Grace Cossington Smith: career timeline

Australian · 1892–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 47 of 50 lots (94% 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.

Grace Cossington Smith: 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
1920s	4	3	$19.3kSign up	Oil
1930s	5	4	$21.5kSign up	Oil
1940s	17	14	$30.8kSign up	Oil
1950s	10	10	$81.8kSign up	Oil
1960s	6	5	$51.5kSign up	Oil
1970s	2	2	$54.8kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $19.3kSign up
Average: $19.8kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1920 A Corner of the Artist's Garden c1920$19.3kSign up
1926 Turramurra Landscape c1926Unsold
1926 Turramurra c1926$12kSign up
1928 Jug and Three Pears c1928$28kSign up

1930s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $21.5kSign up
Average: $42.3kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 14 in (45 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1)

1931 Wildflowers in a Jug c1931$32.4kSign up
1937 Roses (circa 1937)$119kSign up
1937 Windswept Hill 1937$7.3kSign up
1937 Windswept Hill 1937Unsold
1938 Bush and Mountains c1938$10.5kSign up

1940s 17 works

Sold: 14 of 17
Median: $30.8kSign up
Average: $60.3kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 16 in (45 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (17)
Subjects: Landscapes (5), Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1943 Tree Over Water 1943Unsold
1944 'St. Ives' (At Hunter's Hill) (1944)$14.8kSign up
1944 Portrait of Mrs McGann 1944$19.7kSign up
1944 Buttercups 1944$62.1kSign up
1944 Hydrangea and Plate 1944$45.7kSign up
c. 1944 Wildflowers in Jug c1944-47$70.9kSign up · sold 2×
1945 Gum Blossom 1945$57.2kSign up
1946 Thanks-Giving Sunday 1946Unsold
1946 Drapery and Fruit in the Window 1946$307kSign up
1946 Gum Blossom 1946$122kSign up
1946 Garden Bunch 1946$31kSign up
1947 Bush Landscape 1947$18.6kSign up

Show 5 more (1940s)

1947 ROCKS IN THE BUSH 1947$30.6kSign up
1948 Hill in the Bush 1948Unsold
1949 Devon - Trusham Landscape 1949$24kSign up
1949 Hills at Evening Round Florence 1949$22kSign up
1949 Scrub Country along the Coast 1949$18.3kSign up

1950s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $81.8kSign up
Average: $223kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 17.5 in (59 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Flowers & still life (1)

1950 Landscape with Pond, Sussex c1950$15.9kSign up
1950 Looking Over Tusketts 1950$37.4kSign up
1953 Roses with Drapery 1953$17.3kSign up
1953 Christmas Tree 1953$116kSign up
1955 Rocks in the Bush 1955$20.7kSign up
1955 Bush Foliage in a Jug (1955)$47.8kSign up
1956 The Window 1956$572kSign up
1957 Fruit in the Window 1957$332kSign up
1958 Chair and Drapery 1958$498kSign up
1959 The Sideboard 1959$571kSign up

1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $51.5kSign up
Average: $121kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 13.5 in (48 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1960 Jug with Fruit in the Window 1960$446kSign up
1960 Chair in the Room 1960$61kSign up
1960 Rocks in Bush 1960$25.9kSign up
1964 Piano and Chair 1964$51.5kSign up · sold 3×
1966 Still Life with Lilies 1966Unsold
1968 Studio Door 1968$20.6kSign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $54.8kSign up
Average: $54.8kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 15.5 in (36 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1971 Still Life with Black Vase No. 2 1971$105kSign up
1971 Window$5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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: $54.3kSign up
Average: $54.3kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 18.5 in (55 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2016 Drapery and Foliage$54.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $19.7kSign up
Average: $19.7kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 11 in (33 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Garden View$382Sign up
sold 2025 (2)$39.1kSign 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 Grace Cossington Smith auction results →