Billy Apple: career timeline
New Zealand · 1935–2021 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 88 lots (33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11 | 6 | $711Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $152Sign up | Screenprint |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | $1kSign up | Screenprint |
| 1990s | 9 | 6 | $1kSign up | Screenprint |
| 2000s | 6 | 4 | $327Sign up | Screenprint |
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1960s 11 works
- Sold
- 6 of 11
- Median
- $711Sign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 26.5 in (58 × 67 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Screenprint (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1962 Portrait of the Artist in a Drip-Dry Suit 1962/64$207Sign up
1964 CutUnsold
1964 CutUnsold
1964 CutUnsold
1964 Cut$6.4kSign up
1965 Rainbow (Left)$630Sign up
1965 Untitled - Rainbow$793Sign up
1965 UntitledUnsold
1965 Untitled - RainbowUnsold
1967 Forty Years: 1962 - 2002$1kSign up
1967 Kite$245Sign up
1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $152Sign up
- Average
- $152Sign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 16 in (59 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- —
1979 Exposé: 17 Nov., 1979$152Sign up
1980s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 26 in (47 × 67 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2)
- Subjects
- —
1980 Numbered and Signed$1kSign up
1980 Forty Years: 1962 - 2002Unsold
1990s 9 works
- Sold
- 6 of 9
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 22 in (39 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (8), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1991 1 of 500 (1991)Unsold
1991 Bartered$908Sign up
1992 I.O.U.$2.5kSign up
1993 PAID ( I.O.Mum)$1.6kSign up
1994 Forty Years: 1962 - 2002Unsold
1997 Red Apple$958Sign up
1997 Paid: The Artist Has to Live Like Everybody Else$1.1kSign up
1997 Untitled$342Sign up
1997 UntitledUnsold
2000s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $327Sign up
- Average
- $617Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 12.5 in (25 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (4), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Art for Aids$367Sign up
2000 The Artist Has To Live Like Everybody ElseUnsold
2004 AUCTIONED$1.6kSign up
2004 AuctionedUnsold
2006 Art for Youthline$287Sign up
2006 Art for Youthline$229Sign up
Creation date not recorded
59 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 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $10kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (2), Acrylic (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2007 Rainbow with Waterfall$36.1kSign up
sold 2008 UntitledUnsold
sold 2008 Working Drawing for From the Art and Text Collection$1.3kSign up
sold 2008 Paid: The Artist Has To Live Like Everybody Else$832Sign up
sold 2009 PAID (I. O. Mum)$1.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 22 works
- Sold
- 14 of 22
- Median
- $815Sign up
- Average
- $4.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 11.5 in (42 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (14), Other (5), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 Billy Apple TMUnsold
sold 2012 As Good As Gold$339Sign up
sold 2012 As Good As Gold$194Sign up
sold 2012 Sutton Baron Cabernet Sauvignon/MerlotUnsold
sold 2012 Numbered and Signed$1.6kSign up
sold 2013 The Artist Has to Live Like Everybody ElseUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2013 PAIDUnsold
sold 2013 As Good As Gold$154Sign up
sold 2013 Paid: The Artist Has To Live Like Everybody Else$675Sign up
sold 2013 Numbered and Signed: The Given as an Art-Political Statement$727Sign up
sold 2014 PAID$918Sign up
sold 2014 Sold$49.7kSign up
…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 32 works
- Sold
- 25 of 32
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 15 in (56 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (15), Other (13), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Tales of Gold (Gold Standard)$25.6kSign up
sold 2020 PAID: The artist has to live like everybody else$899Sign up
sold 2020 PAID$1.2kSign up
sold 2021 Paid$1.6kSign up
sold 2021 From A Private Collection$8.2kSign up
sold 2021 The Bruce and Denny ShowUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Numbered and Signed$2.2kSign up
sold 2021 Paid$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 The Artist Has To Live Like Everybody Else$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Numbered and Signed$2.6kSign up
sold 2022 Art Free for the Taking$310Sign up
sold 2022 Billy Apple R$1.6kSign up
…and 20 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 Billy Apple auction results →