Nesta Nala: career timeline
South African · 1940–2005 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 25 lots (76% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 14 | 12 | $480Sign up | Other |
| 2000s | 5 | 4 | $461Sign up | Sculpture |
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1990s 14 works
- Sold
- 12 of 14
- Median
- $480Sign up
- Average
- $557Sign up
- Typical size
- 3.5 × 4.5 in (9 × 11 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (8), Sculpture (6)
- Subjects
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1991 Beer VesselUnsold
1993 Drinking Vessel$238Sign up
1993 Beer Vessel$781Sign up
1994 Pit-fired earthenware Umancishana with relief pattern$387Sign up
1994 Pit-fired earthenware pot with relief patterns$245Sign up
1994 Pit-fired earthenware Umancishana with relief and incised patterns$581Sign up
1994 Pot II$220Sign up
1994 Pot I$508Sign up
1995 Uphiso II (Traditional isiZulu Pot)$801Sign up
1996 Ukhamba with geometric pattern$1.6kSign up
1996 Beer VesselUnsold
1998 Ukhamba with incised geometric band design$452Sign up
Show 2 more (1990s)
1998 Ukhamba with incised and relief rope decoration$361Sign up
1998 Pot$514Sign up
2000s 5 works
Creation date not recorded
6 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 2020s 6 works
sold 2023 Uphiso I (Traditional isiZulu Pot)$493Sign up
sold 2023 Uphiso (Traditional isiZulu Vessel)$1.2kSign up
sold 2024 Uphiso with relief and incised geometric decorationUnsold
sold 2024 Uphiso with relief decoration$1.6kSign up
sold 2026 Ukhamba with rope and applied motifs$294Sign up
sold 2026 Ukhamba with rope and textured band$241Sign 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 Nesta Nala auction results →