Hardy Botha: career timeline
South African · b. 1947 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 35 lots (48% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | — | Oil |
| 1970s | 5 | 5 | $421Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1980s | 5 | 3 | $807Sign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | $133Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 2000s | 2 | 1 | $832Sign up | Oil |
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1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 40 × 0 in (102 × 1 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1967 Battle SceneUnsold
1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $421Sign up
- Average
- $413Sign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 19.5 in (47 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2), Oil (2), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
1975 Sirkus in Namakwaland (Circus in Namaqualand)$611Sign up
1976 Circus Arena$421Sign up · sold 2×
1977 Ringmaster$143Sign up
1977 House Exterior$138Sign up
1977 Oerwoud Droom$752Sign up
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $807Sign up
- Average
- $989Sign up
- Typical size
- 37.5 × 38 in (96 × 97 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1983 The PuppeteerUnsold
1985 District Six$1.7kSign up
1987 Totem with Monkey, Giraffe and Figure$807Sign up
1987 Faces and Bears$498Sign up
1988 Circus SceneUnsold
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $133Sign up
- Average
- $133Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1994 He Isn't Heavy$133Sign up
1996 Tower HeadUnsold
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $832Sign up
- Average
- $832Sign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 22 in (47 × 57 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
2004 Mirror, MirrorUnsold · sold 3×
2007 Circus Scene$832Sign up
Creation date not recorded
16 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 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $11.3kSign up
- Average
- $11.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 71.5 × 119.5 in (181 × 303 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 Sirkus Karnaval, tryptich$11.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 31.5 × 27 in (80 × 69 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Mixed media (1), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2014 X-Perts$3.2kSign up
sold 2017 Three Performers Under the Stars$1.7kSign up
sold 2019 Milky Way I and Milky Way III, 2$494Sign up · sold 2×
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 10 of 12
- Median
- $208Sign up
- Average
- $743Sign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 11.5 in (31 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (6), Oil (5), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2020 Composition$279Sign up
sold 2021 Roots 'n Shoots$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 Seance$4kSign up
sold 2022 Kaapse Karnival (Cape Carnival)$645Sign up
sold 2022 Ringmaster$105Sign up
sold 2023 Mother and Child$620Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Bad DreamUnsold
sold 2024 Masked Warriors and Zebras$125Sign up
sold 2024 Masked Warriors and ZebrasUnsold
sold 2024 Lying Figure$138Sign up
sold 2025 The Circus$96Sign up
sold 2025 Street Scene with Circus Figures$128Sign 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 Hardy Botha auction results →