Peter James Smith: career timeline

b. 1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 21 of 23 lots (89% 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.

Peter James Smith: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1970s	2	1	$1.3kSign up	Oil
1980s	1	1	$4.4kSign up	Acrylic
1990s	3	3	$5.2kSign up	Oil
2000s	8	4	$3.3kSign up	Oil
2010s	3	3	$3.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1973 The Hour of the PhoenixUnsold
1977 Random Numbers No.7$1.3kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.4kSign up
Average: $4.4kSign up
Typical size: 91.5 × 70.5 in (233 × 179 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1)
Subjects: —

1989 The Building of Hardies Bridge, Near Smith’s Landing (1879)$4.4kSign up

1990s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $5.2kSign up
Average: $5.6kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 75.5 in (92 × 191 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Acrylic (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

1994 Kolmogorov’s Tag$3kSign up
1996 The Wreck of the Schomberg, Peterborough, Victoria 1855; Ship Creek, Haast, New Zealand 1866$8.7kSign up
1997 The Speed of Light$5.2kSign up

2000s 8 works

Sold: 4 of 8
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $3.5kSign up
Typical size: 28 × 46.5 in (72 × 119 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Acrylic (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2000 Light Quanta$4.8kSign up
2001 Cape Maria van DiemanUnsold · sold 4×
2001 TerrainUnsold
2002 At the Still Point of the Turning World$3.9kSign up
2007 The Magnitude of StarlightUnsold · sold 2×
2007 Julius von Haast at the top of Otira Gorge$2.5kSign up
2008 The Mathematical Sublime No. 2Unsold
2009 Albatross VI$2.6kSign up

2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 53.5 in (92 × 136 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 91 × 70 in (231 × 178 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Orbits of the Comets$413Sign up
sold 2023 The Building of Hardies Bridge$2.5kSign 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 Peter James Smith auction results →