Elizabeth Rivers
British · 1903–1964 · Painter, Printmaker
Elizabeth Joyce Rivers was an English painter, engraver, illustrator and author, based in Ireland for most of her life. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Stepping OutMorgan O'Driscoll · €5,000≈ $5,316≈ £4,351Sign up to see
Children Climbing a WallMorgan O'Driscoll · €3,400≈ $4,107≈ £2,991Sign up to see
Bearded Man Holding a PortfolioMorgan O'Driscoll · €3,600≈ $4,022≈ £3,094Sign up to see
Elizabeth Rivers’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
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| Paintings | 38 | 28 | 74% | $1.7kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Oil | 38 | 28 | 74% | $1.7kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 43 | 33 | 77% | $736Sign up | $568Sign up | $4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 8 | 7 | 88% | $568Sign up | $599Sign up | $633Sign up |
| Gouache | 8 | 7 | 88% | $959Sign up | $773Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Drawing | 26 | 19 | 73% | $716Sign up | $395Sign up | $4kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 30 | 28 | 93% | $530Sign up | $438Sign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Engraving | 4 | 4 | 100% | $655Sign up | $419Sign up | $1.6kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 25 | 23 | 92% | $506Sign up | $420Sign up | $1.3kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $589Sign up | $589Sign up | $589Sign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Other | 6 | 3 | 50% | $672Sign up | $614Sign up | $866Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | $581Sign up |
| 2025 | 13 | 9 | $346Sign up |
| 2024 | 19 | 15 | $494Sign up |
| 2023 | 13 | 9 | $712Sign up |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | $592Sign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $527Sign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $3.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 4 | 4 | $691Sign up |
| 2017 | 11 | 8 | $470Sign up |
| 2016 | 3 | 2 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2013 | 4 | 4 | $676Sign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | $589Sign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $690Sign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2006 | 4 | 3 | $929Sign up |
| 2005 | 6 | 3 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $921Sign up |
| 2003 | 2 | 2 | $796Sign up |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | $909Sign up |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | $968Sign up |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | $1.3kSign up |