Kenneth Baker: career timeline

South African · 1931–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 83 lots (37% 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.

Kenneth Baker: 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
1940s	2	1	$883Sign up	Oil
1960s	4	3	$197Sign up	Oil
1970s	18	14	$638Sign up	Oil
1980s	4	4	$338Sign up	Oil
1990s	1	1	$662Sign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $883Sign up
Average: $883Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 18 in (46 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1942 Cape SceneUnsold
1949 Selling Fish on the Street$883Sign up

1960s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $197Sign up
Average: $214Sign up
Typical size: 20 × 15.5 in (51 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1970s 18 works

Sold: 14 of 18
Median: $638Sign up
Average: $799Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 16.5 in (47 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Oil (17), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (5), Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (2)

1970 Two Men Smoking$465Sign up
1971 Tavern SceneUnsold
1972 Five Men Having a Conversation$243Sign up
1973 The Seven Steps, Hanover Street, District Six$627Sign up
1974 Men SmokingUnsold
1974 Outside ChattingUnsold
1975 Three Friends Drinking$1.5kSign up
1976 Boats in the HarbourUnsold
1976 Landscape$411Sign up
1976 Farm Road, Worcester$423Sign up
1977 Bo-Kaap Street Scene$648Sign up
1977 White Cottage$1.2kSign up

Show 6 more (1970s)

1977 Street Scene$1.1kSign up
1978 Workers Sitting beside a Ladder$900Sign up
1978 Bo-Kaap Street Scene with Figures$1.9kSign up
1979 The Three Crooners$1.1kSign up
1979 District Six, Cape Town$328Sign up · sold 2×
1979 Bo-Kaap Life$308Sign up · sold 2×

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $338Sign up
Average: $398Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 14.5 in (36 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (3)

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $662Sign up
Average: $662Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 14.5 in (46 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1991 Flower Sellers$662Sign up

Creation date not recorded

49 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: $875Sign up
Average: $875Sign up
Typical size: 16 × 11.5 in (41 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2009 A Group of Figures$875Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 18 works

Sold: 13 of 18
Median: $656Sign up
Average: $608Sign up
Typical size: 16 × 16.5 in (41 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Oil (18)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (1)

sold 2013 Muir Street MosqueUnsold
sold 2014 District Six$861Sign up
sold 2014 District Six$1kSign up
sold 2015 The Day's Catch$948Sign up
sold 2015 District Six$794Sign up
sold 2015 Cape Town Street Scene with Table Mountain$852Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2017 A FamilyUnsold
sold 2017 The Guitarist$341Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2018 District Six with Table Mountain Beyond$656Sign up
sold 2018 Forest$328Sign up
sold 2018 Country Sunset$410Sign up
sold 2019 Woman in the Road$336Sign up

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 30 works

Sold: 26 of 30
Median: $332Sign up
Average: $508Sign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 16 in (43 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Oil (29), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (10), Markets & villages (9), Landscapes (2)

sold 2021 Daisies in a VaseUnsold
sold 2022 Cape Town Street Scene$485Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2022 Two MenUnsold
sold 2022 Three FiguresUnsold
sold 2022 The Day's Catch$523Sign up
sold 2022 Mothers with Children$336Sign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Cape Town Street Scene$217Sign up
sold 2023 Street Scene with Lion's Head$248Sign up
sold 2023 District Six with Lion’s Head and Mosque in the Distance$298Sign up
sold 2023 Trees and Mountains in a Landscape$355Sign up
sold 2024 Township Street Scene$258Sign up
sold 2024 Four Men$236Sign up

…and 18 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 Kenneth Baker auction results →