Wilhelmina Barns-Graham: career timeline
British · 1912–2004 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 34 of 50 lots (68% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $8.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $25.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 5 | 5 | $25.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | $10.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $5.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 5 | 5 | $2.2kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2000s | 15 | 14 | $1.5kSign up | Screenprint |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $8.6kSign up
- Average
- $8.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 20 in (41 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1936 The Road, circa 1936$8.6kSign up
1940s 1 work
1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $25.7kSign up
- Average
- $24.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 17.5 in (34 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- —
1951 Small Vortex$55kSign up
1953 Vermillion Form on Black & Brown, 1953$11.8kSign up
1954 BLACK AND WHITE, 1954$25.7kSign up
1957 BLACK, WHITE & YELLOW, 1957$25.7kSign up
1958 JULY PAINTING$2.3kSign up
1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $10.1kSign up
- Average
- $20.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 19 in (67 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Gouache (1), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Untitled, 1960$9.8kSign up
c. 1960 ORANGE AND RED ON PINK$2.2kSign up
1961 RED AND VIOLET, 1961$60.1kSign up
1968 Tension Series - Hot Day, 1968$10.3kSign up
1970s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $5.2kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 10 in (18 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
1971 BIRD FLIGHT 2, 1971$8.1kSign up
c. 1972 MOVEMENT ACROSS BROWN, 1972-76$5.2kSign up
1979 XMAS SQUARE / THE NON STATIC SQUARE, 1979$1.9kSign up
1990s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 30 in (56 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (4), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
1991 NOVEMBER I$2kSign up
1991 NOVEMBER IV$1.3kSign up
1991 Untitled, April 1991$2.4kSign up
1997 GEEVOR No.1 (SCORPIO SERIES 3), 1997$12kSign up
1999 Orange and Lemon Playing Games II, 1999$2.2kSign up
2000s 15 works
- Sold
- 14 of 15
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 12 in (24 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (10), Acrylic (4), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 UNTITLED, 2000Unsold
2000 MILLENNIUM SERIES, RED$1.5kSign up
2000 Green (from the Millennium series)$572Sign up
2000 MILLENNIUM SERIES, RED$975Sign up
2000 MILLENIUM SERIES - BLUE II, 2000$1.6kSign up
2000 MILLENNIUM SERIES RED, 2000 (GUNN 61)$2.2kSign up
2000 RED, FROM MILLENIUM SERIES$1.4kSign up
2001 JANUARY 2001, 2001$9.4kSign up
2001 5 Lines$3.5kSign up
2001 Sunghrie II, 2001 (Gunn 76)$2.1kSign up
2001 Red Playing Games III, 2001$1.2kSign up
2002 CONFRONTATION III, 2002$2.3kSign up
Show 3 more (2000s)
2003 Wind Dance No.2$2.1kSign up
2003 Water Dance (Porthmear 4)$505Sign up
2004 WIND DANCE SERIES No. III, 2004$1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
16 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 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 10.5 in (20 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (1), Screenprint (1), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 Slioch$6.3kSign up
sold 2008 November V (Gunn 34)$1.4kSign up
sold 2008 Palinure Campagna (Red Canyon)Unsold
sold 2008 Constructed Painting (Entrance No 3)$7.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 12 of 12
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 22.5 in (57 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (10), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 Vision in Time V$780Sign up
sold 2021 PORTRAIT OF MRS. ROGERS - SLOOP INN, CIRCA 1945$13.7kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$854Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2024 GROUND SWELL 2, NOVEMBER 1976$7.3kSign up
sold 2025 WATER DANCE (PORTHMEOR) VII$650Sign up
sold 2026 CONSTRUCTION SERIES I, 2006$1.2kSign up
sold 2026 WIND DANCE SERIES No. V, 2006$2.2kSign up
sold 2026 WHITE CIRCLE SERIES III, 2006$2.2kSign 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 Wilhelmina Barns-Graham auction results →