Ray Crooke
Australian · 1922–2015 · Painter, Printmaker
Ray Austin Crooke was an Australian artist known for his landscapes. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Thursday Island 1958Smith & Singer · A$170,800≈ $127,606≈ £98,683≈ €116,866Sign up to see
The Concert, WayaMenzies · A$122,727≈ $92,001≈ £66,427≈ €77,416Sign up to see
Islanders (1960)Smith & Singer · A$104,318≈ $76,558≈ £56,929≈ €67,345Sign up to see
Ray Crooke’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 326 | 263 | 81% | $12.4kSign up | $7.9kSign up | $128kSign up |
| Oil | 325 | 262 | 81% | $12.4kSign up | $7.9kSign up | $128kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 33 | 31 | 94% | $1.4kSign up | $830Sign up | $7.9kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.4kSign up | $7.9kSign up |
| Gouache | 16 | 15 | 94% | $838Sign up | $811Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Pastel | 4 | 4 | 100% | $731Sign up | $576Sign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Drawing | 4 | 4 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $831Sign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 16 | 12 | 75% | $542Sign up | $297Sign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $624Sign up | $624Sign up | $624Sign up |
| Aquatint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $220Sign up | $220Sign up | $220Sign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $153Sign up | $153Sign up | $153Sign up |
| Screenprint | 6 | 5 | 83% | $957Sign up | $635Sign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 2 | 1 | 50% | $160Sign up | $160Sign up | $160Sign up |
| Print (other) | 5 | 3 | 60% | $187Sign up | $164Sign up | $294Sign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | $11.6kSign up |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | $3.6kSign up |
| 2024 | 33 | 29 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 27 | 26 | $5.9kSign up |
| 2022 | 37 | 30 | $4kSign up |
| 2021 | 26 | 25 | $9.2kSign up |
| 2020 | 25 | 21 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2019 | 20 | 15 | $3.4kSign up |
| 2018 | 20 | 15 | $7.4kSign up |
| 2017 | 29 | 18 | $9.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 24 | 18 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2015 | 27 | 21 | $11.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 21 | 11 | $16.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 23 | 17 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2012 | 13 | 11 | $12kSign up |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | $10.6kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $13.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 11 | 10 | $5.2kSign up |