Michael Illingworth: career timeline
New Zealand · 1932–1988 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 77 of 123 lots (62% 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 | 1 | 1 | $13.9kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 47 | 36 | $25.2kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 21 | 17 | $47.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 5 | 2 | $24.8kSign up | Oil |
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1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $13.9kSign up
- Average
- $13.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 10 in (37 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1958 Self Portrait$13.9kSign up
1960s 47 works
- Sold
- 36 of 47
- Median
- $25.2kSign up
- Average
- $46.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 24 in (51 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (32), Gouache (5), Mixed media (4)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (5), Figures & portraits (4), Abstract (2)
1960 PaintingUnsold
1960 Abstract Study of a Cell Form$2.2kSign up
1961 Untitled – Head and Shoulders Portrait$34.7kSign up
1961 Beyond the Dictatorship of Time and PlaceUnsold
c. 1961 Untitled$9.9kSign up
1961 The Poet Explodes$25.2kSign up
1962 An Offering to the Queen of a New Land$31.5kSign up · sold 2×
1962 Androcles Last YearUnsold
1962 UntitledUnsold
1962 Times Beyond the City$25.1kSign up
1962 Tawera over Pah Hill$22.5kSign up
1962 Untitled$6.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
1962 Untitled – Abstract Figure Study$6.1kSign up
1962 Untitled Abstraction$6.3kSign up
1962 Untitled – The Jester$5.4kSign up
1962 Untitled – Abstract Figure Study$6.5kSign up
1962 Uneasy Red Time in Virgin Place$15.7kSign up
1962 Untitled$4.4kSign up
1962 Untitled$2.8kSign up
1963 A New Lord Demanding Much Attention$53.8kSign up
1963 Too late either to heed or ignoreUnsold
1963 A City in ExileUnsold
1963 Passing out of the Great CityUnsold
1964 This Society’s Boundaries Never Met$111kSign up
…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 21 works
- Sold
- 17 of 21
- Median
- $47.8kSign up
- Average
- $45kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 20 in (51 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (17), Gouache (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Sea & coast (1)
1970 Tomb of Sea Horse$59.8kSign up
1970 Untitled$9.7kSign up
1971 Painting II$48.5kSign up · sold 2×
1971 Untitled$90.1kSign up
1971 Rangi and Papa Landscape$52kSign up
1971 Painting III$79.7kSign up
1971 Untitled – Tawera Figure in ReliefUnsold
1971 Still Life$13kSign up
1971 Untitled – from the Rangi and Papa Creation Series$61.9kSign up
1971 Rangi and Papa (Creation Series)$27kSign up
1971 UntitledUnsold
1971 Land, Land and Island$86.4kSign up
Show 9 more (1970s)
1971 Seba Driving his Red Car$31.6kSign up
1971 Untitled - Rangi and Papa Creation Series$22.2kSign up
1972 Pah Hill$26kSign up
1972 UntitledUnsold
1972 Tawera in Landscape$26kSign up
1972 A Matauri Bayscape$59.7kSign up
1973 To Father Skinner and the People of Puhoi$24.3kSign up
1979 The 245T FarmerUnsold
1979 Portrait of a Man of Consequence$47.8kSign up · sold 2×
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 2 of 5
- Median
- $24.8kSign up
- Average
- $24.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 26.5 in (51 × 68 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1982 Untitled$7.2kSign up
1985 Central MechanismUnsold
1985 Central MechanismUnsold
1985 Central MechanismUnsold
1987 The Three Quark Man, Muster Mark$42.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
46 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
- $21.4kSign up
- Average
- $21.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 24 in (44 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2007 Mount Taranaki$21.4kSign up
sold 2009 Graemeto to the LandUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 41 works
- Sold
- 37 of 41
- Median
- $4.3kSign up
- Average
- $6.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (18), Pastel (9), Oil (8)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (11), Landscapes (4), Abstract (2)
sold 2010 Graeme to to the Land$1.3kSign up
sold 2013 Tawera$365Sign up
sold 2013 Tawera$800Sign up
sold 2017 Untitled – Tawera Figure$13.4kSign up
sold 2017 Tawera$56.3kSign up
sold 2017 UntitledUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2017 The PoliticianUnsold
sold 2017 Jan-25Unsold
sold 2017 The Gallery GoersUnsold
sold 2017 Untitled – Landscape with Tree$9.1kSign up
sold 2017 The artist’s sketchbook$3.1kSign up
sold 2017 Bust of young king and old king$2.6kSign up
…and 29 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
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 Michael Illingworth auction results →