William McCance: career timeline

British · 1894–1970 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 47 lots (61% 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.

William McCance: 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
1920s	5	5	$2kSign up	Drawing
1930s	9	7	$943Sign up	Drawing
1940s	7	7	$1.7kSign up	Oil
1950s	4	3	$502Sign up	Print (other)
1960s	2	2	$1.8kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 12.5 in (39 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Pastel (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1925 CROUCHING FIGURE$1.3kSign up
1926 SEATED NUDE$707Sign up
1927 LUCY READING$2kSign up
1927 ABSTRACT FIGURE$4.1kSign up
1927 PARADISE NEAR PAINSWICK$12.6kSign up

1930s 9 works

Sold: 7 of 9
Median: $943Sign up
Average: $869Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 11.5 in (35 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (8), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1930 FOUR NUDE STUDIESUnsold · sold 2×
1930 THREE RED NUDE STUDIES$446Sign up · sold 2×
1930 TWO NUDE STUDIESUnsold · sold 2×
1930 TWO NUDE STUDIES$737Sign up
1930 PORTRAIT OF AGNES MILLER PARKER; BLUE NUDE IN AN ORKNEY CHAIR$703Sign up
1930 NUDE STUDY$970Sign up
1930 NUDE BACK$1.1kSign up
1930 FEMALE NUDE$1.1kSign up
1935 RHYTHMICAL FIGURE$943Sign up

1940s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 15 in (37 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1950s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $502Sign up
Average: $551Sign up
Typical size: 12 × 9.5 in (31 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (3), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1950 TWO PRINTS: THE CENSOR - 1949 & THE CENSOR NO. 2Unsold
1955 FIGURE IN GREEN AND BLACK$502Sign up
1955 IMPROVISED SEATED FIGURE$670Sign up
1955 CENSOR SKETCH NO.10$479Sign up

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 15.5 in (53 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1961 FORCE X, OR DIKS RAC (THE ACCIDENTAL APPROACH)$1.5kSign up
1962 SELF PORTRAIT$2.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

17 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $3.9kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 13.5 in (26 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2019 FRUIT COMPOSITION$5.3kSign up
sold 2019 TIMBERSCOMBE$2.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold: 12 of 15
Median: $846Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 10.5 in (26 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (8), Oil (3), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2020 HEAD STUDY - LUCY$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 STILL LIFE WITH JUG AND FRUIT$1.8kSign up
sold 2023 SIAMESE CAT$423Sign up
sold 2024 THREE CAT SKETCHES$502Sign up
sold 2024 THREE DRAWINGS: SCRUBBING; WORKING; SLEEPING$770Sign up
sold 2024 INITIALS FOR 'THE FABLES OF ESOPE'$921Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2024 TREES$1.5kSign up
sold 2025 TENT SHELTER ON THE LAWN, SUMMERHILL, LYME REGIS$3kSign up
sold 2025 SEATED WOMAN$2kSign up
sold 2025 FORBIDDEN FRUIT$600Sign up
sold 2025 STILL LIFE (FIGURE AND FRUIT)Unsold
sold 2025 RESTING CATUnsold

…and 3 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 McCance auction results →