Victor Rubin: career timeline

Australian · b. 1950 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 29 of 31 lots (93% 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.

Victor Rubin: 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
1970s	6	6	$274Sign up	Acrylic
1980s	6	5	$698Sign up	Oil
1990s	5	4	$197Sign up	Oil
2000s	3	2	$199Sign up	Oil
2010s	5	5	$349Sign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $274Sign up
Average: $307Sign up
Typical size: 16 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (4), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1980s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $698Sign up
Average: $699Sign up
Typical size: 63 × 62 in (160 × 157 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Gouache (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1982 The Supercilious,' 1982/3$698Sign up
1982 Le Grande Nude,' 1982/3$775Sign up
1982 Exodus 1982$1.7kSign up
1986 A self portrait$132Sign up
1988 La Dolce Vita (a Table Setting)Unsold
c. 1989 London$155Sign up

1990s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $197Sign up
Average: $265Sign up
Typical size: 22 × 29.5 in (56 × 75 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Mixed media (1), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1991 Interior$124Sign up
1995 From the North West Corner$543Sign up
c. 1997 Bouquet II$208Sign up · sold 2×
c. 1997 Event with Steel Wool, Match Stick and Fake Golden Stars Pouring, Falling 1997-99Unsold
1998 Notre Dame, Paris, Feb$187Sign up · sold 2×

2000s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $199Sign up
Average: $199Sign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15.5 in (50 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 2000 Arte e CucinaUnsold · sold 3×
2003 A Poet$271Sign up
2008 Portrait - Wine Connoisseur$126Sign up

2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $349Sign up
Average: $475Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (20 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (5)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

2010 Olsen Having a Bondi Bath$349Sign up
2010 Nielsen Park - a View Before 1788$349Sign up
2010 Olsen's Bath - Santa Barbara Flats - the Past,' Jan - Aug$388Sign up
2012 Hill, Sea and Pond of Time$203Sign up
2017 Tuscany's Terrain$1.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

2 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 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $185Sign up
Average: $185Sign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 25 in (45 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

sold 2022 (2)$115Sign up
sold 2022 Bondi Beach, May [19]75$254Sign 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 Victor Rubin auction results →