Joy Hester: career timeline
Australian · 1920–1960 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 36 lots (75% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | 19 | $7.1kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 3 | 3 | $44.8kSign up | Watercolor |
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1940s 21 works
- Sold
- 19 of 21
- Median
- $7.1kSign up
- Average
- $11.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (11), Oil (3), Gouache (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Sunsets & night (1)
1943 Nude Leaning on a Chair c1943$12.3kSign up
1943 Woman Resting 1943$25kSign up
1944 Head of a Woman (1944)$59.3kSign up
1944 Head c1944$3.1kSign up
1945 Pauline McCarthy (circa 1945)$15.9kSign up
1945 The Greek c1945$12.3kSign up
1945 Prisoner No.119970 c1945$6kSign up · sold 3×
1945 Female Nude (circa 1945)Unsold
1945 Woman at Handrail 1945$4.4kSign up · sold 3×
1945 Female Nude c1945$2.2kSign up
1945 Crucifix c1945$2.2kSign up
1945 (Two Figures) c1945$4.8kSign up
Show 9 more (1940s)
c. 1946 From an Incredible Night Dream c1946-47$2.2kSign up
c. 1947 Face 1947-48$8.7kSign up
c. 1947 Faces Series 1947-48$7.4kSign up
1948 Sleep 1948$4.4kSign up
1948 Untitled (Child and Doll) c1948$7.1kSign up
1948 Face (1948)Unsold
1948 Self Portrait (1948)$17.9kSign up
1948 Sleep c1948$4.8kSign up
1949 Love Series 1949$15.8kSign up
1950s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $44.8kSign up
- Average
- $83.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 14 in (42 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1955 Untitled (Child with Hat and Scarf) c1955$44.8kSign up
1956 (Portrait of a Girl)$7.4kSign up
c. 1957 Girl with Cocky$198kSign up
Creation date not recorded
8 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 9.5 in (25 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2014 Girl and Tea Cup$1.8kSign up
sold 2016 Figure of a Girl$5.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $8.5kSign up
- Average
- $8.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 8.5 in (30 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5)
sold 2020 At Rest$3.6kSign up
sold 2022 Man in Chair$11.4kSign up
sold 2022 Man$5.9kSign up
sold 2022 Woman$4.2kSign up
sold 2025 Seated Woman$11.1kSign up
sold 2025 Head of a Woman$12.6kSign 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 Joy Hester auction results →