Barbara Balmer: career timeline

British · 1929–2017 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 6 of 23 lots (27% 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.

Barbara Balmer: 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
1950s	1	1	$384Sign up	Oil
1970s	2	2	$2.4kSign up	Watercolor
1980s	1	1	$622Sign up	Oil
2000s	2	2	$648Sign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $384Sign up
Average: $384Sign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15.5 in (50 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1950 WOMAN WITH BROOCH$384Sign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 20.5 in (69 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1976 SELF-PORTRAIT, 1976$3.1kSign up
1977 DANCING SHOES, 1977$1.7kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $622Sign up
Average: $622Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 22 in (46 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1980 PALE NUDE, 1980$622Sign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $648Sign up
Average: $648Sign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 29.5 in (58 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2001 HALLWAY AND A WHITE DOVE PREENING$639Sign up
2002 MIDSUMMER POSIE, 2002$656Sign up

Creation date not recorded

16 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 16 works

Sold: 15 of 16
Median: $845Sign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 22.5 in (71 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (9), Oil (4), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (4)

sold 2020 EXOTIC STILL LIFE$392Sign up
sold 2020 CARNATIONS$456Sign up
sold 2020 Flowers Posing$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 HAT FULL OF CHERRIES$658Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2022 UNTITLED (BLINDFOLD)$763Sign up
sold 2022 BALLET SLIPPERS$458Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 SUNNY STILL LIFE$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 POSIE WITH CRABAPPLE BOUGH$845Sign up
sold 2023 FRUITS FROM MANOLO - ALMUNECAR, ANDALUCIA$984Sign up
sold 2023 THE WASHING BALLET$6.1kSign up
sold 2024 LITTLE STILL LIFE$478Sign up
sold 2024 MARQUEE IN A WALLED GARDEN$4.5kSign up

…and 4 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 Barbara Balmer auction results →