Alfred Thoba: career timeline

South African · 1951–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 23 lots (86% 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.

Alfred Thoba: 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
1970s	1	0	—	Oil
1980s	2	0	—	Oil
1990s	6	5	$8.6kSign up	Oil
2000s	6	6	$3.9kSign up	Oil
2010s	4	3	$4.4kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 27 × 31 in (69 × 79 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1976 1976 Raioters are Faighting, to get Afrikaneries Back to Gaverning Office in South Africa as They Have Sycology, of Preventing People Wish Eat Human Beang's Meat (sic)Unsold

1980s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 25.5 × 35.5 in (65 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1984 The Apple TreeUnsold
1987 Natural MarriagesUnsold

1990s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $8.6kSign up
Average: $23.1kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 30.5 in (61 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Fruits of Life$86.5kSign up
1991 Punishing a Woman$8.6kSign up
1993 Petrol Tank Explodes, Granny LivesUnsold
1995 A Pastor Welcoming the Congregation$10.3kSign up
1995 Someone's (sic) Lonely Life$2.9kSign up
1995 A Pastor Welcoming the Congregation$7.3kSign up

2000s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 18.5 in (54 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2003 Bayo Thuala (An Evil II)$2kSign up · sold 2×
2007 Black man with a Mirror in Centre of his Body Protecting Eyes and Hands$3.8kSign up
2007 They blaind a caple and kill them in same of dark erears papors of abnomalty of evil muthis, 2007 of his body protecting eyes and hands (sic)$3.2kSign up
2008 Lovers by Candlelight$4.2kSign up
2008 As Private Romance$4kSign up
2009 Three Mine Workers working "Riskfully" Fighting to get Overtime$4kSign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 23.5 in (47 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

2011 Method of Widows$2.3kSign up
2012 ZCC Multicultural School$5.9kSign up
2015 Erotic CompositionUnsold
2015 ZCC Congregation$4.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $7.2kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 25.5 in (51 × 65 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 God may You, can You ...Unsold
sold 2022 Shepards are my Herrors (sic)$8.3kSign up
sold 2022 Vision with a Lover$6.1kSign 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 Alfred Thoba auction results →