Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz: career timeline

South African · 1903–1980 · 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 33 lots (30% 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.

Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz: 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
1930s	5	3	$2.8kSign up	Sculpture
1940s	3	3	$366Sign up	Print (other)
1950s	2	2	$2.6kSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 12 in (44 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (1)

1940s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $366Sign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 12.5 in (16 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1941 Two Figures Wearing Fezzes$223Sign up
1941 Cape Medley Panel (Chimney Piece)$366Sign up
1948 Aspiration (Slender Female Figure)$2.8kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 3.5 in (15 × 9 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1955 Ageless Head (Timeless Head), 1955$4.2kSign up
1959 Reclining Figure$1kSign up

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: 2 of 2
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 15 in (36 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2009 Woman Resting in an Interior$6.1kSign up
sold 2009 Still Life with a Figurine and a Violin$1.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 15 works

Sold: 13 of 15
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 6.5 in (18 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (8), Etching (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (1)

sold 2010 Two Dancers$935Sign up
sold 2011 Shaking Apples from a TreeUnsold
sold 2013 Bacchante$2.1kSign up
sold 2013 Portrait Head of Morris Robinson$866Sign up
sold 2013 Self Portrait Holding a Book$866Sign up
sold 2014 Nadia (Reclining Nude)$4kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2014 Washerwoman$1.1kSign up
sold 2015 Mother and Child$10.2kSign up
sold 2015 Head of a Child$1.8kSign up
sold 2015 Eve$174Sign up
sold 2015 Torso$1.6kSign up
sold 2017 Washer Woman$886Sign up

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $104Sign up
Average: $701Sign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (3), Sculpture (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2023 Head of a Young WomanUnsold
sold 2023 The Genies (Book-ends)$2.5kSign up
sold 2023 Mother and Child$92Sign up
sold 2023 Meeting at a Table$92Sign up
sold 2025 Mother and Child$116Sign up
sold 2025 LilyUnsold

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 Lippy (Israel-Isaac) Lipshitz auction results →