Shane Cotton: career timeline
New Zealand · b. 1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 215 of 237 lots (91% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2 | 0 | — | Oil |
| 1990s | 71 | 40 | $10.9kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 91 | 54 | $5.8kSign up | Acrylic |
| 2010s | 21 | 12 | $9.7kSign up | Acrylic |
| 2020s | 10 | 6 | $5.3kSign up | Screenprint |
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Enter what you know about a work by Shane Cotton to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.
1980s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 64.5 × 55 in (164 × 139 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
1989 ShieldsUnsold
1989 Cell, Block and SystemUnsold · sold 2×
1990s 71 works
- Sold
- 40 of 71
- Median
- $10.9kSign up
- Average
- $33.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 29.5 in (53 × 75 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (44), Acrylic (13), Lithograph (9)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Rivers & marshes (1)
1990 Appendages Study 10$864Sign up
1991 Te Kore: The FactUnsold
1992 RibUnsold
1992 II Whakapapa (Chronicles)Unsold
1992 Point$16.4kSign up
1992 Gather$17.9kSign up
1993 Compressed View$83.3kSign up · sold 2×
1993 Artist in a New Land$60.5kSign up
1993 100 RevolutionsUnsold
1994 Ko wai koeUnsold
1994 Chrysanthemum$11.8kSign up
1994 Daze$73.8kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
1994 No Future Predictions$1.5kSign up
1994 Mauri Whenua$6.8kSign up
1995 ABC$5.6kSign up
1995 ABC$7.2kSign up
1995 1995$67.8kSign up
1995 A.H.F.E$24.4kSign up
1995 ABC$59.3kSign up
1995 Untitled$17.7kSign up
1995 Untitled$21.8kSign up
1995 A.B.C.Unsold
1995 Wake$134kSign up
1997 Kūpapa$9.7kSign up
…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 91 works
- Sold
- 54 of 91
- Median
- $5.8kSign up
- Average
- $16.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 30 in (57 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (50), Lithograph (29), Oil (9)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Flowers & still life (1), Cattle & animals (1)
2000 TaiaUnsold
2000 He Pukapuka Tuatahi$226kSign up
2000 RuarangiUnsold · sold 2×
2000 He puti puti mau: A flower for you$5.1kSign up
2000 Whakakitenga$20.6kSign up
2001 Button Eyes$12.3kSign up
2001 White Horse$28kSign up
2001 Ko te pae o tane$24.7kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia III$6.1kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia 19$5.6kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia 9$4.2kSign up
2001 Button EyesUnsold
Show 12 more (2000s)
2001 Button EyesUnsold
2001 Stelliferous Biblia IX IUnsold
2001 Button EyesUnsold
2001 Journey in 4 Parts: One Horsepower$27.9kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia XII$4.6kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia No. 24Unsold
2001 Button EyesUnsold
2001 Stelliferous Biblia No. 24Unsold
2001 Stelliferous Biblia XVIUnsold · sold 2×
2001 Stelliferous Biblia No. 19$4.3kSign up
2001 Stelliferous Biblia No. 19Unsold
2001 4 x 5 (ID)$34.2kSign up
…and 67 more works from this group in the full results list.
2010s 21 works
- Sold
- 12 of 21
- Median
- $9.7kSign up
- Average
- $15.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 29.5 × 20 in (76 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (19), Screenprint (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
2010 Hum$34.7kSign up
2010 Half CastUnsold
2011 Clutch Play III$8.9kSign up
2011 BaselandUnsold
2011 Where ya from man?$21.2kSign up
2011 ClimbingUnsold
2012 Traditional Handles and Switches$34.8kSign up · sold 4×
2012 Shelf$15.2kSign up
2012 Formal Branches$8.3kSign up · sold 2×
2013 Sky, Land and Words$34.9kSign up
2014 Smoke Signals$10.5kSign up
2014 Smoke Boxes$6.1kSign up
2020s 10 works
- Sold
- 6 of 10
- Median
- $5.3kSign up
- Average
- $8.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 41.5 × 30 in (105 × 76 cm)
- Mediums
- Screenprint (10)
- Subjects
- —
2022 Pikopiko I WhitiUnsold
2022 Te Ramaroa / Pouērua / Ruahine / Whātonga / Tararua / Pikopiko I Whiti$25.3kSign up
2022 Pikopiko I Whiti$3.7kSign up
2022 Whātonga$5.1kSign up
2022 Whātonga$4.9kSign up
2022 Tararua$6.2kSign up
2022 Ruahine$5.5kSign up
2022 WhātongaUnsold
2022 TararuaUnsold
2022 RuahineUnsold
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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $6.2kSign up
- Average
- $13.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 11.5 in (29 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Acrylic (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2012 Land of the Long White Cloud$33.8kSign up
sold 2012 Cell Study - MutationUnsold
sold 2013 Matiu$5.7kSign up
sold 2015 Madonna of the Goldfinch$6.2kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$21.6kSign up
sold 2016 Kenesis: Kotahi Ki KotahiUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 9 of 12
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $9.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 30 × 27.5 in (76 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (9), Oil (2), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Rock Garden$5.6kSign up
sold 2020 Taia$7.1kSign up
sold 2020 20 to 9Unsold
sold 2020 TaiamaiUnsold
sold 2020 Alpha/Omega$1.8kSign up
sold 2020 Hopa$2kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Formal BranchesUnsold
sold 2022 Kikorangi$929Sign up
sold 2023 A Walk in Paradise$677Sign up
sold 2023 Broken Water$677Sign up
sold 2025 Dog, Ball, Diamond$59.2kSign up · sold 3×
sold 2025 Things Behind the Sun IX$9.6kSign 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 Shane Cotton auction results →