John Firth-Smith: career timeline

Australian · b. 1943 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 49 lots (98% 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.

John Firth-Smith: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1960s	3	2	$2.2kSign up	Oil
1970s	7	5	$2.5kSign up	Oil
1980s	14	11	$11.1kSign up	Oil
1990s	7	4	$2.6kSign up	Oil
2000s	11	10	$6.2kSign up	Oil
2010s	2	2	$4.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 54 × 48 in (137 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: —

1970s 7 works

Sold: 5 of 7
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 46 in (77 × 117 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Acrylic (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

1970 Sun Line 1970Unsold
1974 Hang 1974Unsold · sold 2×
1975 Sleeping Boats 1$2.5kSign up
1976 Side No. 1 1976$3.5kSign up
1978 Fin Keel$3.8kSign up
1979 Blue Senary No. 1$1.4kSign up
1979 Blue Senary No. 3$1.7kSign up

1980s 14 works

Sold: 11 of 14
Median: $11.1kSign up
Average: $16.8kSign up
Typical size: 36.5 × 72 in (93 × 183 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Etching (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2)

1981 Double Time$11kSign up
1981 Lost Time (from the Time Series) 1981$5.2kSign up
1981 Four Times$348Sign up
1981 Two Times$430Sign up
1982 Winter Rounds 1982$34.2kSign up
1983 Place, Orientation and Navigation 1983Unsold
1983 Capsize - Thinking of Painting 1983$27.5kSign up
1985 Night Wind 1985$13.9kSign up
1985 Night Wind 1985$11.1kSign up
1986 WindUnsold · sold 2×
1987 Glass 1987$8.2kSign up · sold 2×
1987 Contemplation 1987$42.1kSign up

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1987 Whale 1987$30.9kSign up
1989 Sounding 1989Unsold

1990s 7 works

Sold: 4 of 7
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 35.5 in (61 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Mixed media (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Landscapes (1)

1990 Imp$269Sign up
1990 Myth$66Sign up
1992 Tide 1992$14.5kSign up
1994 Luck$5kSign up
1996 On Hawkins Hill 1996Unsold
1997 The Ham at SeaUnsold
1997 The Ham at Sea 1997Unsold

2000s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $6.2kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 79 in (91 × 201 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Print (other) (3)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 84.5 in (76 × 214 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: —

2012 On Starboard II$3.2kSign up · sold 2×
2012 The Approach$4.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $245Sign up
Average: $245Sign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 (2)$245Sign 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 John Firth-Smith auction results →