIGER KING]$2.6kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled$3.9kSign up
sold 2014 Untitled$5kSign up
sold 2014 Untitled$70.4kSign up
sold 2014 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN WITH HEADSCARF$6kSign up

…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 72 works

Sold: 62 of 72
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 15 in (46 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (30), Pastel (16), Oil (14)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (35), Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (2)

sold 2020 CenturionUnsold
sold 2020 Paddy Martin$3.2kSign up
sold 2020 THE TALLYMAN'S WIFE$3.4kSign up · sold 3×
sold 2020 SOLDIER$683Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 STUDIES OF A SEATED MAN$1.1kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 Life Studies$776Sign up

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sold 2020 Life Study$887Sign up
sold 2020 Head of an Aran Girl$3kSign up
sold 2021 Figure Of A Woman$1.7kSign up
sold 2021 An Aran Man And His Wife$11.3kSign up
sold 2021 Portrait Drawing of Captain Consadine$7.7kSign up
sold 2021 MAN ON LADDER$1.6kSign up · sold 2×

…and 60 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 Seán Keating auction results →