Robin Philipson: career timeline

British · 1916–1992 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 97 lots (36% 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.

Robin Philipson: 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
1950s	2	2	$1.2kSign up	Watercolor
1960s	3	3	$2kSign up	Mixed media
1970s	7	6	$1.4kSign up	Oil
1980s	15	14	$1.3kSign up	Oil
1990s	5	4	$1kSign up	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 22 in (51 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: —

1957 FRUIT AND INDIAN JAR$967Sign up
1958 TWO KINGS$1.4kSign up

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 20 × 23 in (51 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (1), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1965 TRENCH$1.3kSign up
1969 MEMORIES FROM AN EASTERN TEMPLE, 1969$5.5kSign up
1969 EQUESTRIAN KNIGHTS$2kSign up

1970s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 15 in (33 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Pastel (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1970 A TALK IN THE AFTERNOON$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
1970 THRENODY STUDY$1.4kSign up
1972 HUMANKINDUnsold
1977 FRUIT: ST. MAXIMIN, 1977$1.2kSign up
1978 FRUIT$1.9kSign up
1978 SUMMER FRUIT, 1978$857Sign up
1979 STUDY FOR 'WOMAN BATHING IN A SUMMER POOL'$3.7kSign up

1980s 15 works

Sold: 14 of 15
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 11 in (26 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Pastel (5), Watercolor (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

Show 3 more (1980s)

1990s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $8.4kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 17.5 in (27 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (3), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

57 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 2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 13 in (38 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Beach scenes (1)

sold 2018 Woman Dressing$2.5kSign up
sold 2019 Humankind XII$5.6kSign up
sold 2019 Goodbye$8.2kSign up
sold 2019 Bathers$741Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 53 works

Sold: 53 of 53
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 20 in (46 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (30), Watercolor (14), Mixed media (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (8), Flowers & still life (4), Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2020 STUDY FOR CATHEDRAL INTERIOR, GOOD FRIDAY$7.7kSign up
sold 2020 BLUE TOTEM$3.7kSign up
sold 2020 COMPOTIER OF FRUIT$2.9kSign up
sold 2020 RECLINING NUDE AND ZEBRAS$2.9kSign up
sold 2020 GOLDEN INTERIOR$14.2kSign up
sold 2020 TWO PIGEONS$1.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 MEN OBSERVED 111$1.9kSign up
sold 2020 BYZANTINE INTERIOR VI$2kSign up
sold 2021 WINDOW SEQUENCE / INTERIOR$4.6kSign up
sold 2021 PRELUDE TO A COCK FIGHT$5.9kSign up
sold 2021 CATHEDRAL$12.4kSign up
sold 2021 SMALL CORNER CUPBOARD$4.6kSign up

…and 41 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 Robin Philipson auction results →