Bill Culbert: career timeline

New Zealand · 1935–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 54 of 79 lots (68% 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.

Bill Culbert: 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	4	2	$1.4kSign up	Oil
1970s	8	7	$6.7kSign up	Other
1980s	6	5	$1.6kSign up	Photograph
1990s	8	8	$1.9kSign up	Other
2000s	22	14	$784Sign up	Photograph
2010s	4	4	$1.3kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 40.5 × 50 in (103 × 127 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1970s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Lithograph (3), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1971 Bulb Box, Shadow I$10.8kSign up
1974 Bulb Box Reflection 1$10.4kSign up
1975 Bulb Reflection II$6.7kSign up
1978 Moonlight Creek No. I$2.9kSign up
1978 Five Cubes to Black: Daylight to Nighlight$17.5kSign up
1979 Small Glass Pouring LightUnsold
1979 Small Glass Pouring Light, France$1kSign up
1979 100 years of the LIGHT BULB$714Sign up

1980s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 11 in (30 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1982 GOLD SPHERE, 1982$1.6kSign up
1985 Decanter$1.4kSign up
1987 Decant$899Sign up
1987 DecantUnsold
1987 Decant$1.8kSign up
1987 Untitled (Decanter)$2.1kSign up

1990s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.5kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 17 in (33 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Photograph (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

1990 Two Green$6.4kSign up
1991 Jug Spill$1.7kSign up
1991 Pinot Noir$817Sign up
1992 East Coast, North Island, 1992$1.8kSign up
1992 Sugar$2.1kSign up · sold 2×
1993 GALAXY RWB, 1993$1.3kSign up
1993 Small Glass Pouring Light, August 1979$2.1kSign up
1994 SHELL RED YELLOW BLUE, 1994$3.4kSign up

2000s 22 works

Sold: 14 of 22
Median: $784Sign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 14 in (41 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (14), Lithograph (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (4), Sunsets & night (2)

2000 Half Light$677Sign up
2000 Half Light$677Sign up
2000 Half LightUnsold
2001 Bonbonne with Landscape, France 2001$2.4kSign up
2002 Lampshade FramesUnsold
2002 Bonbonne with Landscape$3.8kSign up
2002 Lampshade FramesUnsold
2002 Car Tyre Mat$776Sign up
2002 Lampshade FramesUnsold
2002 Tyre with Pole$590Sign up
2002 Almond Tree$590Sign up
2002 Bonbonne with landscape, France$892Sign up

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2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 24 in (45 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

2012 Bucket, Croagnes$1.2kSign up
2012 Bucket, Croagnes$1.4kSign up
2012 Bucket, Croagnes$820Sign up
2012 Bucket, Croagnes$1.6kSign up · sold 2×

Creation date not recorded

25 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 14 works

Sold: 8 of 14
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9), Other (5)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Harbours & ports (1)

sold 2010 Wine Work, France$2.1kSign up
sold 2011 Bonbonne with Landscape, Almond Tree, Rail Line on Road (Port Chalmers), Brick and Stone Building, Car Tyre Bonbonne, Lampshade Frames, Tyre with Pole (Greymouth), Wall Light, UntitledUnsold
sold 2011 Tree with Plank, IUnsold
sold 2012 Rail Line on RoadUnsold
sold 2013 Car tyre bonbonneUnsold
sold 2013 Brick and stone buildingUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2013 UntitledUnsold
sold 2013 Three Sisters$4.5kSign up
sold 2017 Red Tomato Hokitika, Yellow Sunlight Gisborne, Blue Petroleum Careys Bay$9.6kSign up
sold 2017 Bonbonne (Wire, String on Wood)$2.8kSign up
sold 2017 Bonbonne (Plastic and Straw Inside)$2.1kSign up
sold 2017 Bonbonne (Plaited Grass Cane Handle I)$2.8kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Other (7), Photograph (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Rail line on road$422Sign up
sold 2020 Bill Culbert (New Zealand$774Sign up
sold 2020 White III$5.9kSign up
sold 2020 Dawn – Piha$2.1kSign up
sold 2021 Yellow Still Life$5kSign up
sold 2023 Brick and stone building$489Sign up

Show 5 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Slate SamsoniteUnsold
sold 2025 Wine Work$1.6kSign up
sold 2025 Strait (Manukau 7)$7.9kSign up
sold 2025 East Coast, North Island$2.1kSign up
sold 2025 Small Glass Pouring Light$4kSign 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 Bill Culbert auction results →