Theodorus Johannes Schoon: career timeline

New Zealand · 1915–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 77 of 265 lots (29% 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.

Theodorus Johannes Schoon: 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
1930s	9	3	$229Sign up	Photograph
1940s	10	7	$1.3kSign up	Photograph
1950s	3	1	$5.4kSign up	Photograph
1960s	47	37	$1.4kSign up	Drawing
1970s	3	3	$2.3kSign up	Screenprint
1980s	4	3	$337Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 9 works

Sold: 3 of 9
Median: $229Sign up
Average: $211Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 6 in (20 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (2)

c. 1936 Indonesian VillageUnsold
c. 1936 Old Indonesian Man at the LoomUnsold
c. 1936 Study with Indonesian MaskUnsold
c. 1936 Indonesian Man in Traditional CostumeUnsold
c. 1936 Portrait of a Girl in Indonesian Costume$229Sign up
c. 1936 Portrait of a Young Indonesian BoyUnsold
c. 1936 Buffalo in Mud, Asia$267Sign up
c. 1936 Indonesian Child at the Door$137Sign up
c. 1936 Asian Street SceneUnsold

1940s 10 works

Sold: 7 of 10
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 11 in (23 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (8), Other (2)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (5)

1942 D K Turner, Theo Schoon, Gordon Walters and Don Hutchins$458Sign up
1946 R.Gould Opihi, copy by Theo Schoon, 1946$3.9kSign up
1947 Duntroon DetailUnsold
c. 1947 Untitled - Waitaki RiverUnsold
c. 1947 Moa Remains Around Ovens at Black Jack Point, Waitaki RiverUnsold
1947 Duntroon Detail$694Sign up
c. 1947 Moa Remains around ovens at Black Jack Point, Waitaki River$377Sign up
c. 1947 Cave Art Sites and Environs$1.3kSign up
c. 1947 Untitled – Waitaki River$1.4kSign up
1949 Ahuriri River part 2, copy by Theo Schoon February 1949$2.8kSign up

1950s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $5.4kSign up
Average: $5.4kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 7 in (26 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1), Drawing (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

1950 Archive of Maori Cave Art Photographs$5.4kSign up
c. 1957 Kowhaiwhai StudyUnsold
1958 Kumara GodUnsold

1960s 47 works

Sold: 37 of 47
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 10 in (30 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (11), Photograph (11), Other (6)
Subjects: Abstract (6), Birds (3), Flowers & still life (3)

c. 1960 Incised Gourd with Kowhaiwhai motifUnsold
1960 Untitled – Abstract Pattern Design$993Sign up
1960 Untitled Kowhaiwhai Design$2.7kSign up
c. 1960 Incised Gourd with Kowhaiwhai motif$54.1kSign up
c. 1960 Composition with bird No. 2$795Sign up
c. 1960 Composition with bird No. 2Unsold
c. 1960 Untitled - Indigenous Design$678Sign up
1962 Untitled - Abstracted Gourd IIUnsold
1962 Untitled$3.7kSign up
1962 Untitled Abstract$2.2kSign up
1962 Abstract Design$939Sign up
1962 Abstract Design$939Sign up

Show 12 more (1960s)

1962 Gourd Study$881Sign up
1962 Still life with Three Urns$833Sign up
1962 Self-Portrait with Peruvian GourdsUnsold
1963 Untitled - Vertically Orientated Design$644Sign up
1963 Still life with BranchUnsold
1963 Still Life with GourdUnsold
1964 One Man’s Picture is Another Man’s Rorschach TestUnsold
1964 One Man's Picture is Another Man's Rorschach TestUnsold
1964 Abstract$17.9kSign up
c. 1964 Correspondence from the period 1964-1984$10.1kSign up
1964 Untitled - Bird and Two Cats$2.2kSign up
c. 1965 Gourd Collection StudyUnsold

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

1970s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 27.5 in (45 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 Pounamu pendant$21.8kSign up
1971 Untitled (Kowhaiwhai pattern)$2.1kSign up
1971 Maori Motif I$2.3kSign up

1980s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $337Sign up
Average: $666Sign up
Typical size: 24 × 15.5 in (61 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Other (3), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1980 Self-Portrait, circa 1980$1.5kSign up
1982 Rotorua Art Gallery 21 June - 18 July 1982$148Sign up
1982 Rotorua Art Gallery 21 June – 18 July 1982$337Sign up
1984 Rare and important stoneware dishUnsold

Creation date not recorded

187 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 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 15 in (39 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (8), Drawing (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Sea & coast (1), Abstract (1)

sold 2007 Boy with Paddles$1.8kSign up
sold 2007 Mud Wave, Waiotapu Mud Pool$3.6kSign up
sold 2007 Waiotapu Mud Pool Study$3.6kSign up
sold 2007 Waiotapu Mud Pool Study$3.8kSign up
sold 2008 Kowhaiwhai Pattern Study$1.1kSign up
sold 2008 Abstract with Zig Zag$609Sign up

Show 5 more (2000s)

sold 2008 Kowhaiwhai Pattern Study$1.1kSign up
sold 2008 Two Views of the Artist's Studio$2.3kSign up
sold 2008 Two Gourds$1.8kSign up
sold 2008 Two Gourds with Stylized Maori Designs$1.8kSign up
sold 2009 Waiotapu Mud Pool StudyUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2010s 131 works

Sold: 124 of 131
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 10 in (28 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Other (60), Photograph (37), Drawing (19)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (11), Abstract (9), Rivers & marshes (7)

sold 2010 Waiotapu Mud Pool StudyUnsold
sold 2012 Colour transparencies from the Len Caste collection$2.1kSign up
sold 2012 Koru Study$3.7kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled - Indigenous Abstract StudyUnsold
sold 2012 Waiotapu Mud Pool Study$2.5kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled - Study of a Thermal Stalagmite$1.6kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2012 Untitled - Surrealist Composition$3kSign up
sold 2012 Design in the Opihi River Style$1.4kSign up
sold 2012 Electrical Discharge$19.4kSign up
sold 2012 The Three GourdsUnsold
sold 2012 Carved pounamu inanga-variety manaia figure pendant$176Sign up
sold 2012 Carved pounamu modernist figural form pendant.$4.3kSign up

…and 119 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 45 works

Sold: 30 of 45
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $11.7kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 11 in (28 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (24), Oil (8), Other (5)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Rivers & marshes (3), Abstract (2)

sold 2020 Study in Design$845Sign up
sold 2020 Untitled Mural$235kSign up
sold 2020 Tribute to Dr Milligan$1.6kSign up
sold 2020 Biomorphic bowl$5.5kSign up
sold 2022 Jade Country$278Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled - Waiotapu Mud Pool Study with Protruding ‘Coral’ FormationUnsold

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Untitled - Limestone Formations$742Sign up
sold 2022 Waiotapu Mud Pool Study$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Waiotapu Mud Pool Study$1.6kSign up
sold 2022 Waiotapu Mudpool Study$2.6kSign up
sold 2022 Buddha, Chandi Mendut, Java$816Sign up
sold 2022 Untitled - Coloured Motif Drawing$1.4kSign up

…and 33 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 Theodorus Johannes Schoon auction results →