Elisabeth Cummings: career timeline

Australian · b. 1934 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 33 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.

Elisabeth Cummings: 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
1950s	1	0	—	Oil
1970s	2	2	$5.3kSign up	Oil
1980s	3	2	$6.7kSign up	Oil
1990s	7	7	$2.7kSign up	Oil
2000s	9	8	$567Sign up	Aquatint
2010s	4	2	$559Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 48 × 31.5 in (122 × 81 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1958 Untitled (Merry-Go-Round) 1958Unsold

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 36.5 in (96 × 93 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

1975 On the Beach c1975$6.7kSign up
1977 Pot Plants c1977$4kSign up

1980s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $6.7kSign up
Typical size: 47.5 × 53.5 in (121 × 136 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1989 Queensland Interior 1 1989$3.7kSign up
1989 Figure with Grey Gum$9.6kSign up
1989 Wedderburn Morning 1989Unsold

1990s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18 in (36 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (7)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1992 Small Interior with Blue / Still-Life$4.5kSign up
1992 Preparing for Pasta$1.8kSign up
1996 Fetlock 1996$18.4kSign up
1996 Serendipity 1996$2.7kSign up
1997 Bush Movements$1.6kSign up
1997 Canopy$1.9kSign up
1998 Ingrid's Place at Night 1998$19.3kSign up

2000s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $567Sign up
Average: $779Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 14 in (33 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Aquatint (4), Print (other) (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)

2000 Untitled$2.1kSign up
2000 Balancing Act$337Sign up
2000 Seated Figure$306Sign up
2001 The Red Table$1.1kSign up
2001 Saucepan$797Sign up · sold 2×
2001 Flower Jug$197Sign up
2005 Arkaroola LandscapeUnsold
2006 Bone Country$320Sign up
2008 Near Chambers Gorge, Flinders Ranges$1.1kSign up

2010s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $559Sign up
Average: $559Sign up
Typical size: 9 × 18.5 in (23 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Etching (4)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2)

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 2020s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $991Sign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Mixed media (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2022 Laurel's Car$301Sign up
sold 2023 Garden Leaves$831Sign up
sold 2023 Garden Study$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 Still Life with Poppies$4.8kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled$705Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$2.6kSign 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 Elisabeth Cummings auction results →