Karel Nel: career timeline
South African · b. 1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 10 of 24 lots (42% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $174Sign up | Screenprint |
| 1990s | 6 | 4 | $11.9kSign up | Pastel |
| 2010s | 3 | 1 | $34.9kSign up | Pastel |
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1980s 1 work
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $11.9kSign up
- Average
- $27.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 66.5 × 68.5 in (170 × 175 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (4), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1991 Rod Latent Light$23.3kSign up
1992 Palmer's Flare$220Sign up
1992 Somewhere a Brahmarandhra Blooms Quietly$490Sign up
1992 Convergence, House of the InitiateUnsold
1993 Schism I$87.7kSign up
1995 The Place of the Manao Tupapau, Gauguin’s Grave, Hiva OaUnsold
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $34.9kSign up
- Average
- $34.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 65.5 × 65.5 in (166 × 167 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (3)
- Subjects
- —
2014 Leaf Shrine, North Island, SeychellesUnsold
2014 Presence: Leaf Shrine, North Island, Seychelles$34.9kSign up
2015 DishUnsold
Creation date not recorded
14 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $23.9kSign up
- Average
- $20.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 67 × 71 in (170 × 180 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (3), Sculpture (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2015 The Lambent Territory$23.9kSign up
sold 2015 Rods Alpha to Omega$27.9kSign up
sold 2016 Edge Piece$4.9kSign up
sold 2017 Inventory$31.2kSign up
sold 2017 Wayfarer, Mudif, Johannesburg$46.9kSign up
sold 2017 Edge Piece II$4.7kSign up
Show 1 more (2010s)
Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works
- Sold
- 0 of 6
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 67 × 64.5 in (170 × 164 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2022 DishUnsold
sold 2023 The Voyage Mind/OceaniaUnsold
sold 2025 DishUnsold
sold 2025 Galactic GestaltsUnsold
sold 2025 Point Reyes (Berkeley)Unsold
sold 2026 The Worlds BetweenUnsold
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 Karel Nel auction results →