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Sidney Nolan: career timeline

Australian · 1917–1992 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 1,350 of 1,634 lots (82% 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.

Sidney Nolan: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1930s99$719Sign upMixed media
1940s6653$3.3kSign upDrawing
1950s331306$1.4kSign upMixed media
1960s587539$2kSign upMixed media
1970s179169$3.3kSign upOil
1980s125119$2.2kSign upDrawing
1990s66$1.1kSign upMixed media

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1930s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$719Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13.5 in (26 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (4), Oil (2), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
Abstract (7), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

1940s 66 works

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53 of 66
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$145kSign up
Typical size
15 × 16 in (38 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (21), Other (20), Oil (14)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (8), Landscapes (4), Cattle & animals (4)
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…and 42 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 331 works

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306 of 331
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$21.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10 in (30 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (159), Oil (77), Drawing (73)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (57), Landscapes (25), Cattle & animals (20)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 307 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 587 works

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539 of 587
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$21.1kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 20.5 in (52 × 52 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (354), Oil (129), Drawing (39)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (95), Landscapes (59), Cattle & animals (19)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 563 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 179 works

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169 of 179
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$14.2kSign up
Typical size
28 × 29.5 in (71 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Oil (42), Mixed media (38), Screenprint (30)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (12), Beach scenes (10), Flowers & still life (7)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 155 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 125 works

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119 of 125
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$22.5kSign up
Typical size
29 × 30 in (73 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (41), Oil (27), Mixed media (21)
Subjects
Landscapes (16), Birds (10), Figures & portraits (9)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 101 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 22.5 in (52 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (4), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Boats (1)

Creation date not recorded

279 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 10 works

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8 of 10
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$4.7kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 18.5 in (50 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Screenprint (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Abstract (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 4 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 93 works

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86 of 93
Median
$788Sign up
Average
$4.1kSign up
Typical size
22 × 24 in (56 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (32), Screenprint (24), Oil (16)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (11), Cattle & animals (5), Rivers & marshes (4)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 81 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 176 works

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167 of 176
Median
$966Sign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (87), Drawing (29), Oil (21)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (46), Landscapes (16), Cattle & animals (9)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 164 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 Sidney Nolan auction results →