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Paul Emsley: career timeline

South African · b. 1947 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 8 of 32 lots (25% 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.

Paul Emsley: 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
1980s54$618Sign upDrawing
1990s33$1.6kSign upLithograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Paul Emsley to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1980s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$618Sign up
Average
$802Sign up
Typical size
20.5 × 22.5 in (52 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Oil (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1)

1990s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17 in (39 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1)

Creation date not recorded

24 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
9 of 15
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
7 × 8.5 in (18 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7), Oil (6), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1), Sea & coast (1), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

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

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold
5 of 9
Median
$897Sign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Drawing (4), Etching (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 3 more (2020s)

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 Paul Emsley auction results →