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Margaret Olley: career timeline

Australian · 1923–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 142 of 155 lots (91% 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.

Margaret Olley: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s54$100kSign upOil
1950s87$4.7kSign upPrint (other)
1960s3026$32.6kSign upOil
1970s3328$38.5kSign upOil
1980s1511$45.5kSign upOil
1990s2521$65kSign upOil
2000s1010$36.5kSign upOil
2010s32$1.9kSign upPrint (other)

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1940s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$100kSign up
Average
$110kSign up
Typical size
30 × 30 in (76 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1950s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$7.2kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 19 in (42 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (3), Oil (2), Pastel (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1960s 30 works

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26 of 30
Median
$32.6kSign up
Average
$35.4kSign up
Typical size
25 × 24 in (63 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Oil (27), Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (2), Rivers & marshes (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

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

1970s 33 works

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28 of 33
Median
$38.5kSign up
Average
$36.9kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 29.5 in (68 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Oil (30), Watercolor (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (8), Sunsets & night (2), Cattle & animals (2)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 15 works

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11 of 15
Median
$45.5kSign up
Average
$46.1kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 35.5 in (68 × 91 cm)
Mediums
Oil (15)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 3 more (1980s)

1990s 25 works

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21 of 25
Median
$65kSign up
Average
$65.3kSign up
Typical size
26.5 × 32.5 in (68 × 83 cm)
Mediums
Oil (24), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (3), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 10 works

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10 of 10
Median
$36.5kSign up
Average
$34kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 30.5 in (60 × 77 cm)
Mediums
Oil (8), Etching (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

2010s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
24 × 31 in (61 × 79 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

13 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 9 works

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7 of 9
Median
$28.5kSign up
Average
$28.3kSign up
Typical size
24 × 30 in (61 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Oil (7), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (5)
Show 3 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$3.4kSign up
Average
$14.8kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 13.5 in (31 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (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 Margaret Olley auction results →