Idris Murphy: career timeline
Australian · b. 1949 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 21 lots (38% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | — | Print (other) |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $1.1kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | $1.6kSign up | Oil |
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1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 19 in (72 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1979 Chairscape 2Unsold
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $862Sign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 21.5 in (71 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Other (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
1987 Untitled$66Sign up
1988 The Heretic$213Sign up
1989 Sand Banks I$1.3kSign up
1989 Casuarinas, the Other Side$1.1kSign up
c. 1989 Approaching Storm South Coast$1.7kSign up
2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 20.5 in (47 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
2001 Last Light and Shadows$3.1kSign up
2002 Untitled$136Sign up
Creation date not recorded
13 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $4.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 48 × 49 in (122 × 125 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2012 Cliff Face$5.7kSign up
sold 2012 Light Before Storm$5.2kSign up
sold 2012 View to the Lake South Coast$3.1kSign up
sold 2014 Before Dark Fowlers Gap oil on board initialled lower right: IM 122 x 125cm$4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $194Sign up
- Average
- $211Sign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 18 in (34 × 46 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (9)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (8)
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$123Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$130Sign up
sold 2022 (3)$187Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)Unsold
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$207Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)Unsold
Show 3 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$194Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$424Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled (Landscape)$212Sign 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 Idris Murphy auction results →