Barbara Tribe: career timeline

Australian · 1913–2000 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 31 lots (97% 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 Tribe: 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
1930s	12	10	$17.9kSign up	Sculpture
1950s	3	1	$572Sign up	Other
1960s	2	2	$380Sign up	Gouache
1970s	6	6	$1.4kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	3	3	$404Sign up	Drawing
1990s	3	2	$14.4kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 12 works

Sold: 10 of 12
Median: $17.9kSign up
Average: $21.9kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 15 in (42 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (8), Other (4)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Figures & portraits (1)

1950s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $572Sign up
Average: $572Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18.5 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Drawing (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $380Sign up
Average: $380Sign up
Typical size: 22 × 15 in (56 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1960 Caterpillar and Fuchsia,' September$234Sign up
1969 Maria Asleep$525Sign up

1970s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 12.5 in (26 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1973 Toads Mating$636Sign up
1973 Nong 1973$5kSign up
1973 Malinee, Thailand$1.6kSign up
1973 Marie Asleep$2.2kSign up
1974 Malinee in a Chair$1.3kSign up
1976 Bouquet with Red Carnations$208Sign up

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $404Sign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Other (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

1981 Misty View of the City from Across the Harbour, near Lane Cove, NSW$120Sign up
1988 Lovers II 1936-37, cast 1988$17.8kSign up
1989 The Blue Jug with Dahlias$404Sign up · sold 2×

1990s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $14.4kSign up
Average: $14.4kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 7 in (29 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 5.5 × 9.5 in (14 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Baby Paul Turney$2.1kSign 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 Barbara Tribe auction results →