Kenneth Jack: career timeline

Australian · 1924–2006 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 44 of 68 lots (64% 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 Jack: 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	1	1	$136Sign up	Oil
1950s	12	12	$2kSign up	Oil
1960s	17	17	$1.9kSign up	Oil
1970s	7	7	$1.5kSign up	Watercolor
1980s	3	3	$200Sign up	Lithograph
2000s	2	2	$1.1kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $136Sign up
Average: $136Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1944 On the Road to Lysterfield$136Sign up

1950s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 25 in (44 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Woodcut / linocut (2), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)

1953 Keilor Landscape$5.8kSign up
1954 Woodcutters$2.8kSign up
1954 Macedonia House, Lancefield$272Sign up
1956 Self-Portrait$4.6kSign up
1956 Farm in the Foothills (Gippsland, Vic.)$669Sign up
1957 OLD HOTEL, 1957$1.5kSign up
1957 Melbourne$21.6kSign up
1957 The Red Road$2.5kSign up
1958 Town Hall, Talbot, Victoria$244Sign up
1959 Seven Bridges over the Maribyrnong$1.6kSign up
1959 Town Hall Talbot$2.4kSign up
1959 Ruined Stone Crusher, Oakleigh$968Sign up

1960s 17 works

Sold: 17 of 17
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 37 in (63 × 95 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9), Mixed media (3), Etching (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1), Markets & villages (1)

1960 Family TV Viewing$3.9kSign up
c. 1960 Paddle Steamer and Wool Barge, Murray River c.1960's$266Sign up
1960 Myer Music Bowl$5.8kSign up
1960 Ballarat Gaol, Vic$98Sign up · sold 2×
1961 The Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne$808Sign up
c. 1961 Omeo$4.6kSign up
1961 Old Melbourne Building No. 3: Young and Jacksons 1961 colour linocut 36/60 31 x 46cm$631Sign up
1963 Boatsheds$113Sign up
1963 Paddle Steamer 'Canberra' at Mildura$118Sign up · sold 2×
1965 Billabong with Sunken Paddle Steamer$1.1kSign up
1965 Maldon 1965$2kSign up
1967 Malmsbury$5.4kSign up

Show 5 more (1960s)

1968 The Main Street, Tibooburra$4kSign up
1968 Royal Victoria Hotel$1.9kSign up
1969 Boswell, Tasmania$353Sign up
1969 Hotel at Waratah, TAS$2.5kSign up
1969 Hotel at Tibooburra NSW$4.6kSign up

1970s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 35 in (60 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (4), Oil (2), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $200Sign up
Average: $7.5kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 22.5 in (37 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Woodcut / linocut (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1), Harbours & ports (1)

1984 White Cliffs,' from 'Old Mining Towns of Australia$66Sign up
1984 Royal Terrace, Fitzroy (Built 1984), Old Melbourne Buildings No. 4$200Sign up
c. 1989 Port Albert, Victoria$22.3kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 18.5 in (28 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Beach scenes (1)

2003 Abandoned Hotel, Kalgoorlie W.A. (The Australian Town)$1.5kSign up
2004 Customs Office and Hotel, Beachport S.A.$744Sign up

Creation date not recorded

24 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 16 works

Sold: 14 of 16
Median: $234Sign up
Average: $488Sign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 15.5 in (27 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (10), Lithograph (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2), Abstract (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2012 Town Hall, Talbot, Victoria$162Sign up
sold 2013 The Gold Country$181Sign up
sold 2013 Old Melbourne Buildings no. 6 - The Old Gaol, Franklin Street (Built 1841)$820Sign up
sold 2013 Long Gully Near Bendigo$205Sign up
sold 2014 Seven Bridges Over the Maribyrnong - no. 5 Arundel$725Sign up
sold 2015 Old Melbourne Buildings No.1, Joss House, South Melbourne$285Sign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2015 Regatta Hotel, Brisbane$130Sign up
sold 2015 Sturt's Stoney Desert III 1967 oil on composition board$2.1kSign up
sold 2015 Old Timber House, Brisbane linocut 3/30 28 x 38cm$252Sign up
sold 2016 Seven Bridges over the Maribynong No.4, Bulla$1.3kSign up
sold 2016 Old Melbourne Building No. 4 - Royal Terrace, Fitzroy, Built$231Sign up
sold 2017 Billabong with Sunken Paddle SteamerUnsold

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $230Sign up
Average: $285Sign up
Typical size: 11 × 15.5 in (29 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (4), Lithograph (2), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (2), Markets & villages (2), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2020 White Cliffs, NSWUnsold
sold 2020 Burra, SAUnsold
sold 2020 The Pioneer$114Sign up
sold 2020 Murray River Paddle Steamer No.2 - P.S. Etona$118Sign up
sold 2021 Talbot - The Town Hall$587Sign up
sold 2021 Walled Town$342Sign up

Show 2 more (2020s)

sold 2022 River flats$110Sign up
sold 2022 (2)$439Sign 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 Kenneth Jack auction results →