Peter Clarke: career timeline
South African · 1929–2014 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 72 of 186 lots (36% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 22 | 20 | $3.9kSign up | Gouache |
| 1960s | 21 | 16 | $12.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 11 | 10 | $9.8kSign up | Gouache |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up | Etching |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | $663Sign up | Watercolor |
| 2000s | 6 | 1 | $988Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1950s 22 works
- Sold
- 20 of 22
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 10.5 in (25 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (6), Drawing (5), Watercolor (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (5), Markets & villages (1)
1950 Matthews House, Goede Gift, Simon's Town. CP.$3.3kSign up
1950 Forest Landscape$1.1kSign up
1950 Portrait of a CoonUnsold
1951 Walking Man$3.8kSign up
1952 Young Newspaper Seller$1.2kSign up
1952 Two Men in Hats$512Sign up
1954 Figure Wearing a Suit$3.3kSign up
1955 Seashell$341Sign up
1955 Angels and FishUnsold
1956 Seated Male Figure$2.2kSign up · sold 2×
1957 Acrobat, Midget and Chimpanzee$17kSign up
1957 The Acrobat's Family$12.3kSign up
Show 10 more (1950s)
1957 Landscape with Red Succulents$6.3kSign up
1957 Fallen Tree$11.6kSign up
1958 Figures Carrying Flowers$448Sign up
1958 Refugees from the Drought-Stricken Zone$7.3kSign up
1958 The Red Road$53.6kSign up · sold 2×
1958 Lente Landskap, Tesselaarsdal, Caledon (Spring Landscape, Tesselaarsdal, Caledon)$13.7kSign up
1958 Rocks, Froggy Pond$4kSign up
1959 Badminton$8.4kSign up
1959 Girls in the Rain$3.5kSign up
1959 Still Life With Indigenous Flowers and Rocky Landscape$26.8kSign up · sold 2×
1960s 21 works
- Sold
- 16 of 21
- Median
- $12.1kSign up
- Average
- $20.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11.5 in (27 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (8), Gouache (4), Watercolor (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Flowers & still life (2)
1961 Child Singing Carols, Greeting Card$118Sign up
1962 The Watercarrier, WindermereUnsold
1962 Goats Grazing Under a Winter's Sun$25.4kSign up
1963 Bird Flight over Barren PlainUnsold
1963 Train Passing through the Karoo$13kSign up
1964 Landskap met Kleinhuisie, Teslaarsdal (sic)Unsold · sold 2×
1964 The Gentle Spring$28.5kSign up
1964 Goatherd$63.6kSign up
1965 The Bend in the Road, Teslaarsdal, Cape, Greeting Card$328Sign up
1966 Man with Two Chickens, Greeting Card$98Sign up
1966 Bathers$10.2kSign up
1966 Lovers$6.8kSign up
Show 9 more (1960s)
1966 Landscape with Donga$11.2kSign up
1966 Landscape with Sisal Trees$21.9kSign up
1967 Tranquil Sea$4.6kSign up · sold 2×
1967 Lovers in a Garden, recto, Figure Holding Basin, verso$9.1kSign up
1967 Boy under the Palms$15.5kSign up
1968 After a Still Life by ChardinUnsold · sold 2×
1968 Still Life with Oranges, Bottle and Jug$18.2kSign up
1969 Sandy Bay$95.1kSign up
1969 LoversUnsold
1970s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $9.8kSign up
- Average
- $14.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 15 in (34 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (3), Pastel (2), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1970 The Contortionists$5.5kSign up · sold 2×
1971 We Are Never Alone$8.6kSign up
1972 The Burden$584Sign up
1972 Friday Night$8kSign up · sold 2×
1972 Man with Moths$35.6kSign up
1973 Surfers$45.4kSign up
1973 The Heat is OnUnsold
1974 Their Shadow Hangs Over Us$16.5kSign up
1975 Not For Us$10.9kSign up
1976 Boys Being Boys$12kSign up
1976 Which Side/is Which Side? What's on the Other Side?$2.4kSign up
1980s 2 works
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $663Sign up
- Average
- $663Sign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 15 in (29 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
1990 Abstract Ornamental Artist Box$258Sign up
1999 Thistledown$1.1kSign up
2000s 6 works
- Sold
- 1 of 6
- Median
- $988Sign up
- Average
- $988Sign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 13 in (34 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (2), Drawing (2), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2004 Photographs, Tesselaarsdal, twoUnsold
2006 Empty BottlesUnsold
2007 They Say There is Nothing Like a Nice Cup of Tea, But at Times They (Who Ever They Are Say Such Interesting Things$988Sign up
2007 The Corpulant Karma Sutra CoupleUnsold
2008 InsectUnsold
2008 InsectUnsold
Creation date not recorded
113 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 49 works
- Sold
- 35 of 49
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 10 in (23 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (25), Watercolor (10), Lithograph (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Landscapes (3), Markets & villages (3)
sold 2011 Vandag is daar niks wat Goedkoop is nie$2.5kSign up
sold 2011 The Heat's On$1.2kSign up
sold 2013 Nice Red Peppers$6.6kSign up
sold 2013 Over the Lands, the Road Goes to Caledon; in the Background the Riviersonderend Mountains$3.8kSign up
sold 2013 Fable; Bemused Lovers, Death Hovers; The Wake$2.3kSign up
sold 2014 White Wings & Petals$2kSign up
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2014 Backyard$1.4kSign up
sold 2014 Arco 84, Fold Out Artist's BookUnsold
sold 2014 Overcast Day$1.4kSign up
sold 2014 Main Village Street, Teslaarsdal, Caledon, CapeUnsold
sold 2014 Landscape at Teslaarsdal$2.9kSign up
sold 2015 Bathers Undressing in the Wind$1.4kSign up
…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 64 works
- Sold
- 50 of 64
- Median
- $645Sign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 7.5 in (18 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (41), Watercolor (5), Drawing (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Sunsets & night (4), Markets & villages (4)
sold 2020 You Really Must Come Sometime$1.4kSign up
sold 2021 Morning Pastorale$1.2kSign up
sold 2021 The Farm$798Sign up
sold 2021 IcarusUnsold
sold 2022 Something, all Silence, Swiftly Moving$1.1kSign up
sold 2022 Girl Frightened by a Spider$586Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Wind op die Duine$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Without Water Life Will Cease$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 We Shall Appear Like Strolling PlayersUnsold
sold 2022 Love Bemused While Death Hovers$879Sign up
sold 2022 Ruined Stable, Teslaarsdal, Caledon District$293Sign up
sold 2022 Walking Quickly Through the Evening Woods$374Sign up
…and 52 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 Peter Clarke auction results →