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Douglas Portway: career timeline

South African · 1922–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 108 lots (35% 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.

Douglas Portway: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s20—Watercolor
1960s1810$3kSign upMixed media
1970s116$17.6kSign upOil
1980s41$5.6kSign upOil

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Enter what you know about a work by Douglas Portway to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1940s 2 works

Sold
0 of 2
Median
—
Average
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Typical size
15.5 × 11 in (39 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1960s 18 works

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10 of 18
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$5.7kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 21.5 in (53 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (9), Oil (6), Gouache (2)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (1960s)

1970s 11 works

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6 of 11
Median
$17.6kSign up
Average
$28kSign up
Typical size
20 × 26 in (51 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5), Mixed media (3), Gouache (2)
Subjects
Abstract (7), Figures & portraits (2)

1980s 4 works

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1 of 4
Median
$5.6kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 21 in (70 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Mixed media (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

Creation date not recorded

65 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 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
11 × 12.5 in (28 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 29 works

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16 of 29
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
15 × 19 in (38 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Etching (12), Mixed media (6), Oil (6)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 33 works

Sold
16 of 33
Median
$410Sign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
17 × 15 in (44 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Etching (10), Oil (9), Mixed media (5)
Subjects
Abstract (12), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Portway auction results →