Fred Cress: career timeline

Australian · 1938–2009 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 45 of 47 lots (98% 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.

Fred Cress: 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
1970s	1	1	$5.1kSign up	Acrylic
1980s	10	7	$102Sign up	Pastel
1990s	13	10	$19.9kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	17	16	$5.1kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 84 × 65.5 in (213 × 167 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1975 Mezak$5.1kSign up

1980s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $102Sign up
Average: $336Sign up
Typical size: 26 × 30.5 in (67 × 77 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Lithograph (3), Etching (2)
Subjects: —

1985 Secrets 23$84Sign up · sold 2×
1985 Secrets 23$268Sign up
1985 Secrets #7 1985$1.6kSign up
1986 Stages$71Sign up
1987 MomentsUnsold
1988 The CollectorUnsold
1988 Soul Friend 1988Unsold
1989 Blue Vase$108Sign up
1989 Apple and Plate$102Sign up
1989 Apple and Plate$80Sign up

1990s 13 works

Sold: 10 of 13
Median: $19.9kSign up
Average: $27.2kSign up
Typical size: 66 × 60 in (168 × 152 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (10), Other (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1994 Rhythms 14 1994$4.3kSign up
1994 True Believers 1994$115kSign up
1995 Doorway No. 1 1995$626Sign up
1995 A Place to Love 1995$18.2kSign up
1995 Bystanders$9.1kSign up
1996 An Outing 1996$31.7kSign up · sold 2×
1996 A Hidden Exchange 1996Unsold
1997 Picnic$124Sign up
1997 A Shadow Falls 1997$21.6kSign up · sold 2×
1997 The Welcome 1997$29.6kSign up
1998 Intimacy 1998$41.9kSign up
1999 The Last Picnic 1999Unsold

Show 1 more (1990s)

1999 Turning Point 1999Unsold

2000s 17 works

Sold: 16 of 17
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $12.4kSign up
Typical size: 47 × 47 in (120 × 120 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (10), Print (other) (4), Mixed media (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)

2000 Fool's Day Out 2000$8.7kSign up
2000 Figure Bowls 24$1.2kSign up
2001 Figure Bowls 35$1.8kSign up
2001 Go Between 2001$70.8kSign up
2002 Contact 2002$12.9kSign up · sold 2×
2002 The Master's Table,' 2002. Australian Galleries label verso$7.8kSign up
2002 Communion 2002$46.2kSign up
2003 Tell Tales Table$3.2kSign up
2003 Siren's Path 2003$14.9kSign up
2003 Business Hours 2003$23.5kSign up
2004 Regent$6.9kSign up
2005 Bluffers$127Sign up

Show 5 more (2000s)

2005 Leapers$127Sign up
2005 Runners$141Sign up
2005 The Cusp 2005Unsold
2005 Guardian$155Sign up
2005 Guardian$128Sign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $16kSign up
Average: $16kSign up
Typical size: 84 × 108 in (213 × 274 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 The Rhythm of Life$16kSign up · sold 2×

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 Fred Cress auction results →