Arthur Murch: career timeline
Australian · 1902–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 70 lots (51% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 3 | 3 | $543Sign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 7 | 6 | $3.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $675Sign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 7 | 6 | $1.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 10 | 7 | $543Sign up | Pastel |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $418Sign up | Oil |
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1920s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $543Sign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 14.5 in (32 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1920 Country House$471Sign up
c. 1928 St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney$543Sign up
c. 1929 Study for Project Mural of the Macarthur Family$2kSign up · sold 2×
1930s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 14.5 in (43 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1)
1930 Nude in the Landscape,' c$383Sign up
1930 Portrait Bust of Colin James Conacher,' c$529Sign up
1930 PORTRAIT OF O.S. MAUND 1930$8.5kSign up
1930 At the Well, Kneeling Figure c1930$5.5kSign up
c. 1935 Afternoon Sun$1.6kSign up
c. 1939 Portrait of Phyllis BrodziakUnsold
1939 Bathing Nude$5.2kSign up
1940s 3 works
1950s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 21 in (41 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1), Beach scenes (1)
c. 1950 Family Group$3.2kSign up
c. 1950 Mother Plaiting Her Daughter's HairUnsold
c. 1950 Rural Scene with Country Home & Willow Trees$652Sign up
1950 George Wallace (Portrait Study)' c$488Sign up
c. 1955 Eurynome - Earth Goddess$1.1kSign up
1956 Study of Ria Murch and Michelle 1956 oil on board$1.2kSign up
c. 1957 Beach Group,' c$2.8kSign up
1960s 10 works
- Sold
- 7 of 10
- Median
- $543Sign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 15 in (42 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (3), Oil (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1960 Woman Drying Herself on the Beach, 1960s/70s$543Sign up
c. 1960 Nude Study$72Sign up
c. 1960 Stream with Overhanging TreesUnsold
c. 1960 Avalon Pattern,' cUnsold
c. 1960 Nude Looking in Mirror,' c$126Sign up
1960 Nude, cUnsold · sold 2×
c. 1961 Helga$580Sign up
c. 1963 Operation Centipede$6kSign up
c. 1963 Dance Fantasy$3.3kSign up
1965 Alpulurgna, Pintupi Man$138Sign up
1970s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $418Sign up
- Average
- $384Sign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 17.5 in (66 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1970 Lily Wilson$471Sign up
c. 1970 Tapestry Trees,' c$418Sign up
1972 Angophora Study [Avalon, NSW]$261Sign up
Creation date not recorded
32 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 2000s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $6.4kSign up
- Average
- $6.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 16 in (43 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1)
sold 2009 Study of Wet ChildrenUnsold
sold 2009 Mother and Child at the Beach$1.8kSign up
sold 2009 Arrival of the First Fleet (Study for the Overseas Terminal Mural)$11kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 13 in (30 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Sculpture (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Beach scenes (2), Sea & coast (1)
sold 2014 (Crouching Female Figure)Unsold
sold 2014 (Crouching Female Figure)Unsold
sold 2015 (Crouching Female Figure)$2.7kSign up
sold 2017 (Mother and Children on the Beach)$1.8kSign up
sold 2018 Sea Gully$1.8kSign up
sold 2018 Beach Scene with Mother and Two Children$3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works
- Sold
- 22 of 23
- Median
- $547Sign up
- Average
- $898Sign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 15 in (36 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (15), Sculpture (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (8), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 The Yellow Dress$4kSign up
sold 2020 Nundle Hills [NSW]$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 Nude on Beach Towel$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 Central Australia$2.1kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 Cat Scratching$837Sign up
sold 2020 (2)$35Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2020 (3)$63Sign up
sold 2020 Mother Drying Child at the Beach$499Sign up
sold 2020 Mother & Son Above the Beach$1.6kSign up
sold 2021 Lily$272Sign up
sold 2021 Pintupi Man$290Sign up
sold 2022 Boys and Waterfall$1.4kSign up
…and 11 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 Arthur Murch auction results →