Mervyn Williams: career timeline

New Zealand · b. 1940 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 60 of 72 lots (83% 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.

Mervyn Williams: 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
1960s	10	8	$551Sign up	Screenprint
1970s	2	1	$170Sign up	Lithograph
1980s	13	12	$1kSign up	Acrylic
1990s	23	10	$6.2kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	10	3	$5.8kSign up	Acrylic
2010s	1	1	$5.9kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 10 works

Sold: 8 of 10
Median: $551Sign up
Average: $854Sign up
Typical size: 24 × 19 in (61 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (9), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1965 Morning Journey$1.3kSign up
1965 Aurora Series$684Sign up
1965 Aurora SeriesUnsold
1965 Aurora SeriesUnsold
1965 Untitled$612Sign up
1965 Abstract with sky form$388Sign up
1966 Progression$2.6kSign up
1967 Midas MK I$321Sign up
1969 Untitled$490Sign up
1969 Untitled - Prismatic Study$426Sign up

1970s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $170Sign up
Average: $170Sign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18.5 in (47 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1977 Focus$170Sign up
1979 UntitledUnsold

1980s 13 works

Sold: 12 of 13
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 22.5 in (65 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (5), Print (other) (3), Other (2)
Subjects: —

1980 Horus Series VII$165Sign up
1980 Four By Four$227Sign up
1980 Four By FourUnsold
1980 Emblem$214Sign up
1981 Sliding Triangles from the Pyramid series$887Sign up
1984 Vagabond$1kSign up
1985 Canticle$21.5kSign up
1986 Untitled$1kSign up
1986 Untitled$3.5kSign up
1987 Untitled$1.1kSign up
1989 Pilgrim No. I$5.9kSign up
1989 Little Vortex$2.2kSign up

Show 1 more (1980s)

1989 Legend No. 3$741Sign up

1990s 23 works

Sold: 10 of 23
Median: $6.2kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 31.5 × 31 in (80 × 79 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (23)
Subjects: —

Show 11 more (1990s)

1996 ShimmerUnsold
1997 Greening$2.5kSign up
1997 BreakingUnsold
1997 Right on Time$2.8kSign up
1997 GallileoUnsold
1997 Banded (Siena/Blue)Unsold
1998 IntermittentUnsold
1999 Shadows (Blue)Unsold
1999 Dancer One$2.4kSign up
1999 In The HollowUnsold
1999 Dancer OneUnsold

2000s 10 works

Sold: 3 of 10
Median: $5.8kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 27.5 in (75 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (8), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

2000 Fire WheelUnsold
2001 PathwayUnsold
2001 Holding PatternUnsold
2001 PathwaysUnsold · sold 2×
2001 SoaringUnsold
2001 Flat Racer$3.8kSign up
2001 In the EndUnsold
2004 Study (For Heem)Unsold
2005 In Line (Bronze)$7kSign up
2005 Postscript ’05$5.8kSign up

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.9kSign up
Average: $5.9kSign up
Typical size: 48 × 48 in (122 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

2012 Solar Flare$5.9kSign up

Creation date not recorded

12 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 7 works

Sold: 4 of 7
Median: $223Sign up
Average: $301Sign up
Typical size: 30 × 22 in (76 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Other (4), Screenprint (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Prints '69 and other NZ prints$106Sign up
sold 2012 Midas MK 1$289Sign up
sold 2012 Chromatic Variations V$652Sign up
sold 2013 Midas Finds his SoulUnsold
sold 2014 MaximUnsold
sold 2014 ArtificeUnsold

Show 1 more (2010s)

sold 2018 Midas Finds His Soul$157Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $943Sign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 16.5 in (51 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Acrylic (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Midas Finds his Soul$196Sign up
sold 2022 Lith 3$137Sign up
sold 2022 Red Wing$3.1kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled$1.4kSign up
sold 2026 Edge of Morning$943Sign 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 Mervyn Williams auction results →