Richard McWhannell: career timeline
New Zealand · b. 1952 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 39 of 59 lots (64% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | 5 | $743Sign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 7 | 4 | $1.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 17 | 12 | $2.4kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 4 | 1 | $10.4kSign up | Oil |
| 2010s | 3 | 3 | $12.8kSign up | Oil |
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1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $743Sign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 11.5 in (24 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Screenprint (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2)
1978 Picnic$2.2kSign up
1978 Federal Street at Night$743Sign up
1978 Face$705Sign up
1978 Moon, Freeman's Bay, Auckland$474Sign up
1979 ‘Clown’ – from a tin and cloth toy$2.7kSign up
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 4 of 7
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 15 in (31 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (7)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1980 Ecce homo (Portrait of Paul Johns)Unsold
1980 Lime Light$1.2kSign up
1980 2 Faces$1.5kSign up
1983 Round the World: Mosi – Siva (dance)Unsold
1983 Round the World: Mosi – Siva (dance)Unsold
1983 Prone Head$1.8kSign up
1987 Go away Da$697Sign up
1990s 17 works
- Sold
- 12 of 17
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 22 in (52 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (16), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (7), Abstract (1), Sunsets & night (1)
1991 Sniff$27.2kSign up
1993 ‘Away to Egypt!’ – Oscar Wilde: The Sphinx$2.3kSign up
1993 Wilderness CoupleUnsold
1994 Donogh RecliningUnsold
1994 Donogh Reclining$1.4kSign up
1994 Self Portrait (with cap)$2.3kSign up
1994 Donogh in a ChairUnsold
1995 Portrait of Anna Fomison$3.2kSign up
1995 Portrait of Ruth Hannah$2.3kSign up
1996 Reclining Nude (Renee)$2.5kSign up
1996 Portrait of RouaultUnsold
1996 Untitled Head$1.6kSign up
Show 5 more (1990s)
1996 Self (no title)$2.8kSign up
1997 4th Version of This Composition$1.7kSign up
1998 Figure Against a Wall (Donogh)$7.4kSign up
1999 Moonlit Pararaha$3.5kSign up
1999 Her Head in her Hand (Donogh)Unsold
2000s 4 works
- Sold
- 1 of 4
- Median
- $10.4kSign up
- Average
- $10.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 38.5 in (78 × 98 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2003 Supplicant MorningUnsold
2003 Head (tonal study)$10.4kSign up
2004 Annie Gasson (in her 16th year)Unsold · sold 2×
2007 E. C. UUnsold
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $12.8kSign up
- Average
- $9kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 36 in (71 × 92 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
2013 Fin de Siecle, Pierrot Series$12.8kSign up
2015 That Summer in the New Land (Birdlings)$13.2kSign up
2018 The man in the moon has a blue beard$1.1kSign up · sold 3×
Creation date not recorded
20 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 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 22 × 27.5 in (57 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 Exit the MountaineerUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $861Sign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 25.5 in (55 × 65 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Oil (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 Rahiri$220Sign up
sold 2015 Go Away Da…$266Sign up
sold 2016 Hey Mum$1.7kSign up
sold 2016 Hands On Table, Renee Il$3.9kSign up
sold 2016 TrioUnsold
sold 2017 Whisper on the WindUnsold
Show 2 more (2010s)
sold 2019 Whisper on the Wind$758Sign up
sold 2019 Spanish Period$964Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 7 of 11
- Median
- $561Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 14 in (31 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Lithograph (3), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2)
sold 2022 Donogh RecliningUnsold
sold 2022 Donogh RecliningUnsold
sold 2022 Tension Backstage, Pierrot SeriesUnsold
sold 2022 Untitled - two faces$81Sign up
sold 2022 Whisper on the Wind$571Sign up
sold 2023 Security Gate$816Sign up
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Cowboy Sabbath$5.6kSign up
sold 2023 We Have Our Little Ways$152Sign up
sold 2024 Moon, Freeman's Bay, Auckland$498Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled (medallion)Unsold
sold 2025 Moon, Freeman's Bay, Auckland$561Sign 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 Richard McWhannell auction results →