Dennis Creffield Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Dennis Creffield Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 12, 2024
Dennis Creffield (1931 - 2018), a charcoal head study
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (1931 - 20180 A charcoal head study Charcoal on paper Signed and dated lower right, 'Dennis Creffield 78' Dimensions: (frame) 32.5 in. (H) x 25.5 in. (W) (paper) 22 in. (H) x 14.5 in. (W)
Sloane Street Auctions
Mar. 26, 2024
§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931-2018)
Est: £500 - £800
DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931-2018) Caernarfon Castle II signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '01' (lower right) mixed media on paper 29 x 56.5 cm. (11 1/4 x 22 1/4 in.)
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 26, 2024
§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931-2018)
Est: £500 - £800
DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931-2018) Caernarfon Castle I signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '01' (lower right) mixed media on paper 29.5 x 56.5 cm. (11 7/8 x 22 1/4 in.)
Chiswick Auctions
Mar. 12, 2024
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - Gunton Tower, 1992; charcoal on
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - Gunton Tower, 1992; charcoal on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Dennis Creffield 92' and signed again, titled and dated on the reverse, 77.4 x 57 cm (unframed) (ARR) Provenance: with Albemarle Gallery, London; private collection Note: Gunton Tower is part of Guton Hall, a large country house in Norfolk. This work was made following the artist's successful series of works depicting English cathedrals in the 1980s, commissioned by the Arts Council. The resulting works were exhibited at a Touring Exhibition which started at the Hayward Gallery in 1988, with a related book 'English Cathedrals: Drawings by Dennis Creffield' with a foreword by R.B. Kitaj. A series of works depicting French cathedrals were exhibited at the Albemarle Gallery in 1991. The catalogue of this show was written by Richard Cork. Creffield exhibited and worked with the Borough Group collective, based in the Borough area of South London. This group included Lilian Holt, Miles Peter Richmond and Dorothy Mead, and they were hugely inspired in their practice by their teacher David Bomberg.
Roseberys
Mar. 12, 2024
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - St Paul's, 1989; charcoal on pap
Est: £1,500 - £2,000
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - St Paul's, 1989; charcoal on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Dennis Creffield 89', 86 x 64 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Albemarle Gallery, London, no.90429; private collection, gifted by the above Note: this is one of a number of important works by Creffield made in the late 1980s, after he was commissioned by the Arts Council to make works of every cathedral in England. The resulting works were exhibited at a Touring Exhibition which started at the Hayward Gallery in 1988, with a related book 'English Cathedrals: Drawings by Dennis Creffield' with a foreword by R.B. Kitaj. A series of works depicting French cathedrals were exhibited at the Albemarle Gallery in 1991. The catalogue of this show was written by Richard Cork. Creffield exhibited and worked with the Borough Group collective, based in the Borough area of South London. This group included Lilian Holt, Miles Peter Richmond and Dorothy Mead, and they were hugely inspired in their practice by their teacher David Bomberg.
Roseberys
Dec. 12, 2023
Â§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018)
Est: £500 - £700
Â§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018) DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018) Carreg Cennen Castle, Carmarthenshire signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '02' (lower right) charcoal 55 x 70 cm. (21 5/8 x 27 1/2 in.) Provenance With New Academy Gallery, London
Chiswick Auctions
Dec. 12, 2023
Â§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Â§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018) DENNIS CREFFIELD (BRITISH, 1931â2018) Westminster Abbey: from the Cloisters signed twice, titled and dated 'Dennis Creffield/WESTIMINSTER ABBEY 1948/THE CLOISTERS/DENNIS CREFFIELD' (verso); further signed and inscribed 'DENIS CREFFIELD' (to a label attached verso) oil on board 76 x 60.5 cm. (29 7/8 x 23 3/4 in.) Provenance With Flowers Gallery, London
Chiswick Auctions
Nov. 29, 2023
Dennis Creffield, Study of Queen Elizabeth as Titania, 1989;
Est: £400 - £600
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - Study of Queen Elizabeth as Titania, 1989; charcoal on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Dennis Creffield 89', 84 x 60 cm (ARR) Exhibited: Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham, 'Dennis Creffield: A Midsummer Night's Dream', 10th March - 15th April, 1989 no.11 illus. p.17
Roseberys
Nov. 29, 2023
Dennis Creffield, St Paul's, 1989;
Est: £2,500 - £3,000
Dennis Creffield, British 1931–2018 - St Paul's, 1989; charcoal on paper, signed and dated lower right 'Dennis Creffield 89', 86 x 64 cm (ARR) Provenance: with Albemarle Gallery, London, no.90429; private collection, gifted by the above Note: this is one of a number of important works by Creffield made in the late 1980s, after he was commissioned by the Arts Council to make works of every cathedral in England. The resulting works were exhibited at a Touring Exhibition which started at the Hayward Gallery in 1988, with a related book 'English Cathedrals: Drawings by Dennis Creffield' with a foreword by R.B. Kitaj. A series of works depicting French cathedrals were exhibited at the Albemarle Gallery in 1991. The catalogue of this show was written by Richard Cork. Creffield exhibited and worked with the Borough Group collective, based in the Borough area of South London. This group included Lilian Holt, Miles Peter Richmond and Dorothy Mead, and they were hugely inspired in their practice by their teacher David Bomberg.
Roseberys
Oct. 27, 2023
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Chartres Cathedral, 1990
Est: £700 - £1,000
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Chartres Cathedral, 1990 signed and dated in pencil (lower right), charcoal on paper (79cm x 59cm (31 1/8in x 23 1/4in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Jul. 29, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £200 - £400
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Giggleswick School Chapel signed 'Dennis Creffield' (lower right); dated 'II.IV.94' (lower left) charcoal 72 x 53cm
Cheffins
Jul. 01, 2021
Dennis Creffield (British, 1931-2018) Winchester Cathedral charcoal on paper, unsigned 32½ x 23in. (82.5 x 58.4cm.) *Good condition.
Est: £300 - £400
Dennis Creffield (British, 1931-2018) Winchester Cathedral charcoal on paper, unsigned 32 1/2 x 23in. (82.5 x 58.4cm.) *Good condition.
Martel Maides
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £600 - £800
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Standing female nude oil on board 90 x 59cm Footnote: FA133
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £300 - £500
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Chapel Interior signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '94' (lower right) charcoal 76.5 x 55cm
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £600 - £800
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) York Cathedral, the East End and Chapter House charcoal 61 x 85cm
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £500 - £800
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Giggleswick School Chapel signed 'Dennis Creffield' (lower right); dated 'II.IV.94' (lower left) charcoal 73 x 53cm
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Giggleswick School Chapel signed 'Dennis Creffield' (lower right); dated 'II.IV.94' (lower left) charcoal 72 x 53cm
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Hong Kong: from Robinson Road signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield 97' (lower right) charcoal 76 x 56cm Footnote: Provenance: With Flowers East, London
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £500 - £700
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Ripon Cathedral: The West Front, 1987 charcoal 76 x 56cm Footnote: Provenance: United Oxford & Cambridge Universities Club, London With Flowers East, London Exhibited: London, Hayward Gallery, English Cathedrals: Creffield, 1988-1990, cat.no.53 "No artist has ever before drawn all the English medieval cathedrals - not even Turner. I've dreamed of doing so since I was a student" - Dennis Creffield Dennis Creffield’s artistic abilities were recognised from an early age and in 1947, aged just 16, he was offered a place to study under David Bomberg at the Borough Polytechnic. Under Bomberg, Creffield flourished, developing his own distinctive style and in 1949, he was made an official member of the Borough Group. Between 1957 and 1961, Creffield trained at the Slade School of Art, where he was awarded the Tonks Prize for Life Drawing and the Steer Medal for Landscape Painting. Upon the recommendation of Herbert Read, from 1964 to 1966 Creffield was the Geography Fellow in Art at the University of Leeds. In 1987, the South Bank Board, known today as the Arts Council, commissioned Creffield to record the twenty-six medieval cathedrals of England produced between 1040 and 1540. Although the commission took two years and a 10,000-mile cross-country journey in a caravan to complete, Creffield, having become captivated by ecclesiastical architecture, was not satisfied and continued to produce charcoal drawings of churches and cathedrals, both in the UK and on the continent, until the late 1990s. Describing the structures as being like “giants (or angels)” (English Cathedrals, South Bank Centre: London, 1987, p.6), Creffield aspired not to capture the buildings simply as they appeared, but rather aimed, through his spirited and intuitive mark making, to express the feeling of being in the presence of these behemoths, now naturalised like sleeping giants into the English landscape. Unrestricted by the limitations of commission, the charcoals created post-1987 demonstrate Creffield’s increased proclivity towards abstraction. Largely unrestricted by medium and subject, Creffield’s works are reliably vigorous, energetic and marked by their sense of immediacy. Today his work is held in major collections across the globe, including the Tate Gallery, the British Museum, and The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Cheffins
May. 27, 2021
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Giggleswick: Interior of the College Chapel signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield 94' (lower right) charcoal 76 x 56cm Footnote: Provenance: With Flowers East, London
Cheffins
Apr. 22, 2021
§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (1931-2018)
Est: £800 - £1,200
DENNIS CREFFIELD (1931-2018) Carlisle, from the South-West charcoal 101 x 92 cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4 in) EXHIBITED: London, Hayward Gallery, English Cathedrals: Certified no. 74, toured to Coventry, University of Warwick Arts Centre LITERATURE: D.Creffield, English Cathedrals, London, 1987, catalgue untraced
Chiswick Auctions
Apr. 22, 2021
§ DENNIS CREFFIELD (1931-2018)
Est: £800 - £1,200
DENNIS CREFFIELD (1931-2018) Southwell, the East end at sunrise charcoal 93 x 101 cm (36 1/2 x 39 3/4 in) EXHIBITED: London, Hayward Gallery, English Cathedrals: Certified, no. 102, toured to Coventry, University of Warwick Arts Centre LITERATURE: D.Creffield, English Cathedrals, London, 1987, catalgue untraced
Chiswick Auctions
Sep. 17, 2020
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) A Cathedral, possibly Ripon signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '97' (lower right) charcoal 55.5 x 75cm
Cheffins
Sep. 17, 2020
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £300 - £500
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Chapel signed and dated 'David Creffield '94' (lower right) charcoal 76 x 54cm
Cheffins
Sep. 17, 2020
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018)
Est: £400 - £600
§ Dennis Creffield (British 1931-2018) Skenfrith Castle signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '01' (lower right) mixed media 54 x 76cm
Cheffins
Dec. 04, 2018
Dennis Creffield (b.1931) Orford Ness Labs 4 and 5, Rain Coming on Autumn 1995 20 x 33in.
Est: £300 - £500
Dennis Creffield (b.1931) oil on canvas Orford Ness Labs 4 and 5, Rain Coming on Autumn 1995 signed and titled verso, Connaught Brown label verso 20 x 33in.
Gorringes
Oct. 03, 2018
Dennis Creffield (1931-2018) British. "Cranes and Gulls", Mixed Media, Signed and Dated '99, 29" x 21.5".
Est: £400 - £600
Dennis Creffield (1931-2018) British. "Cranes and Gulls", Mixed Media, Signed and Dated '99, 29" x 21.5".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Jan. 24, 2018
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- View of Durham Cathedral; charcoal on pap
Est: £500 - £700
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- View of Durham Cathedral; charcoal on paper, 92x101.5cm, (unframed) (ARR)
Roseberys
Jan. 12, 2016
Dennis Creffield (b.1931) - Cigerran Castle, Pembrokeshire
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Charcoal Signed and dated lower right 56 x 76 cm.(22 x 30 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Dreweatts 1759
Mar. 21, 2013
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Chrysler Building signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '93' (lower right) charcoal 29½ x 21½ in. (66.7 x 54.1 cm.)
Christie's
Feb. 09, 2013
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- "Paris
Est: £300 - £400
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- "Paris
Roseberys
Feb. 05, 2013
Dennis Creffield (b.1931)
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (b.1931) The interior of Southwell Minster Cathedral, Nottinghamshire signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '87' (lower right) black chalk 23¼ x 16¼ in. (59 x 41.3 cm.)
Christie's
Dec. 18, 2012
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- "Paris Notre
Est: £500 - £700
Dennis Creffield, British b.1931- "Paris Notre Dame, West Front"; charcoal, signed and dated '90 in pencil, 77x57cm, (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Roseberys
Dec. 04, 2012
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Durham: The West
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Durham: The West Towers, from the Monk's Garden, c. 1987-1990 Charcoal on paper 101 x 92cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4in). Exhibited: Hayward Gallery, Southbank, English Cathedrals: Creffield; and with The British Council Visual Arts Department.
Dreweatts 1759
Dec. 04, 2012
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) St. Albans, c. 1987
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) St. Albans, c. 1987 Charcoal on paper 101 x 92cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4in)
Dreweatts 1759
Dec. 04, 2012
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Ripon, West Front, c.
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Ripon, West Front, c. 1987 Charcoal on paper 101 x 92cm (39 3/4 x 36 1/4in)
Dreweatts 1759
Jul. 12, 2012
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Norwich Cathedral charcoal 36 x 39½ in. (91.4 x 100.3 cm.) Executed in 1987-88.
Christie's
Jul. 12, 2012
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931)
Est: £600 - £800
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Chrysler Building signed and dated 'Dennis Creffield '93' (lower right) charcoal 29¼ x 21½ in. (66.7 x 54.1 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 21, 2012
‡ Dennis Creffield (b.1931) Queen Elizabeth
Est: £200 - £300
‡ Dennis Creffield (b.1931) Queen Elizabeth as Titania Signed and dated 89 Charcoal 84 x 59cm; 33 x 23¼in ++Paper...
Woolley & Wallis
Feb. 08, 2011
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931)
Est: £800 - £1,200
Dennis Creffield (b. 1931) Petworth House: South end from East signed, inscribed and dated 'DENNIS CREFFIELD/PETWORTH HOUSE: S. END FROM E. 1991-92/DENNIS CREFFIELD' (on the reverse) oil on canvas 24 x 30 in. (61 x 76.2 cm.) Painted in 1991-92.
Christie's
Feb. 02, 2011
* Creffield (Dennis, 1931-). Worcester Cathedral,
Est: £700 - £1,000
* Creffield (Dennis, 1931-). Worcester Cathedral, the Interior Crossing from the Trancept, 1988, charcoal on paper, 86 x 61cm (34 x 24ins), framed and glazed, with title and date inscribed in pencil by the artist to reverse, and Hayward Gallery printed exhibition label for Dennis Creffield's exhibition of drawings of English Cathedrals, which toured the UK between 1988 and 1990. Dennis Creffield studied with David Bomberg at the Borough Polytechnic from 1948 to 1951, and at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1957 to 1961. He is best known for his powerful and expressive charcoal drawings of cathedrals, having been commissioned by the Arts Council in 1987 to draw all twenty-six medieval cathedrals in England. (1) PLEASE NOTE: Buyer's premium for this lot is 21%
Dominic Winter Auctions
Nov. 04, 2010
DENNIS CREFFIELD
Est: £800 - £1,200
DENNIS CREFFIELD B.1931 CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, INTERIOR I signed, dated '88 and inscribed CANTERBURY charcoal on paper 86.5 by 60.5cm.; 34 by 23¾in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 04, 2010
DENNIS CREFFIELD
Est: £600 - £800
DENNIS CREFFIELD B.1931 SEATED NUDE signed and dated 1960 ; also signed, titled and dated 1960 on the backboard charcoal on paper 79.5 by 57cm.; 31¼ by 22½in
Sotheby's
Nov. 04, 2010
DENNIS CREFFIELD
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
DENNIS CREFFIELD B.1931 YORK MINSTER signed and dated '88 charcoal on paper 100 by 92cm.; 39¼ by 36in.
Sotheby's
Nov. 04, 2010
DENNIS CREFFIELD
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
DENNIS CREFFIELD B.1931 GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL II signed and dated '88 charcoal on paper 101 by 92cm.; 39¾ by 36in.
Sotheby's
Mar. 23, 2010
Dennis Creffield (British, born 1931) 'Oxford, the East End, looking South-West'
Est: £800 - £1,200
'Oxford, the East End, looking South-West' charcoal 101 x 92.5cm (39 3/4 x 36 7/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 23, 2010
Dennis Creffield (British, born 1931) 'Saint Albans from the North East'
Est: £800 - £1,200
'Saint Albans from the North East' charcoal 101 x 92.5cm (39 3/4 x 36 7/16in).
Bonhams
Jun. 12, 2009
DENNIS CREFFIELD, SIGNED AND DATED '95, CHARCOAL
Est: £300 - £500
DENNIS CREFFIELD, SIGNED AND DATED '95, CHARCOAL DRAWING, Industrial Landscape, 21" x 281/2"
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