Zanele Muholi: career timeline

South African · b. 1972 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 50 of 56 lots (89% 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.

Zanele Muholi: 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
2000s	12	1	$3.9kSign up	Photograph
2010s	35	31	$14.3kSign up	Photograph
2020s	3	2	$26.1kSign up	Acrylic

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

2000s 12 works

Sold: 1 of 12
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $3.9kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 30 in (75 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7), Print (other) (5)
Subjects: —

2003 DildoUnsold
2003 BraUnsold
2003 DildoUnsold
2003 BraUnsold
2007 Kgompi and Charles Januarie. Kwa-Thema, Springs, South Africa. 2007.Unsold
2007 Musa Ngubane and Mabongi Ndlovu, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2007, Being SeriesUnsold
2007 No TitleUnsold
2007 Musa Ngubane and Mabongi Ndlovu, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2007, Being SeriesUnsold
2007 Musa Ngubane and Mabongi Ndlovu, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2007, Being SeriesUnsold
2007 Kgompi and Charles Januarie. Kwa-Thema, Springs, South Africa. 2007.Unsold
2007 Musa Ngubane and Mabongi Ndlovu, Hillbrow, Johannesburg 2007, Being SeriesUnsold
2007 Miss D'vine I$3.9kSign up

2010s 35 works

Sold: 31 of 35
Median: $14.3kSign up
Average: $17.8kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 19 in (60 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (34), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3), Landscapes (2)

Show 12 more (2010s)

2015 Nolwazi II, Nuoro, Italy$14.3kSign up
2015 Thembeka I, New York Upstate from Somnyama Ngonyama$12.7kSign up
2015 Babhekile II, Oslo from Somnyama Ngonyama$12.7kSign up
2015 Bona, Charlottesville (9781), from Somnyama Ngonyama$22.9kSign up
2015 Sifikile, Nuoro, Italy from Somnyama Ngonyama$19kSign up
2015 Babhekile II, Oslo from Somnyama Ngonyama$28.5kSign up
2015 Lerato Dumse, Syracuse, New York, 2015$2.9kSign up
2015 Thembeka I, New York Upstate from Somnyama Ngonyama$13.5kSign up
2016 Thulile II, Umlazi, Durban$10.3kSign up
2016 Thulile I, Delaware$15kSign up
2016 NTOMBI III, Parktown$13kSign up
2016 Bukhosi I, Parktown from Somnyama Ngonyama$12.6kSign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $26.1kSign up
Average: $26.1kSign up
Typical size: 40 × 30 in (102 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Acrylic (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

2020 OthilethileUnsold
2021 Sibonelo$9.1kSign up
2021 Alakhe$43kSign up

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 2020s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $14kSign up
Average: $15.1kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 19 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2023 Isililo XX$15.9kSign up
sold 2024 Isililo XX$19.1kSign up
sold 2024 Bayephi III, Constitution Hill$9.1kSign up
sold 2024 Isililo XX$10kSign up
sold 2024 Mumu x London, Somnyama Ngonyama series$24.4kSign up
sold 2025 Isililo XX$12.2kSign 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 Zanele Muholi auction results →