Velaphi (George) Mzimba: career timeline
South African · 1959–2021 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 19 of 38 lots (53% 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 | 4 | 3 | $968Sign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 3 | 2 | $1.3kSign up | Mixed media |
| 2000s | 8 | 7 | $1.1kSign up | Mixed media |
| 2010s | 3 | 1 | $186Sign up | Other |
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1980s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $968Sign up
- Average
- $1.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 26.5 in (59 × 68 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Pastel (1), Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1983 African Market Scene$968Sign up · sold 2×
1983 Seated Women and Child$308Sign up
1986 The Dice Players$2.9kSign up
1986 Dice PlayersUnsold
1990s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 39.5 × 15.5 in (100 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (1), Acrylic (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1999 Apple$1.9kSign up
1999 Ndebele Women II$585Sign up
1999 Green AppleUnsold
2000s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 49.5 × 4 in (126 × 10 cm)
- Mediums
- Mixed media (4), Oil (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
2001 Man Smoking a Pipe$9.1kSign up
2001 Maria Mahlangu$4.8kSign up
2002 Red Apple on CreamUnsold
2004 Yellow Apple$1.2kSign up
2004 Yellow Pear$1kSign up
2005 Untitled$771Sign up
2005 Afternoon$964Sign up
2005 Yellow Apple against Stone$1.1kSign up
2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $186Sign up
- Average
- $186Sign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 3 in (50 × 7 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1)
2016 BoyUnsold
2016 Composition with Found Objects$186Sign up
2016 Composition with Found ObjectsUnsold
Creation date not recorded
16 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 5 works
- Sold
- 1 of 5
- Median
- $328Sign up
- Average
- $328Sign up
- Typical size
- 31 × 5.5 in (79 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2013 Washer WomenUnsold
sold 2013 WasherwomenUnsold
sold 2016 HeadUnsold
sold 2016 African Figures, two$328Sign up
sold 2016 AppleUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $543Sign up
- Average
- $784Sign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 8 in (38 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Sculpture (4), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2021 Head of a ManUnsold
sold 2022 Book II (Brown)$616Sign up
sold 2022 Small Pear$328Sign up
sold 2024 Street Scene with Two Figures Amongst Houses$451Sign up
sold 2024 Woman Reading; Untitled (Seated Man)$319Sign up
sold 2024 Group of Men; Group of Women, two$543Sign up
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Head$1.9kSign up
sold 2025 Nude Figure and FaceUnsold
sold 2025 Yellow Apple in Brown$964Sign up
sold 2026 Musicians$1.5kSign up · sold 4×
sold 2026 Head of a Man$505Sign 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 Velaphi (George) Mzimba auction results →