William Johnstone: career timeline
British · 1897–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 61 lots (38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 0 | — | Watercolor |
| 1920s | 6 | 6 | $2.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $11.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | — | Drawing |
| 1970s | 14 | 11 | $779Sign up | Drawing |
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1910s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 14 × 10 in (36 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1920s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $5.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 30 in (64 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1)
1920 WORKSHOP -1920$2.4kSign up
1922 VIOLET$2kSign up
1925 DARK BORDERS LANDSCAPE, 1925$2.8kSign up
1925 DARK HILLS (ROMANTIC LANDSCAPE)$957Sign up
1926 UNTITLED$15.2kSign up · sold 2×
1926 STILL LIFE BY A WINDOW$10.9kSign up
1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $11.8kSign up
- Average
- $11.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 30 in (64 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
1956 BORDERS LANDSCAPE$11.8kSign up
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 9 in (34 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1967 MOVEMENT IN BLACK IUnsold
1970s 14 works
- Sold
- 11 of 14
- Median
- $779Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 23 in (64 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (9), Oil (5)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1970 EILDON MOVEMENT$442Sign up
1971 LANDSCAPE TORSOUnsold
1972 COMPOSITION$5.3kSign up
1972 UNTITLED$2kSign up
1974 TORSO I, 1974$623Sign up
1974 STUDY FOR A PORTRAIT, 1974$2.5kSign up
1975 UNTITLED 2, 1975Unsold
1975 BLACK AND RED III, 1975$779Sign up
1975 A BORDER LANDSCAPE III$677Sign up
1975 MOVEMENT IN BLACK II$399Sign up
1975 BLACK AND RED II$399Sign up
1975 BLACK AND RED I$790Sign up
Show 2 more (1970s)
1976 STANDING STONEUnsold
1976 UNTITLED$5.2kSign up
Creation date not recorded
37 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 2020s 37 works
- Sold
- 35 of 37
- Median
- $818Sign up
- Average
- $2.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 21.5 in (55 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (22), Oil (10), Watercolor (5)
- Subjects
- Abstract (12), Landscapes (7), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 SELKIRK$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 COMPOSITION$9.9kSign up
sold 2021 UNTITLED$515Sign up
sold 2021 UNTITLED (BORDERS LANDSCAPE)$726Sign up
sold 2021 UNTITLED ABSTRACT$694Sign up
sold 2021 PICNEE$486Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 COMPOSITION$4.6kSign up
sold 2022 UNTITLED (ABSTRACT WITH CIRCLES)$611Sign up
sold 2022 UNTITLED (ABSTRACT)$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 UNTITLED$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 UNTITLED$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 COMPOSITION$6.1kSign up
…and 25 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 William Johnstone auction results →