Lin Onus: career timeline
Australian · 1948–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 71 of 95 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | $9.5kSign up | Other |
| 1980s | 6 | 5 | $88.5kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1990s | 58 | 53 | $72.1kSign up | Acrylic |
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1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $9.5kSign up
- Average
- $13.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 20.5 in (65 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
1974 Sherbrooke Falls 1974$8.2kSign up
1974 Alligator Gorge, South Australia 1974$10.8kSign up
1975 Purple Mists 1975$26.6kSign up
1978 Red Rocks II c1978$6.7kSign up
1980s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $88.5kSign up
- Average
- $80kSign up
- Typical size
- 44 × 44.5 in (112 × 113 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (4), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Birds (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1988 Wirrirr Wirrirr (Rainbow Birds) (1988)$143kSign up · sold 2×
1988 Frogs (1988)$135kSign up
1989 Koi at Sankei-En$1.8kSign up
1989 Wax Dogs on Lake Eyre$31.8kSign up
1989 Bunpa 1989Unsold
1989 Bunpa 1989$88.5kSign up · sold 2×
1990s 58 works
- Sold
- 53 of 58
- Median
- $72.1kSign up
- Average
- $128kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 29.5 in (50 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (21), Other (16), Gouache (9)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (5), Butterflies (4), Landscapes (2)
1992 Gilgirri Rruki (Camouflaged Geckos) (1992)$29.7kSign up
1992 Michael and I are Just Slipping Down to the Pub for a Minute (1992)$186kSign up
1992 Ten Little Niggers (1992)Unsold
1992 Guyi Bulgabula (Fish and Lily) (1992)$445kSign up · sold 2×
1992 Mandiginingi 1992$154kSign up
1992 Untitled c1992Unsold
c. 1992 The Adventures of X and Ray 1992-95$9.5kSign up
1992 One Afternoon in Yokohama c1992$89.5kSign up
1993 Bulla Goonyah 1993$309kSign up
1993 Butterflies and Flowers (1993)$26.9kSign up
1993 Butterflies and Rocks (1993)$26.9kSign up
1993 Ngalkanydji and Flowers 1993$49.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1993 Moonlight (from the Twenty Four Hours at Numerili suite) 1993$129kSign up
1993 Moonlight at Numerili 2 1993$392kSign up
1993 East Timor 1993$102kSign up
1993 Barmah Forest c1993$270kSign up
1994 Cloud Fish 1994$267kSign up
1994 Gumiring Garkman$3.1kSign up
1994 Summertime 1994$43.9kSign up
1994 Gumiring Garkman$2.5kSign up
1994 The Joy of Fish - The Ripple 1994$262kSign up
1994 Gumiring Garkman 1994$68kSign up
1994 Goonyah Na Bilda$2kSign up
1994 The Joy of Fish - In Waiting 1994$233kSign up
…and 34 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
23 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 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $37.8kSign up
- Average
- $37.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 34 in (51 × 86 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 Reflective PoolUnsold
sold 2009 Cat Dreaming$37.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $16.3kSign up
- Average
- $59.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 25 in (49 × 64 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4), Acrylic (3), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1), Landscapes (1)
sold 2010 Reflective Pool$13.7kSign up
sold 2014 FrogsUnsold
sold 2014 Fish and ReedsUnsold
sold 2014 Dawn, Midday, Midnight$26.1kSign up
sold 2015 Nampiri Djutijutu Benarra (Air Brush Gum Trees)$21.4kSign up
sold 2015 Frogs on Waterlilies$407kSign up
Show 5 more (2010s)
sold 2017 Untitled (Sand Dunes)$16.3kSign up
sold 2017 Fish in Stream$16.3kSign up
sold 2017 Misty Blue$21.6kSign up
sold 2018 Walawala Garrluman$759Sign up
sold 2018 Deep Images$13.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $6.6kSign up
- Average
- $34.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 15 in (28 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Acrylic (3), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Butterflies (1), Sunsets & night (1), Birds (1)
sold 2021 Bulla Goonya (Two Fish)$69.1kSign up
sold 2022 From the Adventures of X and Ray$1kSign up
sold 2022 X and Ray in the Garden of Earthly Delights$676Sign up
sold 2022 Still Looking...$676Sign up
sold 2022 Michael and I Are Just Slipping Down to the Pub For a Minute$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 (Language group: Yorta Yorta)$6.4kSign up
Show 4 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Butterflies and Wattle$26kSign up
sold 2023 Evening Reflections$24.7kSign up
sold 2024 On the Snowline$6.8kSign up
sold 2024 Wirrirr Wirrirr (Rainbow Birds)$213kSign up · sold 2×
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 Lin Onus auction results →