Emily Isabel Fern: career timeline
South African · 1881–1953 · 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 27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 1 | 1 | $532Sign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 1 | 1 | $484Sign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 13 | 12 | $489Sign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 4 | 3 | $561Sign up | Oil |
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1910s 1 work
1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $484Sign up
- Average
- $484Sign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 15 in (44 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1932 Portrait of Man$484Sign up
1940s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $489Sign up
- Average
- $627Sign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (13)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
1944 Portrait of a Man with a Mustache$251Sign up · sold 2×
1944 Farm Buildings in a Mountain Landscape$362Sign up
1944 Vase of Poinsettias$635Sign up
1944 Willow Tree by a River$442Sign up
1945 Dahlias$537Sign up
1945 Petunias$299Sign up
1945 Old Houses, Tulbagh C.P$672Sign up
1946 Chrysanthemums in a Blue Jug$886Sign up
1946 Still Life with Spring Flowers$1.3kSign up
1947 White Chrysanthemums$314Sign up · sold 2×
1947 Mixed Flowers in a Jug$1.5kSign up
1948 Dahlias in a Vase$319Sign up
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1949 MagnoliaUnsold
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $561Sign up
- Average
- $481Sign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 19.5 in (42 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1951 Still Life with Daisies and an Oriental Figurine$561Sign up
1952 Daisies in a Vase$206Sign up
1952 Sunflowers in a VaseUnsold
1952 Vase of Chrysanthemums$677Sign 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
- $372Sign up
- Average
- $372Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 10.5 in (26 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 An Arrangement of Sweet Williams in a Jug$372Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $207Sign up
- Average
- $234Sign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 18.5 in (38 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2), Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 FlowersUnsold
sold 2023 Vase of Magnolias$461Sign up
sold 2024 Street Scene, Lourenco Marques (Maputo)$193Sign up
sold 2024 Woman with Blanket$62Sign up
sold 2025 Pear Blossoms$220Sign 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 Emily Isabel Fern auction results →