Douglas MacDiarmid: career timeline
New Zealand · 1922–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 25 lots (76% 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 | 4 | 4 | $12.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 5 | 4 | $859Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1960s | 7 | 7 | $1.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | $8.3kSign up | Pastel |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $370Sign up | Watercolor |
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1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $12.9kSign up
- Average
- $11.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 12 in (27 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1945 Christchurch, March, 1945$20.2kSign up
1946 Children in Room at Night$20.2kSign up
c. 1947 Canterbury Spring$1kSign up
1949 Portrait of Akbar Tyabi$5.6kSign up
1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $859Sign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 19.5 in (32 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1)
1954 Still Life Study of Fruit on a Patterned Tablecloth$434Sign up
1956 Untitled$3.1kSign up
1956 Untitled - Landscape$734Sign up
1957 Female Nude$984Sign up
1957 Untitled – Landscape with BridgeUnsold
1960s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 26 in (60 × 66 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Watercolor (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1963 Isle De Lerins$2.1kSign up
1963 Coldfish$1.7kSign up
1964 Chalautre VII$2.9kSign up
1964 Corsica V$1.7kSign up
1964 Seated Nude$658Sign up
1966 Maite$1.7kSign up
1967 Untitled - Abstract Figures$1.5kSign up
1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $8.3kSign up
- Average
- $8.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 20.5 in (34 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1973 Ceylon 111Unsold
1976 Untitled$8.3kSign up
1990s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $370Sign up
- Average
- $370Sign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 21.5 in (37 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1990 Evocation of the Coromandel$370Sign up
Creation date not recorded
6 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 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $6.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 16 in (30 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2016 Bank of the Avon River$6.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 40.5 in (66 × 104 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (2)
sold 2022 The Fir Tree$611Sign up
sold 2025 Landscape at Gignac$6.8kSign up
sold 2026 Conversation VI$467Sign up
sold 2026 Still Life with Fruit$1.2kSign up
sold 2026 Still Life$2.9kSign 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 Douglas MacDiarmid auction results →