Robert Dickerson: career timeline

Australian · 1924–2015 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 188 of 481 lots (38% 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.

Robert Dickerson: 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
1940s	2	0	—	Oil
1950s	6	4	$23.6kSign up	Other
1960s	33	29	$18.6kSign up	Oil
1970s	42	34	$3.6kSign up	Pastel
1980s	19	15	$4.2kSign up	Pastel
1990s	39	34	$13.4kSign up	Acrylic
2000s	26	23	$2.5kSign up	Drawing
2010s	2	1	$1.7kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 34.5 × 34.5 in (88 × 88 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1949 Untitled (Two Figures) c1949-51Unsold
c. 1949 Untitled (Reclining Man with Woman) c1949-51Unsold

1950s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $23.6kSign up
Average: $55.9kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 28.5 in (97 × 73 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (2), Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)

1950 Street Scene (1950)Unsold · sold 2×
1952 The Bathers (1952)$17.6kSign up
1952 Woman on the Beach (1952)Unsold
c. 1953 Portrait of a Woman c1953-55$29.6kSign up
1954 The Bottle (1954)$171kSign up
1958 Untitled (Seated Woman) c1958$5.8kSign up

1960s 33 works

Sold: 29 of 33
Median: $18.6kSign up
Average: $24.3kSign up
Typical size: 36 × 35.5 in (91 × 90 cm)
Mediums: Oil (15), Other (10), Drawing (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (8), Sunsets & night (2), Markets & villages (2)

c. 1960 Pick a Back$12.8kSign up
c. 1960 Portrait of a Young Child$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1960 Pensive Child$1.4kSign up
1960 Terrace Houses, Sydney c1960$30.5kSign up
1960 Untitled (Young Boy) c1960$3.4kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled, c$705Sign up
1960 Children in Darlinghurst (1960)$35.5kSign up
1960 Family Group 1960$73.4kSign up
1960 Through the Trees 1960$3.6kSign up
1960 Children at Dusk 1960Unsold
c. 1960 Child Playing c1960sUnsold
1961 Children in Paddington (1961)$53.8kSign up

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1961 Children in Plunkett Street 1961$18.6kSign up
1962 Man in Darlinghurst (1962)$23.8kSign up
1962 Mother and Child 1962$63.1kSign up
1962 Children in Darlinghurst (1962)$33.9kSign up · sold 2×
1963 Children in the Street (1963)$22.8kSign up
1963 The Punter at Night c1963$34.6kSign up
1965 Man in Rushcutters Bay Park (1965)$48.5kSign up
1965 Children Playing, Darlinghurst (1965)$22.7kSign up
1966 Girl Kneeling (1966)$15.7kSign up
1966 Boy with a Towel 1966$29.8kSign up
1967 A Journalist Drinking 1967Unsold
c. 1967 The Journalists,' c$12.2kSign up

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 42 works

Sold: 34 of 42
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $10.8kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 20 in (57 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (16), Drawing (13), Oil (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (15), Markets & villages (2), Cattle & animals (2)

c. 1970 Profile of a Woman$1.4kSign up
c. 1970 Girl Looking Off to the Side$1.2kSign up
c. 1970 Two Figures$2kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1970 Two Faces$4kSign up
c. 1970 Young Boy$1.7kSign up
c. 1970 Girl Looking Off to the Side$1.9kSign up
c. 1970 Girl with Hands Clasped$3.1kSign up
c. 1970 Woman in Profile, c$1.4kSign up
1970 The School Boy c1970Unsold
c. 1970 Phoebe Dressing$2.3kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1970 Girl on a Beach$2kSign up
c. 1970 Inner Thoughts,' c$2.4kSign up

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c. 1970 Hands Study, c$1.4kSign up
c. 1970 Standing Girls$3.2kSign up
1970 Female Face$4.2kSign up
1970 Pensive Child c1970$4.1kSign up
1970 Girl Writing c1970$10.1kSign up
1971 Girl and Doll 1971$25.5kSign up
1972 Paddington Laneway (1972)$123kSign up
1972 The Busker$5.9kSign up
1972 Children c1972Unsold
1972 Fair Haired Boy$4.7kSign up
c. 1975 Study of a Woman$2.2kSign up
1975 Paddy's Market 1975Unsold

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 19 works

Sold: 15 of 19
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $12.4kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 25 in (76 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (5), Oil (5), Drawing (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)

c. 1980 Well Done - Old Fellow$4.6kSign up
1980 Children in Millers Point, Sydney c1980$81.3kSign up
1980 The Tenants 1980$26.6kSign up · sold 2×
1980 Pensive Girl c1980$7.6kSign up
1981 Tourists after the Bushfire 1981$10.5kSign up
1981 Aspects of Dance II$837Sign up
1981 Aspects of Dance I$837Sign up
1982 Street Corner Meeting$2.7kSign up
1984 The Steelworker$662Sign up
1985 The Witness (circa 1985)$37.2kSign up · sold 2×
1986 Geisha Girls with Fan$3.2kSign up
1986 The Bookmaker$4.5kSign up

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1990s 39 works

Sold: 34 of 39
Median: $13.4kSign up
Average: $30.2kSign up
Typical size: 31 × 35.5 in (79 × 91 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (16), Drawing (6), Oil (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (2), Sunsets & night (2)

1990 Case Dismissed$2.3kSign up · sold 3×
1990 Aspects of Law$4.7kSign up
1990 Migrants in Fitzroy$608Sign up
1990 Aspects of Law 1990$11kSign up
1990 Aspects of Law 1990$8kSign up
1990 Migrants in Fitzroy 1990$6.3kSign up
1990 Aspects of Law$5.9kSign up
1991 Waiting, Mother and Child$29.3kSign up
1991 Camp near Wooroi Forest 1991$38.6kSign up
1991 Legal Eagles II$1.1kSign up
1992 Exiled Child$9.4kSign up
1992 The Executive$1.8kSign up

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1992 Post Mortem 1992$13.1kSign up
1992 Portrait of Camilla$2.1kSign up
1992 Nude$2.4kSign up
1992 Man Swimming, Maroochy River 1992$20.5kSign up
1992 Fishing in the Maroochy c1992$13.6kSign up
1993 Weyba Creek 1993$29.5kSign up
1993 Lovers in the National Park 1993$28.5kSign up
1993 Burning the Cane 1993$82.7kSign up
1993 Evening Workers c1993Unsold
1994 Farmer at Verrierdale, Eumundi (1994)$114kSign up
1994 Early Morning, Randwick 1994$205kSign up
1994 The Woman in Red (1994)$26.2kSign up · sold 2×

…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 26 works

Sold: 23 of 26
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $16.2kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 21.5 in (73 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (11), Acrylic (10), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (2), Rivers & marshes (1)

2000 Tulips$245Sign up · sold 2×
2000 Swimmers at the River 2000$54kSign up
2000 Roses$830Sign up
2000 The Single Girl 2000Unsold
2001 Women with Trolleys (2001)Unsold
2001 The Free Meal$2.4kSign up
2001 Viewpoint$2.4kSign up
2001 The Offering$2.5kSign up
2001 Song of Grandma$906Sign up
2001 Home$1kSign up
2001 Bush Fire$1.7kSign up
2001 Form Guide$1.7kSign up

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2001 Moment's Thought 2001$8.1kSign up
2002 In the Birdcage 2002$63.9kSign up
2002 Couple in the Valley 2002Unsold
2002 Red Dress, South Coast c2002$10.3kSign up
2002 Approaching Storm 2002$13.6kSign up · sold 2×
2003 Man at Culburra Beach 2003$53.4kSign up
2003 Frequent Flyers 2003$71.6kSign up
2004 Head of Boy$1.4kSign up
2004 Country Homestead 2004$37kSign up · sold 2×
2005 Two Flowers 2005$5.4kSign up
2006 Evening Walk$854Sign up
2006 Early Morning Track Work$2.1kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 35 × 37 in (89 × 94 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: —

2011 The Card Players 2011Unsold
2012 Harlequin$1.7kSign up

Creation date not recorded

277 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 12 works

Sold: 10 of 12
Median: $7.8kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 18 in (48 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (8), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1), Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2009 Untitled (Portrait of Woman)$15.1kSign up
sold 2009 Street Game$15.7kSign up
sold 2009 (Figure)$4.8kSign up
sold 2009 Seated Figure$10.8kSign up
sold 2009 Untitled (Mother and Child)$4kSign up
sold 2009 Pastel Blue$3.6kSign up

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sold 2009 Untitled (Woman Resting)$11kSign up
sold 2009 Nude in the Bath$4.6kSign up
sold 2009 ChildUnsold
sold 2009 The Ballet Dancer at RestUnsold
sold 2009 Untitled (Jockeys and Horses)$2.5kSign up
sold 2009 Reflection$12.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 122 works

Sold: 102 of 122
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $6.1kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 18 in (55 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (56), Drawing (29), Oil (17)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (40), Markets & villages (3), Flowers & still life (2)

sold 2010 Louise$6.6kSign up
sold 2010 Ballerinas$13kSign up
sold 2010 Face$7.1kSign up
sold 2011 Ecstasy I$6.7kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2011 Untitled$7.3kSign up
sold 2011 Portrait of a WomanUnsold

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sold 2011 Return to the Enclosure$5.4kSign up
sold 2011 Geisha Sewing$9.7kSign up
sold 2012 Lady in a Sheer Dress$6.3kSign up
sold 2012 Young Figure$3.2kSign up
sold 2012 Shifting Rocks, CambewarraUnsold
sold 2012 Waiting$5.1kSign up

…and 110 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 143 works

Sold: 137 of 143
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $3.9kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 19.5 in (56 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (63), Pastel (48), Oil (9)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (47), Markets & villages (5), Flowers & still life (2)

sold 2020 Mother and Daughter$2.9kSign up
sold 2020 Punter In The Green Jacket$58.8kSign up
sold 2020 Double Portrait$6.6kSign up
sold 2020 Woman Bending$2kSign up
sold 2020 Ben$135Sign up
sold 2020 The Candidates$230Sign up

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sold 2020 The Clown$1.4kSign up
sold 2020 The Waiting Room$227Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled (Two Figures)$7.3kSign up
sold 2020 Mother and Child$2.7kSign up
sold 2020 Out of the Barrier$163Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2020 Thoughtful Boy$1kSign up

…and 131 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 Robert Dickerson auction results →