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Nerine Desmond: career timeline

South African · 1908–1993 · 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 63 lots (41% 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.

Nerine Desmond: 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$579Sign upOil
1950s22$2.8kSign upWatercolor
1960s33$1.2kSign upOil
1970s1413$41Sign upWoodcut / linocut
1980s10—Oil

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1940s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$579Sign up
Average
$605Sign up
Typical size
12 × 15.5 in (30 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Watercolor (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Boats (1)

1950s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
20 × 27 in (51 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1)

1960s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 29.5 in (55 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3)
Subjects
—

1970s 14 works

Sold
13 of 14
Median
$41Sign up
Average
$198Sign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (12), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)
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1980s 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
20 × 26.5 in (51 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

36 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
2 of 2
Median
$740Sign up
Average
$740Sign up
Typical size
9 × 13 in (23 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 18 works

Sold
14 of 18
Median
$899Sign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Oil (13), Watercolor (4), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Harbours & ports (1), Beach scenes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

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

Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works

Sold
7 of 16
Median
$208Sign up
Average
$713Sign up
Typical size
15 × 16 in (38 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (8), Oil (7), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (4), Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 4 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 Nerine Desmond auction results →