Philip Clairmont: career timeline
New Zealand · 1949–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 70 of 100 lots (72% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | 3 | $3.6kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1970s | 35 | 31 | $4.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 28 | 17 | $2.1kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
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1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $3.6kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 31 × 13 in (79 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (2), Watercolor (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1969 Portrait of VikiUnsold
1969 Female Figure$3.6kSign up
1969 Portrait of Vicki$1.9kSign up
1969 Beneath the ExteriorUnsold
1969 Portait of Tony Fomison$4.2kSign up
1970s 35 works
- Sold
- 31 of 35
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $13.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 15.5 in (57 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (14), Mixed media (8), Watercolor (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Butterflies (1)
1970 Head$22.9kSign up
1972 At Paranoia's Poison Door (21st Century Schizoid Man)Unsold
1972 Vietnam: Past and Future?$3.1kSign up
1973 Vincent Viki VivisectorUnsold
1973 Through the Looking Glass$1.1kSign up
1974 Portrait of Jim and Mary Barr$11kSign up
1974 Cane Chair$3.3kSign up
1974 Red Chair$7.7kSign up
1975 Fireplace with Clock and VaseUnsold
1975 Corner of the Bedroom Window$42.3kSign up
1975 Self Portrait$10.8kSign up
1975 Self Portrait$10.1kSign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
1976 Three WindowsUnsold
1976 Clothes on a Door$64.4kSign up
1976 The Axis of Vases$63kSign up
1976 Untitled$2.1kSign up
1976 Untitled (Chair)$7.3kSign up
1976 Rachael Seated$1.5kSign up
1976 Kimono in a Wardrobe$27kSign up · sold 3×
1976 Clothesline$2.5kSign up
c. 1976 Stairway with Light$28.7kSign up
1976 Chair$4.5kSign up
1976 Chair with Potential Painful Possibilities$1.5kSign up
1977 Vase$3.3kSign up
…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 28 works
- Sold
- 17 of 28
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $16.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 36.5 × 24 in (93 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (14), Lithograph (4), Pastel (3)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (9), Figures & portraits (2)
1980 Large still life with vase, palette and objects$3.6kSign up
1980 Large still life with vase, palette and objects$2.1kSign up
1980 Large still life with vase, palette and objectsUnsold
1980 Window 1980-81$4.4kSign up
1980 Large still life with vase, palette and objectsUnsold
1980 Large Still Life with Objects$3.9kSign up
1980 Rachel Seated (Study)Unsold
1980 Hiroshima mon amour$595Sign up
1980 Large Still-Life with ObjectsUnsold
1980 Large Still-Life with ObjectsUnsold
1980 Large Still-Life with ObjectsUnsold
1980 Large Still Life with ObjectsUnsold
Show 12 more (1980s)
1980 Large Still Life with ObjectsUnsold
1981 Black Crucifixion$925Sign up
1981 New Work 1981Unsold
1981 Black Crucifixion$2.1kSign up
1981 Black CrucifixionUnsold
1981 Rachel Seated Yellow/Blue$1.7kSign up
1981 Scarred Couch II$224kSign up
1981 Study for Portrait of Hamish Keith$6.2kSign up
1981 Large Still Life with Objects$7.4kSign up
1981 Still Life with Jug$8.7kSign up
1981 “New Work 1981”$44Sign up
1981 Black CrucifixionUnsold
…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
27 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 2000s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 22 × 15 in (55 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2009 Self PortraitUnsold
sold 2009 HeadUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $9.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 13 in (29 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Woodcut / linocut (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2011 Interior with LampUnsold
sold 2012 Interior Fantasy$1.9kSign up
sold 2012 Large Hexagonal Table$58.2kSign up
sold 2013 Self Portrait$1.4kSign up
sold 2013 Interior with Lamp$3.9kSign up
sold 2014 Untitled (dressing table mirror)$2.3kSign up
Show 5 more (2010s)
sold 2014 Self Portrait$3.5kSign up
sold 2016 Crucifixion or Christ As An HermaphroditeUnsold
sold 2017 Self-PortraitUnsold
sold 2018 Untitled$4kSign up
sold 2019 Art Is My Wife, Artist’s Closet$826Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works
- Sold
- 11 of 14
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 11.5 in (41 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (8), Oil (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4)
sold 2020 Black Crucifixion$531Sign up
sold 2021 Clothesline$1kSign up
sold 2021 Self-Portrait$1.6kSign up
sold 2022 Self Portrait$1.6kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled - Chair Study$2.7kSign up
sold 2024 Self Portrait at 17Unsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold
sold 2024 Morning Coffee, Rachel & Mary (to do list)Unsold
sold 2024 A collection of three prints$150Sign up
sold 2025 Self-Portrait$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Nude$618Sign up
sold 2025 Clothesline$561Sign up
…and 2 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 Philip Clairmont auction results →