Nora Heysen
Australian · 1911–2003 · Painter
Nora Heysen, was an Australian artist, the first woman to win the Archibald Prize in 1938 for portraiture and the first Australian woman appointed as an official war artist. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Interior (1935, dated 1938)Smith & Singer · A$146,400≈ $109,377≈ £84,585≈ €100,171Sign up to see
Interior with Josephine, London 1934Menzies · A$92,045≈ $67,830≈ £52,769≈ €62,458Sign up to see
THE FLOWER SHIP 1944-1945Smith & Singer · A$48,800≈ $48,416≈ £31,644≈ €37,309Sign up to see
Nora Heysen’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Lots sold
46
of 53 offered · 2012–2026
Sell-through
87%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 34 | 27 | 79% | $22.2kSign up | $12kSign up | $109kSign up |
| Oil | 34 | 27 | 79% | $22.2kSign up | $12kSign up | $109kSign up |
| Works on paper | 18 | 18 | 100% | $3.9kSign up | $894Sign up | $19.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $15.7kSign up | $15.7kSign up | $19.4kSign up |
| Pastel | 5 | 5 | 100% | $6kSign up | $6.4kSign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Drawing | 11 | 11 | 100% | $797Sign up | $510Sign up | $2.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 1 | 1 | 100% | $346Sign up | $346Sign up | $346Sign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $346Sign up | $346Sign up | $346Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.