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Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef: career timeline

South African · 1886–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 296 of 848 lots (34% 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.

Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef: 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
1890s11$3.7kSign upDrawing
1900s44$1.3kSign upDrawing
1910s2827$13.3kSign upOil
1920s11398$18.9kSign upOil
1930s4236$14kSign upOil
1940s6754$48.4kSign upOil
1950s2625$88.1kSign upOil

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1890s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$3.7kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 5.5 in (26 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
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1900s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
4.5 × 7 in (12 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Palms (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1910s 28 works

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27 of 28
Median
$13.3kSign up
Average
$23.6kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 16.5 in (31 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Oil (12), Pastel (6), Woodcut / linocut (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (11), Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
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…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 113 works

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98 of 113
Median
$18.9kSign up
Average
$61.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 14.5 in (29 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Oil (54), Woodcut / linocut (25), Other (13)
Subjects
Landscapes (43), Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (2)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 89 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 42 works

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36 of 42
Median
$14kSign up
Average
$55.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 15.5 in (36 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Oil (20), Woodcut / linocut (12), Etching (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (16), Rivers & marshes (3), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 67 works

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54 of 67
Median
$48.4kSign up
Average
$105kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 19.5 in (39 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Oil (59), Drawing (4), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (31), Rivers & marshes (4), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 43 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 26 works

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25 of 26
Median
$88.1kSign up
Average
$149kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 21.5 in (40 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Oil (22), Watercolor (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (6), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

541 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 13 works

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11 of 13
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$9.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 13.5 in (25 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (6), Woodcut / linocut (4), Oil (3)
Subjects
Landscapes (4)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 205 works

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174 of 205
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$25.9kSign up
Typical size
9 × 11.5 in (23 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (70), Oil (61), Watercolor (32)
Subjects
Landscapes (48), Rivers & marshes (4), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 193 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 323 works

Sold
299 of 323
Median
$4.6kSign up
Average
$15.1kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 11 in (24 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (121), Oil (81), Watercolor (56)
Subjects
Landscapes (66), Figures & portraits (7), Rivers & marshes (5)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 311 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 Jacobus Hendrik Pierneef auction results →