Dorrit Black: career timeline

Australian · 1891–1951 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 26 lots (81% 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.

Dorrit Black: 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
1920s	6	4	$35.9kSign up	Oil
1930s	8	6	$16.3kSign up	Woodcut / linocut
1940s	6	6	$23.4kSign up	Woodcut / linocut
1950s	1	1	$4.6kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $35.9kSign up
Average: $128kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 14.5 in (41 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Watercolor (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

c. 1920 The Big Serpentine$3.6kSign up
1920 Wildflowers (1920)Unsold
1920 The Big Serpentine (circa 1920)Unsold
1928 Sicilian Mountain (1928)$436kSign up
1928 The Pink House (1928)$68.2kSign up
1929 Still Life (Pochoir Design) 1929$2.8kSign up

1930s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $16.3kSign up
Average: $19kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 12.5 in (23 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (5), Oil (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (4), Markets & villages (1)

1930 Sleeping Judge, Witness & Barrister$1.1kSign up
c. 1930 Wisteria, Wentworth House$17kSign up
1933 Gum Trees c1933$4.2kSign up
c. 1934 Landscape (Possibly Near Mirmande)$51.4kSign up
1935 Landscape c1935$24.9kSign up
c. 1935 Landscape (circa 1935-1938)Unsold
1937 Black Swans (1937)Unsold
1939 Elizabeth Street, Sydney$15.6kSign up

1940s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $23.4kSign up
Average: $25kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (4), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1), Palms (1)

c. 1943 At the Cafeteria$7.7kSign up
1944 (Portrait of Iberia Performer) (circa 1944)$32.4kSign up
1944 A Dorset Farmyard (1944)$51.2kSign up
c. 1947 Air Travel 2: Coconut Palms$29.7kSign up
c. 1947 Air Travel 4: Over the Mountains 1947- 49$17.1kSign up
c. 1947 Air Travel 1: Mud Hats and Islands$11.9kSign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.6kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 15.5 in (49 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1950 Portrait of Rawi Bhavilai$4.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $16kSign up
Average: $16kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 16 in (33 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2011 (Mining Mineral Sands)$6.1kSign up
sold 2017 (Summer Landscape)$25.9kSign up
sold 2017 The Big SerpentineUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 14.5 in (25 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

sold 2023 Landscape with Small Ravine and Barn$3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Landscape)$4.2kSign 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 Dorrit Black auction results →