Prunella Clough Auction Prices and Value Guide
Prunella Clough auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 418 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Prunella Clough auction prices: quick answer
Prunella Clough auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Prunella Clough
- Source records
- 418
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Prunella Clough
Prunella Clough (1919–1999) was a British painter, printmaker, and draftsman whose career spanned more than five decades. Born in London, she studied at the Chelsea School of Art and became recognized for paintings and prints that drew on industrial landscapes, urban fragments, and everyday objects. Over time her work moved toward increasing abstraction while retaining close observation of texture and surface. Clough received the Jerwood Prize for painting and was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at Tate Britain. Her work is held in major public collections including Tate and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Collectors encounter her work at auction across a substantial secondary market, with over four hundred recorded lot appearances.
oil paintingprintmakingdrawingassemblageindustrial and urban landscapesabstracted forms from everyday objects
Common works and media
Clough's auction record includes oil paintings on canvas and board, screenprints and lithographs, watercolors and ink drawings, and constructed assemblages incorporating found materials. Her paintings often feature abstracted urban or industrial motifs with richly worked surfaces. Prints are typically produced in editions and appear regularly at auction. Assemblages, while less common, reflect her interest in collected objects and mixed media.
Market and appraisal context
Prunella Clough's work appears regularly in the British and international auction market. Oil paintings on canvas typically carry the strongest demand, while prints, works on paper, and smaller compositions appear more frequently and at more accessible estimates. Provenance linking a work to notable collections or exhibitions can materially influence its value. Condition, medium, date of execution, and whether the work dates from her recognized mature period are standard factors in appraisal. Collectors should also note that Clough's assemblages, though rarer at auction, represent a distinct part of her output that may carry premium interest.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Post-War British Paintings
- Modern British Prints
Value drivers
- Museum-held artist with Tate and MoMA representation
- 418 recorded auction appearances indicate established secondary market
- Medium and support affect value: oil on canvas generally commands higher prices than works on paper or prints
- Provenance and exhibition history can significantly affect appraisal
Appraisal caveats
- Exact death date not confirmed from available sources; only death year (1999) is reliably attested.
- Specific auction price ranges and recent sale records are not available from the collected source pack and should be verified through auction databases.
- Movement or school affiliation is not explicitly stated in the collected sources; Clough is broadly characterized as a post-war British artist.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
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