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Irma Stern: career timeline

South African · 1894–1966 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 251 of 303 lots (82% 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.

Irma Stern: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1910s22$2.6kSign upDrawing
1920s1915$4.5kSign upLithograph
1930s5144$69.4kSign upOil
1940s7158$45.1kSign upOil
1950s4637$22.3kSign upOil
1960s4840$11.3kSign upOil

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1910s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
5.5 × 5 in (14 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1920s 19 works

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15 of 19
Median
$4.5kSign up
Average
$36kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 11 in (34 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (9), Oil (6), Drawing (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (8), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 7 more (1920s)

1930s 51 works

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44 of 51
Median
$69.4kSign up
Average
$368kSign up
Typical size
23 × 20 in (59 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Oil (24), Gouache (22), Drawing (4)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (15), Figures & portraits (10), Markets & villages (3)
Show 12 more (1930s)

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

1940s 71 works

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58 of 71
Median
$45.1kSign up
Average
$234kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19.5 in (55 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Oil (31), Gouache (22), Drawing (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (20), Flowers & still life (14), Landscapes (4)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 46 works

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37 of 46
Median
$22.3kSign up
Average
$95.5kSign up
Typical size
18 × 15.5 in (46 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Oil (21), Gouache (11), Drawing (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (21), Flowers & still life (7), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 48 works

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40 of 48
Median
$11.3kSign up
Average
$60.7kSign up
Typical size
16 × 19.5 in (41 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Oil (19), Drawing (9), Pastel (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (9), Beach scenes (5), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

52 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 10 works

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8 of 10
Median
$8.4kSign up
Average
$104kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8 in (26 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Etching (3), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 4 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 42 works

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38 of 42
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$7.6kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (22), Other (6), Print (other) (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (14), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Irma Stern auction results →