George Baldessin: career timeline

Australian · 1939–1978 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 80 lots (91% 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.

George Baldessin: 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
1960s	22	19	$1.7kSign up	Etching
1970s	51	49	$2.4kSign up	Etching

Where does mine fit?

Enter what you know about a work by George Baldessin 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.

Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 22 works

Sold: 19 of 22
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 12 in (30 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Etching (20), Aquatint (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1)

c. 1960 Untitled$546Sign up
1963 Trapeze$1.2kSign up
1963 Trapeze 1963$1.8kSign up
1963 Acrobats - Stars and Sawdust 1963Unsold
1964 Performer (2) 1964$958Sign up
1964 The Acrobat$1.2kSign up
1964 Biomorphic Figures$1.1kSign up
1964 Performer$989Sign up
1964 Performers with Bicycles 1964$925Sign up
1965 Bather$1.7kSign up
1965 Trapeze 1965$40.8kSign up
1965 Walkers 1965$1.2kSign up

Show 10 more (1960s)

1966 Performer and Billboard$1.9kSign up
1966 Untitled (Two Nude Females at Windows)$1.1kSign up
1966 Personage, Window and Factory Smoke 1966Unsold
1967 Untitled (20)$2.8kSign up
1967 The Mirror 1967$2.9kSign up
1968 Performer 1968Unsold
1968 Performer 1968$3.8kSign up
1968 Figure in Circle 1968$1.7kSign up
1968 Personage and Factory Smoke$1.7kSign up
1969 Personage with Striped Dress$3kSign up

1970s 51 works

Sold: 49 of 51
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $12.9kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 24 in (61 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Etching (38), Drawing (5), Lithograph (5)
Subjects: Beach scenes (3), Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1970 Sky Light$704Sign up
1970 Banquet for no eating$1.1kSign up
1970 Night Personage$580Sign up
c. 1971 Pear (1971-1972, cast later)$281kSign up
1971 Performance$7.2kSign up
1971 Window and Factory Smoke II (Silver Version)$1.9kSign up
1971 Recurring Pears 1971$17.5kSign up
c. 1971 Pear (1971-1972, cast 1972)$153kSign up
1971 Performance (Variation 2) 1971 etching, aquatint and coloured stencils ed. 25 signed and dated lower right: George Baldessin 71$6.3kSign up
1972 Window and Factory Smoke 1972$2.2kSign up
1972 Pears (Yellow Version)$5.2kSign up
1972 Pears (Yellow Version) 1972$6.4kSign up

Show 12 more (1970s)

1972 Banquet for no Eating 2$2.9kSign up
1972 Personage and Emblems 1972$5.4kSign up
1972 Emblems$1.3kSign up
1972 Personage and Window II 1972$2.7kSign up
1972 Personage and Windows II$2.6kSign up
1972 Personage, Window and Factory Smoke No.2 (also known as Personage and Window II) 1972Unsold
1973 Personage with Staircase$1.7kSign up
1973 Personage with Staircase$1.7kSign up
1973 The Bather I 1973$715Sign up
1973 The N.M. Remnant 1973$8.3kSign up
1973 Personage in Striped Leotard$755Sign up
1973 The N. M. Remnant 1973$2.8kSign up

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

7 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 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 14.5 in (48 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Etching (5)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2014 Performers etching and aquatint ed. 4/10 signed lower right: G. Baldessin$1.7kSign up
sold 2016 For Owen$1.6kSign up
sold 2017 Night Personages$926Sign up
sold 2018 (Figure in Circle)$1.4kSign up
sold 2018 Untitled$2.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 26 in (79 × 66 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Personage in Striped Leotard$811Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$3.2kSign 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 George Baldessin auction results →