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Nelson Makamo: career timeline

South African · b. 1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 155 lots (48% 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.

Nelson Makamo: 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
2000s1613$2.9kSign upPastel
2010s3428$7.6kSign upDrawing
2020s2118$1.9kSign upDrawing

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2000s 16 works

Sold
13 of 16
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
36 × 25 in (91 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Pastel (7), Drawing (3), Oil (3)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 4 more (2000s)

2010s 34 works

Sold
28 of 34
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$8.5kSign up
Typical size
32 × 27.5 in (81 × 70 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (13), Mixed media (7), Print (other) (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (17)
Show 12 more (2010s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 21 works

Sold
18 of 21
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (8), Print (other) (4), Watercolor (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (14)
Show 9 more (2020s)

Creation date not recorded

77 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 15 works

Sold
12 of 15
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
32.5 × 23.5 in (82 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Print (other) (4), Mixed media (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

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

Undated, sold in the 2020s 62 works

Sold
55 of 62
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
13 × 8 in (33 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (24), Other (10), Lithograph (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (28), Markets & villages (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 50 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Nelson Makamo auction results →