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Idris Murphy

Australian · b. 1949 · Painter, Printmaker

Australian artist

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21auction results2012–2025years recorded86%sold (18)$318Sign up free to seemedian price

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Cliff FaceLeonard Joel · Aug 2012A$5,500≈ $5,718≈ £3,616≈ €4,563Sign up to see
Light Before StormLeonard Joel · Aug 2012A$5,000≈ $5,198≈ £3,287≈ €4,148Sign up to see
Before Dark Fowlers Gap oil on board initialled lower right: IM 122 x 125cmLeonard Joel · Sep 2014A$4,400≈ $3,973≈ £2,452≈ €3,068Sign up to see

Idris Murphy’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Lot images as published by each auction house (21 lots with an image). Images from houses that reserve their photographs are shown as small thumbnails linking to the house’s site.

Idris Murphy, The Heretic, 1988, A suite of 9 lithographs, complete with limited edition book by Morris West, all signed and numbered. Contained in cloth covered solander box — The Heretic, 1988
Davidson Auctions · Oct 12, 2025
A$325Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled, 1987, Note: the work is hinged into a matboard package and accompanied by a frame, with no backboard or glazing. (The work is loosely fixed into the frame for presentation purposes) — Untitled, 1987
Davidson Auctions · Jul 12, 2025
A$100Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Approaching Storm South Coast, c.1989, Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas — Approaching Storm South Coast, c.1989
Davidson Auctions · May 26, 2024
A$2,500Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Casuarinas, the Other Side, 1989, Oil & Mixed Media on Canvas — Casuarinas, the Other Side, 1989
Davidson Auctions · May 26, 2024
A$1,600Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Sand Banks I, 1989, Oil & Mixed Media on Linen — Sand Banks I, 1989
Davidson Auctions · May 26, 2024
A$2,000Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, (3), Black & White Monoprint A/P (3) — (3)
Davidson Auctions · Dec 4, 2022
A$275Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · Dec 4, 2022
A$190Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · Dec 4, 2022
A$180Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled, 2002, Etching A/P — Untitled, 2002
Davidson Auctions · Dec 4, 2022
A$200Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · Aug 21, 2022
A$300Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · May 22, 2022
A$300Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · May 22, 2022
A$600Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · May 22, 2022
A$275Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Before Dark Fowlers Gap oil on board initialled lower right: IM 122 x 125cm, oil — Before Dark Fowlers Gap oil on board initialled lower right: IM 122 x 125cm
Leonard Joel · Sep 16, 2014
A$4,400Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Light Before Storm, oil on canvas — Light Before Storm
Leonard Joel · Aug 26, 2012
A$5,000Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Cliff Face, oil on canvas — Cliff Face
Leonard Joel · Aug 26, 2012
A$5,500Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Last Light and Shadows, 2001, oil on board — Last Light and Shadows, 2001
Leonard Joel · Aug 26, 2012
A$3,000Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, View to the Lake South Coast, oil on board — View to the Lake South Coast
Leonard Joel · Aug 26, 2012
A$3,000Sign up free to see

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · Aug 21, 2022

Idris Murphy, Untitled (Landscape), Handworked Monotype — Untitled (Landscape)
Davidson Auctions · Aug 21, 2022

Idris Murphy, Chairscape 2, 1979, S/Print 2/11 — Chairscape 2, 1979
Davidson Auctions · Jul 3, 2022

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