John Nixon: career timeline

Australian · 1949–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 29 lots (76% 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 Nixon: 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
1980s	6	5	$609Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
1990s	14	12	$790Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
2000s	2	0	—	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $609Sign up
Average: $546Sign up
Typical size: 28 × 21.5 in (71 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (5), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

1988 Self-Portrait V (Non-Objective Composition)$609Sign up
1988 Self-Portrait I (Non-Objective Composition)$737Sign up
1988 Self-Portrait V (Non-Objective Composition)$804Sign up
1988 Untitled (Self Portrait Series)$290Sign up
1988 Untitled (from the Self Portrait Series)$290Sign up
1989 Untitled (For Leo)Unsold

1990s 14 works

Sold: 12 of 14
Median: $790Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 13 in (42 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (6), Other (6), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Untitled$861Sign up
1990 Untitled$457Sign up
1990 Untitled$718Sign up
1990 Untitled$541Sign up
1990 Untitled$436Sign up
1991 Toil 5$503Sign up
1994 Untitled$1.8kSign up
1994 Black Monochrome$1.9kSign up
1995 Untitled$611Sign up
1995 Orange Monochrome With Red$2.8kSign up
1996 Orange Monochrome$1.9kSign up
1999 Orange Monochrome with White 1999$1.8kSign up

Show 2 more (1990s)

1999 EPW: 0 Test PaintingUnsold
1999 UntitledUnsold

2000s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 24 × 36 in (61 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (2)

2003 Untitled (Briar Hill)Unsold
2003 Untitled (Briar Hill)Unsold

Creation date not recorded

7 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $740Sign up
Average: $740Sign up
Typical size: 38.5 × 28 in (98 × 72 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 Untitled$740Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $339Sign up
Average: $814Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 9 in (17 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2015 MAN AND DOG BEFORE CASTLE RUINS$339Sign up
sold 2016 Untitled (from the Self Portrait series)$288Sign up
sold 2019 SHANE'S CASTLE, LOUGH NEAGH$1.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 24 in (75 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Untitled$626Sign up
sold 2025 UntitledUnsold
sold 2026 Untitled$3.5kSign 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 Nixon auction results →