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New Zealand · 1931–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 401 of 516 lots (78% 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.

Ralph Hotere: 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
1950s21$4.4kSign upWatercolor
1960s6042$9.9kSign upAcrylic
1970s11069$14.2kSign upAcrylic
1980s11470$11.5kSign upAcrylic
1990s6239$5.1kSign upLithograph
2000s2817$3.9kSign upLithograph
2010s11$25.1kSign upDrawing

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1950s 2 works

Sold
1 of 2
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
20 × 22 in (51 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (2)

1960s 60 works

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42 of 60
Median
$9.9kSign up
Average
$20.5kSign up
Typical size
27 × 23.5 in (69 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (22), Oil (11), Screenprint (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (7), Abstract (2), Harbours & ports (1)
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…and 36 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 110 works

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69 of 110
Median
$14.2kSign up
Average
$38.9kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19.5 in (54 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (57), Watercolor (14), Drawing (11)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Harbours & ports (4), Sunsets & night (4)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 86 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 114 works

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70 of 114
Median
$11.5kSign up
Average
$28.7kSign up
Typical size
22 × 20.5 in (57 × 52 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (50), Lithograph (29), Other (10)
Subjects
Sea & coast (2), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 90 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 62 works

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39 of 62
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$15kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 22.5 in (70 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (31), Other (10), Pastel (8)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 28 works

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17 of 28
Median
$3.9kSign up
Average
$11.2kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 28.5 in (58 × 72 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (23), Other (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$25.1kSign up
Average
$25.1kSign up
Typical size
23 × 30.5 in (59 × 78 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

107 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 5 works

Sold
2 of 5
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
18 × 13.5 in (46 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (1), Other (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1), Beach scenes (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 44 works

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27 of 44
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$13.1kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 17 in (52 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (8), Drawing (7), Acrylic (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Harbours & ports (3), Sunsets & night (2)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 58 works

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51 of 58
Median
$4.1kSign up
Average
$9.3kSign up
Typical size
22 × 18.5 in (56 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Other (36), Acrylic (7), Drawing (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (3), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 46 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 Ralph Hotere auction results →