Tony Fomison: career timeline

New Zealand · 1939–1990 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 98 of 154 lots (64% 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.

Tony Fomison: 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
1950s	1	0	—	Oil
1960s	3	3	$1kSign up	Drawing
1970s	20	15	$16.9kSign up	Oil
1980s	66	35	$2.2kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 13 × 9 in (33 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1957 I Was a Teenage WerewolfUnsold

1960s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $47.8kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 9.5 in (37 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

1970s 20 works

Sold: 15 of 20
Median: $16.9kSign up
Average: $53.9kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 14 in (40 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (19), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Sea & coast (1)

1970 Malaria Victim, New Guinea$132kSign up
1973 Someone’s Visit (Second Version No. 57)$93.9kSign up
1973 Ear (No. 65)$15.7kSign up
1974 See No Evil$57kSign up
c. 1974 Tangi for Mururoa Atoll$3.2kSign up
1975 Christ$127kSign up
1975 Gurner$16.9kSign up
1976 Ah South Island, Your Music Remembers Me$261kSign up
1977 Blue Self PortraitUnsold · sold 2×
1978 Two comedians on a poster$25.1kSign up
1978 Untitled No. 217$6.6kSign up
1978 Outside the Sea CaveUnsold

Show 8 more (1970s)

1978 No. 180 (Maori Boy)$6.2kSign up
1978 Study of an Apple$39.3kSign up
1978 No. 180 (Maori Boy)$7.1kSign up
1978 Thinking Quietly with Eyes On$11kSign up
1978 Untitled No. 211 (Face on the Water)Unsold
1978 Untitled No. 211 (Face on the Water)Unsold
1978 Untitled No. 211 (Face on the Work)Unsold
1978 The Jester$6.3kSign up

1980s 66 works

Sold: 35 of 66
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $14.9kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 14 in (38 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Oil (32), Lithograph (28), Sculpture (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Sunsets & night (4), Landscapes (1)

1980 Humpty Dumpty who came to the party$55.5kSign up
1980 Moon Child: Te Tama O Te Marama$17.3kSign up
1980 Racism$690Sign up
1981 Closing time at the zooUnsold
1981 Closing time at the zooUnsold
1981 End of the Road for Chief Sitting Duck?Unsold
1981 Head$2.2kSign up
1981 Closing time at the zooUnsold
1981 No footie today$34.8kSign up
1981 Ceramic MaskUnsold
1981 Ko nga Pou Tu a Te Rakihouia (About Aramoana)$28.3kSign up
1981 No footie todayUnsold

Show 12 more (1980s)

1981 Ko te Kingitanga – Painting about the King Movement$127kSign up
1981 Jester to the Current Court of FranceUnsold
1982 Petrouchka$9.6kSign up
1982 Old Age – Inside Looking OutUnsold
1982 Vulcan the Ugly, Making Something BeautifulUnsold
1982 Saint Paul as a Woodcarving$18.9kSign up
1982 Petrouchka$11.2kSign up
1983 The Last Task of MauiUnsold
1984 Dr Jekyll and Mr HydeUnsold
1984 I Runga I Te Pa; I runga I Te Urupa; He Karanga Mo Te Po; He Karanga Mo Hine Nui O Te Po$49.2kSign up · sold 2×
1984 Goodbye (Too many deaths in one year)$17.3kSign up · sold 3×
1985 Ash TrayUnsold

…and 42 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

51 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 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $51.6kSign up
Average: $47.1kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 19.5 in (55 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2007 In Solitary$51.6kSign up
sold 2007 Untitled$12.9kSign up
sold 2009 Pas de DeuxUnsold
sold 2009 Detail for a Dancing Skeleton$76.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 27 works

Sold: 15 of 27
Median: $17kSign up
Average: $23.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 13 in (39 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Oil (15), Sculpture (6), Drawing (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Sea & coast (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2010 No. 139$46kSign up
sold 2011 Isn't it my Turn$67.9kSign up
sold 2011 Smile You BastardUnsold
sold 2012 No. 186Unsold
sold 2012 From the Theodore A. Xaras Cover of “Time” Magazine, Issue for 18. 1. 71$53.1kSign up
sold 2012 The Hand ShakeUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2012 Talking to a piece of paper that was too bigUnsold
sold 2013 Hine te Uira, Kupe’s daughter who discovered greenstone in the South IslandUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2014 No. 186Unsold
sold 2014 Untitled No. 142 (Self Portrait outside a cave in Kaikoura)Unsold
sold 2014 Rare terracotta hanging form$2.6kSign up
sold 2014 From a Marti Friedlander Photo$27.5kSign up

…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 20 works

Sold: 13 of 20
Median: $17.3kSign up
Average: $57kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 24 in (54 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (10), Oil (10)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Sea & coast (1)

sold 2020 Fidelio: Leonora$759Sign up
sold 2020 Fat lips and thin lips$455Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled$36.8kSign up
sold 2021 Attributed to Corregio - Napkin of St Veronica$254kSign up
sold 2023 A Warning To France Whose Roofs Will Melt But Hardly With Love$111kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 Fart - Forward - BoundUnsold

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Beethoven’s FidelioUnsold
sold 2023 Racism$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 Curtain Call for Donogh Rees$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 Flame Face #2Unsold
sold 2023 Floating Smile #3Unsold
sold 2023 France the Tyrant$1.5kSign up

…and 8 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 Tony Fomison auction results →