Stella Steyn: career timeline

British · 1907–1987 · Few works by Stella Steyn have a recorded creation date (23 of 146), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Stella Steyn: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade sold	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
2000s	32	20	$3.4kSign up	Oil
2010s	47	40	$742Sign up	Oil
2020s	67	52	$697Sign up	Oil

Sold in the 2000s 32 works

Sold: 20 of 32
Median: $3.4kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 23.5 in (64 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (28), Gouache (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (10), Figures & portraits (8)

sold 2000 WOMAN SEATED AT A TABLE$1.4kSign up
sold 2000 THE TABLEUnsold
sold 2002 STILL LIFE WITH PEACHES AND MIXED FLOWERS$2.2kSign up
1939 SEATED NUDEUnsold
sold 2003 MODEL SEATED ON A BENTWOOD CHAIR$3.5kSign up
sold 2003 WOMAN IN BLUEUnsold
sold 2004 TWO JUGS OF FLOWERSUnsold
sold 2004 KNIGHT AND DAMSEL and A WELL DRESSED COUPLE (A PAIR)$2.3kSign up
1929 THE ONDT'S FUNERAL$675Sign up
sold 2004 ACROBATS$1.8kSign up
1951 SEATED NUDE WITH A BLACK DROP EARRING$4.2kSign up
1951 GIRL WITH BLACK HAIR$10.6kSign up

Show 12 more (2000s)

1949 TWO FIGURES ON A BLUE GROUND$6.1kSign up
1950 SEATED WOMAN AND FERN$5.1kSign up
sold 2005 TERRACOTA JUG WITH DAFFODILS AND IRISUnsold
sold 2005 BICYCLISTS$2.2kSign up
1953 WOMAN IN BLUE HOLDING A BOWL OF FLOWERS$6.6kSign up
sold 2006 RHODODENDRON AND FRUIT ON A BLUE GROUNDUnsold
sold 2006 TABLETOP STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS AND FRUIT$3.8kSign up
sold 2006 STILL LIFE OF APPLES ON A TABLEUnsold
sold 2006 SEATED NUDE IN CONTRAPPOSTOUnsold
sold 2006 DANCE HALL SCENE$6.4kSign up
sold 2006 TWO JUGS OF FLOWERS$3.3kSign up
sold 2007 SELF PORTRAITUnsold

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

Sold in the 2010s 47 works

Sold: 40 of 47
Median: $742Sign up
Average: $976Sign up
Typical size: 22 × 18.5 in (56 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Oil (33), Watercolor (7), Drawing (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (16), Flowers & still life (9)

sold 2010 SEATED NUDEUnsold
sold 2010 STANDING NUDEUnsold
sold 2010 STILL LIFE OF MIXED ROSES WITH APPLES$2.2kSign up
sold 2010 MOTHER AND CHILD, SEATED NUDE AND TWO OTHER STUDIES (SET OF FOUR)Unsold
1950 RECLINING FIGUREUnsold
sold 2010 DOUBLE PORTRAIT$1.1kSign up
sold 2010 SELF PORTRAIT STUDIESUnsold
1950 PARIS CAFE$685Sign up
c. 1940 SELF PORTRAIT WITH PLANT, c.1940s$4.7kSign up
c. 1940 SELF PORTRAIT IN FLORAL DRESS, c.1940s$2.1kSign up
c. 1950 TWO WOMEN$1kSign up
c. 1950 RECLINING WOMAN$1.2kSign up

Show 12 more (2010s)

c. 1950 WOMAN IN HAT, c.1950s (SET OF TWO)$1.4kSign up
c. 1950 WOMAN IN HAT, c.1950s (SET OF THREE)$1.4kSign up
sold 2011 CUPID$120Sign up
c. 1934 BOY IN SCHOOL UNIFORM$375Sign up
c. 1960 TWO SKETCHBOOKS, c.1960s$828Sign up
sold 2013 FIGURE STUDIES (A PAIR)$756Sign up
sold 2013 AMARYLLIS IN A POT$728Sign up
sold 2014 ADAPTATION FROM THE VILLA DEI MISTEN$3.8kSign up
sold 2016 RECLINING NUDE$201Sign up
sold 2016 STANDING NUDE$581Sign up
sold 2016 STILL LIFE, FRUIT AND BOWL$401Sign up
sold 2016 WOMAN$120Sign up

…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

Sold in the 2020s 67 works

Sold: 52 of 67
Median: $697Sign up
Average: $848Sign up
Typical size: 24 × 20.5 in (61 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Oil (61), Other (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (40), Figures & portraits (9), Cattle & animals (1)

sold 2020 Still Life - Fruit and Bowl$599Sign up
sold 2020 Still LifeUnsold
sold 2020 Still LifeUnsold
sold 2020 Still Life - Flowers in a Jug$1kSign up
sold 2020 Adam and Eve$891Sign up
sold 2020 Seated FigureUnsold
sold 2020 Apple Blossom in Vase$801Sign up
sold 2020 VASE OF FLOWERS$430Sign up
sold 2020 STILL LIFE WITH ROSESUnsold · sold 3×
sold 2020 Still Life - Vase of Flowers$384Sign up
sold 2020 Standing Nude$1.1kSign up
sold 2020 Still LifeUnsold

Show 12 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Still LifeUnsold
sold 2020 Terracotta Bouquet$265Sign up
sold 2021 Sunflower$966Sign up
1953 Still Life - Flowers and Fruit$3.2kSign up
sold 2021 Study Of A Figure$697Sign up
sold 2021 RECLINING WOMAN$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2021 Still Life$449Sign up
sold 2021 Still Life$354Sign up
sold 2021 Still Life - The Rose Plant$586Sign up
sold 2021 Portrait Of A Girl$587Sign up
sold 2021 Study of a Lady$771Sign up
sold 2021 Still Life - Fruit and Flowers$583Sign up

…and 43 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 Stella Steyn auction results →