Stanley Spencer: career timeline
British · 1891–1959 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 35 lots (35% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | 5 | $1.6kSign up | Drawing |
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | $3.4kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $1.5kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $445Sign up | Drawing |
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1920s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 10 in (35 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1920 WASHING DAY, STUDY FOR LEEDS DECORATION, c.1920$3.7kSign up
1922 Study for Washing Peter's Feet$378Sign up
1923 Young man in a cap$1.6kSign up
1924 Untitled$1.9kSign up
c. 1928 Untitled$526Sign up
1930s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $8.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 9.5 in (32 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
1933 PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN IN TRADITIONAL SWISS DRESS, 1933$18.2kSign up
c. 1935 Hilltop Cows, Zermatt, circa 1935$3.1kSign up
1936 TWO NUDES, 1936$3.4kSign up
1940s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 9.5 in (33 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1940 Welders / Various Studies$188Sign up
c. 1940 The Noon Break$1.5kSign up
1944 HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL, 1944$5.8kSign up
1950s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
22 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 3 works
Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 19 of 19
- Median
- $441Sign up
- Average
- $621Sign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 13 in (24 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (13), Watercolor (4), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (7), Landscapes (1)
sold 2020 Untitled (sketch of a man)$390Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled (sketch with figures and tulip)$520Sign up
sold 2021 Drawing for the Apotheosis of Hilda$2kSign up
sold 2021 Stan & Mary Drawing Each Other$398Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$950Sign up
sold 2022 Figural Sketch$224Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Untitled$460Sign up
sold 2023 Study (feet)$189Sign up
sold 2023 Platers, Furnace$189Sign up
sold 2023 Study for a Landscape$387Sign up
sold 2024 Sketch with Figures in an Interior$441Sign up
sold 2024 Sketches$693Sign up
…and 7 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 Stanley Spencer auction results →