Thomas Motswai: career timeline
South African · b. 1963 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 16 of 22 lots (67% 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 | 1 | 1 | $139Sign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1990s | 4 | 3 | $809Sign up | Pastel |
| 2000s | 4 | 3 | $499Sign up | Pastel |
| 2010s | 3 | 0 | — | Pastel |
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1980s 1 work
1990s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $809Sign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 40.5 in (68 × 104 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
1992 Red Nose's Day, Saturday Party$809Sign up
1992 Faces at New Year, Cape Town$1.7kSign up
1993 Lenyalo at Home from RockvilleUnsold
1999 Durban Cityscape with Greyhound Bus$576Sign up
2000s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $499Sign up
- Average
- $511Sign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 33.5 in (67 × 85 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (4)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
2008 Street Scene$499Sign up
2008 2010 World Cup Supporters$669Sign up
2009 Children Playing Football$366Sign up
2009 Matric ResultsUnsold · sold 2×
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 31.5 × 44 in (80 × 112 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (3)
- Subjects
- —
2013 Drinkers and DancersUnsold · sold 2×
2014 House PartyUnsold · sold 2×
2014 Mandela Reading The Lion KingUnsold · sold 2×
Creation date not recorded
6 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
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $268Sign up
- Average
- $268Sign up
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 28.5 in (52 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Pastel (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2016 Holiday Past back to School at the TownshipUnsold
sold 2017 Traveling for Pleasure$256Sign up
sold 2018 Young Mothers of Hawkers in Mabopane$280Sign up
sold 2019 Township at De WildtUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $157Sign up
- Average
- $157Sign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 28 in (51 × 72 cm)
- Mediums
- Pastel (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2023 A New South African Township at Pimville$61Sign up
sold 2024 Travelling for Pleasure$253Sign 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 Thomas Motswai auction results →