Caroline van der Merwe: career timeline

African · 1932–2012 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 7 of 29 lots (26% 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.

Caroline van der Merwe: 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
1970s	4	2	$180Sign up	Sculpture
1980s	3	3	$1.3kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $180Sign up
Average: $180Sign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 10 in (44 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1), Pastel (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 9.5 in (40 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

20 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 8 works

Sold: 5 of 8
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 8.5 in (18 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Male Torso$4kSign up
sold 2010 Duality$3.1kSign up
sold 2011 Who Binds Your Feet?$5.2kSign up
sold 2017 Open FormUnsold
sold 2017 Hollow Form$426Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2017 Open FormUnsold

Show 2 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Untitled (Male Nude Studies)Unsold
sold 2017 Torso$1.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works

Sold: 7 of 12
Median: $936Sign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 11.5 in (64 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (9), Other (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Open Form$276Sign up
sold 2022 CrucifixUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2022 Danzatore$431Sign up
sold 2022 DanzatoreUnsold
sold 2022 Wild Flame Torso$936Sign up
sold 2022 Three Torso Studies, three$187Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 II Volo$1.4kSign up
sold 2023 Male Torso$2.8kSign up
sold 2025 Movimento SfugenteUnsold
sold 2025 Standing Anthropomorphic FigureUnsold
sold 2025 II Sole$5.7kSign up
sold 2026 Untitled (Trittico)Unsold

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 Caroline van der Merwe auction results →