Brian Brake: career timeline
New Zealand · 1927–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 90 lots (39% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | 7 | $3.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 21 | 16 | $2.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $4.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $2kSign up | Photograph |
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1950s 10 works
- Sold
- 7 of 10
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (50 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
1951 Lake Mapourika - New Zealand, 1951.$3.9kSign up
1955 Pablo Picasso, son Claude and Jean Cocteau at a Bullfight , Vallauris, France, 1955$4.8kSign up
1955 The Bullfight - Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau at a Bullfight in Vallauris, South of France, Summer 1955$32.8kSign up
1956 Arab Woman - Shibham, Wadi Hadramawt, 1956Unsold
1956 Arab Woman - Shibham, Wadi Hadramawt, 1956.$2.2kSign up
1957 Ming Temple, Western Hill - Beijing, China 1957.$1kSign up
1957 Peking Opera - Beijing, China 1957.Unsold
1957 Poster Reading - Chengdu, China 1957.$1.7kSign up
1957 Lake Dian ChiUnsold
1958 Gathering Dyed Cloth on the Banks of the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad, India, 1958$3.4kSign up
1960s 21 works
- Sold
- 16 of 21
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 19.5 in (48 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (21)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1960 Monsoon clouds, Ganges Delta, India 1960Unsold
1960 Early monsoon rains, India 1960$1.5kSign up
1960 Monsoon clouds, Ganges Delta, India 1960$1.7kSign up
1960 Early monsoon rains, India 1960$1.7kSign up
1960 Indian Girl in Early Monsoon Rains, 1960$7.8kSign up
1960 Farmer waiting for the Rains - India 1960$2.2kSign up
1960 Festival of Swings - Jaipur, August 1960$1.7kSign up
1960 Festival of Swings - Jaipur, August 1960$4.8kSign up
1960 Festival of Swings - Jaipur, August 1960$2.4kSign up
1960 Milford Sound, New Zealand, 1960.$1.9kSign up
1960 Dairy Farmers - New Zealand, 1960.$3.9kSign up
1962 Mahatma Gandhi Movie - India 1962.Unsold
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1962 Mahatma Gandhi Movie - India 1962.Unsold
1963 Movie Director Kurosawa - Japan 1963$2.6kSign up
1963 Heian Girl in Festival of the Ages - Kyoto 1963.$4.2kSign up
1964 Offerings to the Unknown Dead – Kyoto, 1964.Unsold
1964 Offerings to the Unknown Dead - Kyoto, 1964Unsold
1964 Offerings to the Unknown Dead - Kyoto, 1964.$9.4kSign up
1964 Naked Festival - Okayama, Japan, 1964.$2.4kSign up
1965 Roman Cistern of Justinian - Istanbul, 1965.$1.7kSign up
1967 Temple of Karnak, Thebes - Egypt, 1967.$2.6kSign up
1970s 3 works
1980s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
55 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 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $448Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 35.5 in (67 × 90 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2007 Skull Box: Northland$448Sign up
sold 2007 Canoe Prow: Doubtless Bay, Northland, 16th Century$366Sign up
sold 2009 Picasso at the Bull Fight$4.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 43 works
- Sold
- 29 of 43
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (43)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (8), Markets & villages (3), Rivers & marshes (2)
sold 2010 Unveiling Ceremony, Lake Rotoiti, RotoruaUnsold
sold 2010 Maori Elder at Tangi, Ngaruawahia, Waikato$1.7kSign up
sold 2010 Tattooing Pigment Pot, Waipu District c. 1820 (Whanagnui Regional Museum Collection)Unsold
sold 2010 Former Gateway from Rotorua Region (Auckland Museum)$2.3kSign up
sold 2010 Carved Gateway, Pukeroa Village, Rotorua, c. 1850.$874Sign up
sold 2010 Tangata: The Maori Vision of Man$7kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2010 Lance Thrupp, Balerman, Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill, KawerauUnsold
sold 2010 Worker, Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill, KawerauUnsold
sold 2010 Worker, Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill, KawerauUnsold
sold 2010 Fire Security Worker, Tasman Pulp and Paper Mill, KawerauUnsold
sold 2010 The Dance TroupeUnsold
sold 2010 Portrait of a DancerUnsold
…and 31 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 11 in (32 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7), Screenprint (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Beach scenes (1), Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2021 Buddha Hand$2kSign up
sold 2021 Monsoon Girl$3kSign up
sold 2021 Bondi Beach$1.6kSign up
sold 2022 Praying for the Monsoon Rains$419Sign up
sold 2023 Monsoon Girl$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 Offering to the Unknown Dead, Kyoto$2.1kSign up
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Māori Edler at Tangi, Ngāruawāhia, Waikato$263Sign up
sold 2025 Picasso at a Bull FightUnsold
sold 2025 Portrait of Sir Edmund HillaryUnsold
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 Brian Brake auction results →