Dennis Knight Turner: career timeline
New Zealand · 1924–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 43 lots (51% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $5.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 9 | 7 | $728Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1960s | 8 | 2 | $5.2kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | $894Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $1.5kSign up | Watercolor |
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1940s 2 works
1950s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $728Sign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 12.5 in (38 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Oil (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1), Abstract (1)
1951 Looking for Someone$462Sign up
1952 Goat Head No. 11$345Sign up
1952 Curly Horned Profile$625Sign up
1955 Waitomo$6.1kSign up
1957 Untitled DUnsold
1957 Goat's Head - with Stripes$2.3kSign up
1957 Goat's Head$1.9kSign up
1958 Landscape with tree forms$728Sign up
1959 Melanesian AbstractUnsold
1960s 8 works
- Sold
- 2 of 8
- Median
- $5.2kSign up
- Average
- $5.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 29.5 in (53 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (6), Oil (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1), Cattle & animals (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1960 William Colenso's Stanhope Press at Paihia, 1835 - Printed Proclamation of Treaty of WaitangiUnsold
1960 The Auckland Times', 1841 - 1842, printed by Henry Falwasser on a Home Made Press Improvised from a MangleUnsold
1960 First Newspaper 'The New Zealand Gazette' printed at Petone Beach, April 18th , 1840, on a Columbia PressUnsold
1960 The Hawera Star', Printed on a Flat Bed Wharfedale, Using One Horse-Power, in 1880sUnsold
1960 A Reliance Flat Bed Cyclinder Press of the 1860s - Announcement of Otago Gold StrikesUnsold
1960 The Rev W. Yate's Wooden Press of Kerikeri, 1830 - First Catachism printed in MaoriUnsold
1962 Hone Heke$9.8kSign up
1963 Landscape Head$616Sign up
1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $894Sign up
- Average
- $894Sign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 12.5 in (46 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
1972 Abstract CompositionUnsold
1973 Untitled No. 22$894Sign up
1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 15 in (57 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1991 Tiki Series E4$1.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
21 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 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $264Sign up
- Average
- $264Sign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 10.5 in (37 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2007 Woman in Lace$264Sign up
sold 2008 The Sheep ShearerUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 15 works
- Sold
- 7 of 15
- Median
- $3.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (10), Gouache (2), Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1)
sold 2012 UntitledUnsold
sold 2012 Study of Rock Art FiguresUnsold
sold 2014 Untitled$183Sign up
sold 2014 Painting No. 6$7.6kSign up
sold 2016 Boy No. 5$2.5kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled – Study of a Rock Art FigureUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Pungas and Parasites$5.1kSign up
sold 2018 Five Dead Trees$5.7kSign up
sold 2018 TanikoUnsold
sold 2018 Untitled Mural – Harvest$3.1kSign up
sold 2018 Royal Hotel, OnehungaUnsold
sold 2018 Fencing Wire and Thistles, WaitomoUnsold
…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 1 of 4
- Median
- $940Sign up
- Average
- $940Sign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 15 in (57 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 Untitled 17Unsold
sold 2022 Untitled 17Unsold
sold 2022 Untitled 17Unsold
sold 2022 Untitled 29$940Sign 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 Dennis Knight Turner auction results →