Barry Cleavin: career timeline

New Zealand · 1939–2026 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 46 lots (80% 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.

Barry Cleavin: 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
1960s	5	4	$277Sign up	Etching
1970s	24	15	$213Sign up	Etching
1980s	4	3	$161Sign up	Etching
1990s	4	4	$167Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $277Sign up
Average: $259Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 9.5 in (34 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Etching (4), Aquatint (1)
Subjects: —

1966 Fragment IV$304Sign up
1966 Somnolence$251Sign up
1966 Kaitawa$149Sign up
1967 A Leaf from Leonardo’s Book$333Sign up
1967 A Leaf from Leonardo’s BookUnsold

1970s 24 works

Sold: 15 of 24
Median: $213Sign up
Average: $264Sign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8 in (29 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Etching (21), Acrylic (1), Engraving (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1)

Show 12 more (1970s)

1973 Tightrope 1Unsold
1973 Tightrope 3$82Sign up
1973 Tightrope 5Unsold
1974 Euphoria$123Sign up
1974 A Small Bull Being Tormented By A Lady$419Sign up
1975 For the Executive Suite, No. 4, The Dance$430Sign up
1975 Otago Peninsula and Building$432Sign up
1976 Ladies Handgun$266Sign up
1976 Untitled$181Sign up
1976 It’s So Good – It Goes Further$271Sign up
1976 Otago Peninsula and Building$181Sign up
1979 From A DrawingUnsold

1980s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $161Sign up
Average: $283Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 15.5 in (34 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Holocaust/Hollow Cast$123Sign up
1982 BloodstockUnsold
1983 Calculator to send you around the twist$161Sign up
1983 Designed to drive you up the wall$564Sign up

1990s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $167Sign up
Average: $302Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 12.5 in (38 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Birds (1), Cattle & animals (1)

1992 But a Shadow of It’s Former Self$152Sign up
1993 Of Birds, Of Feather, Of Stone Or Crow$182Sign up
1997 Tsubu$72Sign up
1997 The Hungry Sheep Look Up 1, 2, 3$803Sign up

Creation date not recorded

9 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 2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $314Sign up
Average: $314Sign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 7.5 in (27 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2016 Popular Illusions, A Print Cycle for Marcel Duchamp$284Sign up
sold 2018 Girl with No Head Leaning on Parallel Bars$345Sign up
sold 2018 H/C – CameoUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $126Sign up
Average: $122Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (6)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (2)

sold 2022 Tightrope 1, 2, 5$137Sign up
sold 2026 Small Bull Being Tormented by a Lady$145Sign up
sold 2026 Small Bull Being Tormented by a Lady$139Sign up
sold 2026 Exactitude$109Sign up
sold 2026 Felis in Four Stone Cold Entablature$85Sign up
sold 2026 The Australian & the Immigrant$115Sign 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 Barry Cleavin auction results →