Lawrence Daws: career timeline
Australian · 1927–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 59 lots (53% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3 | 2 | $3.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 6 | 5 | $4.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 9 | 8 | $3.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 4 | 3 | $11.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 8 | 7 | $7.9kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 1 | 0 | — | Oil |
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1950s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $3.6kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 39.5 × 50 in (100 × 127 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1955 Sungazer$4.6kSign up
c. 1956 Willy up a Tree$2.7kSign up
1956 The Outcast 1956Unsold
1960s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $5kSign up
- Typical size
- 28.5 × 41 in (72 × 104 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1), Beach scenes (1)
c. 1960 Untitled (From the Anakie Series)Unsold
1962 Mandala IV$10.4kSign up
1962 Yam Creek II 1962$1.3kSign up
c. 1963 Mandala - The Granites 1963-64$4.1kSign up
1964 Figure on Beach IV 1964$4.4kSign up
c. 1965 The Bassoonists's Burial$4.7kSign up
1970s 9 works
- Sold
- 8 of 9
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 47 in (90 × 120 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (8), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (2), Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1970 Omen Bird$860Sign up · sold 2×
c. 1970 Red Landscape$5.5kSign up
c. 1970 Omen Bird in Landscape$4kSign up
1970 The 1913 Mining Disaster 1970$5.1kSign up
1972 Figure$810Sign up
1972 Red Landscape c1972$3.5kSign up
c. 1975 Waterlillies$7.7kSign up
1976 Preliminary Painting for Interior c1976$2.2kSign up
1977 Owl Creek, Glasshouse Mountains 1977Unsold
1980s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $11.9kSign up
- Average
- $9.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 51 × 56.5 in (129 × 144 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
c. 1980 Glasshouse Mountains with Willow Trees$2.1kSign up
1982 Asylum in Eden I 1982$13.4kSign up
1985 The Pinnacles 1985Unsold
1988 Clare Landscape c1988$11.9kSign up
1990s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $7.9kSign up
- Average
- $8.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 40 × 47.5 in (101 × 121 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (8)
- Subjects
- —
1992 Glass House Mountains and Waterlily Pond (1992)$14kSign up
1993 Summer III 1993Unsold
1997 The Somnambulist$1.7kSign up
1997 Di Pasquale's Farm 1997$7.5kSign up
1997 Squeaker's Farm (1997)$9.4kSign up
1997 Coochin Pond (1997)$9.9kSign up
1997 Slate Quarry (1997)$6.7kSign up
1998 Di Pasquale's Farm 1998$7.9kSign up
2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 53 × 62 in (135 × 157 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
2002 Jacaranda c2002Unsold
Creation date not recorded
27 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 17 works
- Sold
- 15 of 17
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 36 × 42 in (91 × 107 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (15), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
sold 2012 Where the Land Meets the Sea I$1.7kSign up
sold 2013 Reflections of a Sapphire Miner$3.1kSign up
sold 2013 Seated Nude$7.3kSign up
sold 2013 Running Figure II$2.9kSign up
sold 2014 Mt. Isa oil on board$3kSign up
sold 2014 Untitled (Red Landscape)Unsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2014 The Bassoonist's Burial$2.6kSign up
sold 2015 The Fleurieu Peninsula$29.1kSign up
sold 2015 Flinders Ranges, South Australia acrylic on masonite$2.1kSign up
sold 2016 Ponciana I-IV$13.7kSign up
sold 2016 The Cage II$11.2kSign up
sold 2016 Specking at Anakie$1.1kSign up
…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $479Sign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 21 in (47 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Etching (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2021 Blue Landscape$1.4kSign up
sold 2021 The 1913 Mining Disaster II$11.3kSign up
sold 2023 Portrait of Ian Fairweather$164Sign up
sold 2023 Untitled Landscape$133Sign up
sold 2023 Landscape, Glasshouse Mountains$6.5kSign up
sold 2023 Figures in City Streets$433Sign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Mother and Baby on Balcony$524Sign up
sold 2025 Cage and Running Figures$328Sign up
sold 2025 The 1913 Mining Disaster II$7.8kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled$220Sign 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 Lawrence Daws auction results →