Dora Chapman: career timeline

Australian · 1911–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 40 lots (69% 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.

Dora Chapman: 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
1930s	1	1	$212Sign up	Drawing
1940s	1	1	$1.2kSign up	Mixed media
1960s	8	8	$437Sign up	Screenprint
1970s	17	16	$364Sign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $212Sign up
Average: $212Sign up
Typical size: 30 × 22 in (77 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 Studio Sketch (Mother and Child) c. 1930's$212Sign up

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 16 in (36 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1947 Constuctive Forms$1.2kSign up

1960s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $437Sign up
Average: $442Sign up
Typical size: 11 × 15 in (28 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (8)
Subjects: —

1969 Teener$568Sign up
1969 Teener$624Sign up
1969 Teener$475Sign up
1969 Teener$259Sign up
1969 Passages to Nowhere$755Sign up
1969 Teener$398Sign up
1969 (LOCATION SYDNEY OFFICE - all enquiries phone 02 9362 9045)$160Sign up
1969 Sunflower$297Sign up

1970s 17 works

Sold: 16 of 17
Median: $364Sign up
Average: $407Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (16), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Figures & portraits (2)

1970 Tree$791Sign up
1970 Stipa$725Sign up
1970 Eremophila$510Sign up
1970 Aldinga$646Sign up
1970 Tree$454Sign up
1970 Eremophila$294Sign up
1970 Tree$441Sign up
1970 Tree$329Sign up · sold 2×
1970 Eremophila$185Sign up
1970 Eremophila$232Sign up
1970 Fish Girl$328Sign up
1970 Stipa,$203Sign up

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1970 (LOCATION SYDNEY OFFICE - all enquiries phone 02 9362 9045)Unsold
1970 (LOCATION SYDNEY OFFICE - all enquiries phone 02 9362 9045)$399Sign up
1970 Tree$283Sign up
1970 The Girl with A Long Nose$409Sign up
1970 Stipa$279Sign up

Creation date not recorded

12 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 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $246Sign up
Average: $415Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 13 in (38 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3), Watercolor (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2011 , Geometric Study, watercolour on paper, 12.5 x 45cm$139Sign up
sold 2016 Constructive Forms$1.2kSign up
sold 2018 Fish Girl$203Sign up
sold 2018 Sunflower$275Sign up
sold 2018 Eremophila$246Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $549Sign up
Average: $755Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 15 in (35 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (4), Oil (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

sold 2020 Fish Girl$549Sign up
sold 2020 Studio Nude Study$191Sign up
sold 2020 The Survivors$496Sign up
sold 2020 Sunflower$340Sign up
sold 2021 Fish Girl$551Sign up
sold 2022 Self Portrait in Red Jacket$2.3kSign up

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Fish Girl$833Sign 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 Dora Chapman auction results →