Penny Siopis: career timeline
South African · b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 33 of 94 lots (33% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2 | 2 | $2kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 5 | 4 | $25.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 1 | 1 | $210kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 17 | 15 | $2.3kSign up | Oil |
| 2010s | 4 | 3 | $11.5kSign up | Drawing |
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1970s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 13.5 in (38 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
1972 Untitled, 1972/3$3kSign up
1977 Garden Bench$958Sign up · sold 3×
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $25.4kSign up
- Average
- $33.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 29.5 in (90 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Pastel (2), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1982 Birthday Cake$40.7kSign up
1982 Cake$73.1kSign up
1986 Quail$10kSign up
1987 The Ballroom$8.6kSign up
1988 SceneUnsold
1990s 1 work
2000s 17 works
- Sold
- 15 of 17
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (9), Watercolor (3), Mixed media (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2001 Civil War Woman A$1.5kSign up
2001 Civil War Wound P$967Sign up
2002 Pinky Pinky: Toenails$10.3kSign up
c. 2002 Eighteen works from the Shame series (Rows E and F)$2.5kSign up
2002 Pinky Pinky (Capture)$2kSign up · sold 2×
2002 Fly EyesUnsold
2003 Aus: Shame$6.5kSign up
c. 2004 Ohne Titel$1.2kSign up
2004 Konvolut von 3 Papierarbeiten$2.3kSign up
2004 No-No$4.4kSign up · sold 2×
2004 Shut up$3.5kSign up
2005 Penny Siopis: Passions and Panics, The Goodman Gallery Exhibition Poster, Johannesburg, November 2005$419Sign up
Show 5 more (2000s)
2005 Penny Siopis: Passions and Panics, Goodman Gallery Exhibition Poster, Johannesburg 2005$281Sign up
2007 Penny Siopis$509Sign up
2007 Spell$4.6kSign up
2007 Feral Fables; Fetter, 2007Unsold
2009 Ribbon$19.3kSign up
2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $11.5kSign up
- Average
- $22.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 41 × 10.5 in (105 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Photograph (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Sea & coast (1)
2011 Swarm, diptych$56.8kSign up
2016 From 'My Lovely Day'$498Sign up
2016 Gravity's WaveUnsold
2019 Warm World: Coral$11.5kSign up
Creation date not recorded
60 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 25 works
- Sold
- 19 of 25
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $6.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 16.5 in (34 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Mixed media (5), Screenprint (4)
- Subjects
- Cattle & animals (1)
sold 2013 Unmade Bed$742Sign up
sold 2013 Sleeping Baby$1.3kSign up
sold 2013 Sleeping Baby$2kSign up
sold 2014 Cake: Tapers$25.8kSign up
sold 2014 Sleeping Baby$885Sign up
sold 2014 Le Cap de Bonne Esperanza$939Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 35 works
- Sold
- 21 of 35
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $6.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 12 in (34 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (11), Etching (11), Oil (9)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (2)
sold 2021 Umtatarama One$543Sign up
sold 2021 Note 4$6.8kSign up
sold 2021 Skirmish: Never, Ever Again, diptych$6.1kSign up
sold 2021 Act I Scene IIUnsold
sold 2022 PastimeUnsold
sold 2022 Umtatarama One$347Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 PastimeUnsold
sold 2022 Umtatarama OneUnsold
sold 2022 Pinky Pinky (Model Prisoners)$374Sign up
sold 2022 Farm House, Grahamstown$3.1kSign up
sold 2022 Act I Scene II$77.7kSign up
sold 2022 Passions and Panics, poster$389Sign up
…and 23 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 Penny Siopis auction results →