Mike Parr: career timeline

Australian · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 29 lots (89% 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.

Mike Parr: 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
1970s	3	3	$1.4kSign up	Screenprint
1980s	9	8	$755Sign up	Etching
1990s	8	7	$982Sign up	Etching
2000s	4	4	$2.1kSign up	Screenprint

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 27.5 in (100 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (3)
Subjects: —

1970 Red Dread$1.3kSign up
1970 Red Dread$1.5kSign up
1970 Red Dread$1.4kSign up

1980s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $755Sign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 26.5 × 27.5 in (67 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Etching (6), Drawing (1), Drypoint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1986 Zastruga Self Portrait 1986$3.1kSign up
1987 Organon 1 (#20)$447Sign up · sold 3×
1987 Organon 1 (#14)$545Sign up
1988 Hybridia #13 (from the suite of 20 etchings) 1988Unsold
1988 Self Portrait, No.6$2.4kSign up
1988 Pool of Blood$755Sign up
1988 Pool of Blood #3$754Sign up
1989 Solar Winds #1$476Sign up
1989 Self Portrait 1989$2.4kSign up

1990s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $982Sign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 42 × 27.5 in (107 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Drypoint (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1991 Head on a Plate$1.3kSign up
1992 Untitled$982Sign up
1992 Untitled (Self Portrait)$500Sign up
1993 Untitled 1993Unsold
1993 The Wind 1993 etching 1/99 28 x 25cm$512Sign up
1995 Polish Mud (Untitled Self Portraits) 1995$14.8kSign up
1996 Bronze Liars (Minus 1 to Minus 16) (1996)$16.7kSign up
1998 Blind Obedience (White)$811Sign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 45.5 × 29.5 in (116 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Lithograph (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

2001 On the Marble Cliffs #1, #3, #9 and #10 2001$3.4kSign up
2001 Quotation/Quotation (A Screw Loose)$19.7kSign up
2002 Malewitsch$670Sign up
2002 A-Thetu$871Sign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 42 × 31 in (107 × 79 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 Hysteria etc #7$1.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4.7kSign up
Average: $4.7kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 59.5 in (73 × 151 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2022 Untitled (Self Portrait)$8.4kSign up
sold 2025 (3)$912Sign 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 Mike Parr auction results →