Sir John Lavery: career timeline
Irish · 1856–1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 63 of 117 lots (50% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | 3 | $29.3kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 6 | 5 | $17.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1900s | 6 | 5 | $28.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1910s | 16 | 15 | $31.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1920s | 15 | 13 | $39.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | $17kSign up | Oil |
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1880s 6 works
- Sold
- 3 of 6
- Median
- $29.3kSign up
- Average
- $48kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sea & coast (1)
1881 PORTRAIT STUDY OF "WEE MACKNEY"Unsold
1882 A WOMAN IN ARAB COSTUMEUnsold
1887 On The Shore, Co Antrim$11.6kSign up
1888 BISHOPS PALACE, GLASGOWUnsold
1889 MISS ALICE FULTON AT PAISLEY LAWN TENNIS CLUB$103kSign up
1889 MISS KATE GENTLES$29.3kSign up
1890s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $17.7kSign up
- Average
- $18.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Engraving (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1891 THE SOKO, TANGIER$37kSign up
1892 ALAMEDA DE HERCULES, SEVILLA$17.7kSign up
1892 STUDY FOR A MOORISH DANCE$10kSign up
1892 DANCING GIRLUnsold
1892 CIGARETTE FACTORY GIRL, SEVILLE$24.5kSign up
1897 GIRLS IN SUNLIGHT and PÉRE ET FILLE: JOHN LAVERY AND HIS DAUGHTER, 1897 (A PAIR)$2.2kSign up
1900s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $28.2kSign up
- Average
- $34.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 21.5 in (72 × 54 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1903 THE HON. MRS BURRELLUnsold · sold 2×
1903 LADY IN GREEN (MRS. CARA H.)$38.1kSign up
c. 1904 MARY IN BLACK$84kSign up
1905 A LADY IN BROWN (THOUGHT TO BE MISS MARGARET EDITH BANNATYNE)$11kSign up
1905 PORTRAIT OF MARY BARRON TOTTIE$28.2kSign up
1907 Portrait of Walter Burton Harris$13.2kSign up
1910s 16 works
- Sold
- 15 of 16
- Median
- $31.5kSign up
- Average
- $64.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 25 in (51 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (16)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (3), Sea & coast (1)
1910 A BACCHANTE$148kSign up
1910 DAWN, WHERE "THE JEWS RIVER" JOINS THE SEA$28kSign up
1910 MOONRISE TANGIER BAY$29.2kSign up
1911 THE WRECK OF THE DELHI, SIDI CASSIM, MOROCCO$12.9kSign up
1912 MOONLIGHT - THE BRIDGE$28.9kSign up · sold 3×
1912 Nightfall, Tangier$11.2kSign up
1912 AN EAST WIND$23.3kSign up
1912 THE RISING MOON, TANGIER$104kSign up
1912 THE HOUSE-TOPS, TANGIER$30.7kSign up · sold 2×
1913 SWITZERLAND [HAZEL AND ALICE]$250kSign up
1914 LONDON HOSPITAL$69.6kSign up
c. 1916 MISS FLORA LION IN PERIOD COSTUME$31.5kSign up
Show 4 more (1910s)
1917 THE TURQUOISE SEA, MIMIZAN$60.9kSign up
1918 QMAAC CAMP$78.9kSign up
1919 A View of FezUnsold
1919 THE LADY PARMOOR$55.9kSign up · sold 2×
1920s 15 works
- Sold
- 13 of 15
- Median
- $39.2kSign up
- Average
- $50.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (10), Lithograph (4), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2), Beach scenes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1920 The Beach, Evening, Tangier$85.1kSign up
1920 A Street In Rabat - Morocco$40.4kSign up · sold 2×
1920 The Palladian Bridge, Wilton$44.9kSign up
1920 A STREET IN RABAT, MOROCCO$30.8kSign up
1921 MICHAEL COLLINS and ARTHUR GRIFFITH, 1921 (A PAIR)$18.5kSign up
1921 MICHAEL COLLINS and ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, 1921 (A PAIR)$9.9kSign up
1921 ARTHUR GRIFFITHUnsold
1921 MICHAEL COLLINS and ARTHUR GRIFFITHS, 1921 (A PAIR)$13.7kSign up
1921 SPRING IN A RIVIERA GARDEN$142kSign up
1923 PORTRAIT OF MRS E. BOWEN-DAVIES$39.2kSign up
1924 Glendalough, Ireland$33.8kSign up · sold 2×
1924 THE KENMARE RIVER, EVENING, COUNTY KERRY$105kSign up
Show 3 more (1920s)
1926 Mrs. J.F. McGuire$15.9kSign up · sold 2×
1928 Schooling The Pony$81.4kSign up
1928 Dublin Horse Show, 1928Unsold
1930s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $17kSign up
- Average
- $90.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 18 in (59 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1931 THE EARL OF LONSDALE K. G.$27.2kSign up · sold 2×
1936 Portrait of Hazel Lavery$2.6kSign up
1936 SUNBATHERS$327kSign up
1937 THE CORONATION COACH$6.7kSign up · sold 2×
Creation date not recorded
54 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 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $17.1kSign up
- Average
- $26.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2000 THE RIGHT HON WILLIAM KENRICK P.C.J.P.$4.1kSign up
sold 2003 ARTHUR GRIFFITH$2.4kSign up
sold 2004 WOMAN IN A JAPANESE GOWN$73.7kSign up
sold 2004 ARTHUR GRIFFITH and MICHAEL COLLINS (A PAIR)$10.7kSign up
sold 2005 MICHAEL COLLINS$17.1kSign up
sold 2005 MICHAEL COLLINS and ARTHUR GRIFFITH (A PAIR)$26.4kSign up
Show 1 more (2000s)
sold 2006 MISS FLORA LION IN ORIENTAL COSTUME$51.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 24 works
- Sold
- 20 of 24
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $17.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 13.5 in (35 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (9), Other (6), Engraving (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Harbours & ports (1), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2011 STEAMERS IN THE HARBOUR, ST. JEAN DE LUZ$39.1kSign up
sold 2012 JOHN LAVERY AND HIS WORK by WALTER SHAW SPARROW$103Sign up
sold 2012 Untitled$2.9kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled$51.7kSign up
sold 2013 PORTRAIT OF A LADY THOUGHT TO BE MRS RALPH PETO$35.1kSign up
sold 2013 PORTRAIT OF A LADY [THOUGHT TO BE MARGRIT HÖLLRIGL]$18.2kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2014 A STREET IN TANGIERUnsold
sold 2014 A LADY IN WHITE (A PORTRAIT OF LADY LYLE)$37.8kSign up
sold 2016 MARY IN GREENUnsold
sold 2016 LADY EVELYN FARQUHAR$272Sign up
sold 2016 A LADY IN BLACK - MISS ESTHER MCLARENUnsold
sold 2016 THE BARB$392Sign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works
- Sold
- 17 of 23
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $34.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (9), Oil (6), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2020 The House of Walter Harris at Tangier$19kSign up
sold 2020 PORTRAIT OF A LADY$6.9kSign up
sold 2020 DOS CIGARRERASUnsold
sold 2020 ON THE RIVIERA$22Sign up
sold 2021 MARIANA$12.4kSign up
sold 2021 COTTAGES, BARBIZON by MOONLIGHT$19.7kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Portrait of Mrs. Heseltine$3.6kSign up
sold 2021 Arthur GriffithUnsold
sold 2021 Michael Collins$6.6kSign up
sold 2022 Arthur GriffithUnsold
sold 2023 Arthur Griffith$2.2kSign up
sold 2023 HE WON'T BITE YOU$33.7kSign up
…and 11 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 Sir John Lavery auction results →