David Larwill Auction Prices and Value Guide

David Larwill auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 709 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

David Larwill auction prices: quick answer

David Larwill auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
David Larwill
Source records
709
Market update
2026-02-06

David Larwill market snapshot

David Larwill shows very deep auction liquidity with 503 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 47 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (50.5% · 165 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (27.5% · 90 sales)
  • $10,000+ (22.0% · 72 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$1,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
47
Median shift vs prior year
0.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-11

Artist context

About David Larwill

David Larwill portrait
David Larwill · see-source-page · Source

Born

1956

Died

2011

Nationality

Australian

David Larwill (1956–2011) was an Australian artist whose work is most often described through bold colour, simplified forms, and stylised human figures. He is best known as a figurative expressionist painter, while his practice also included drawing, watercolour, printmaking, ceramics, and sculpture. His print output encompassed etchings, lithographs, and screenprints, giving collectors several distinct types of object through which they may encounter his name. Authority records from Wikidata, VIAF, and the Getty Union List of Artist Names align on his identity and Australian association; the detailed account of his media and style in this source pack comes mainly from Wikipedia and should be treated as a concise secondary summary. Larwill’s broad output and presence in Appraisily’s auction-record dataset make careful medium identification important: a painting, a work on paper, a ceramic object, and a print are not interchangeable market examples. The evidence supports recognition of a vivid figurative practice, but not a catalogue-level chronology or authentication framework.

Figurative expressionismPaintingDrawing and watercolourEtching, lithography, and screenprintingCeramics and sculptureStylised human figuresFigurative compositions using bold colour and simplified forms

Common works and media

Collectors may encounter paintings, drawings, watercolours, etchings, lithographs, screenprints, ceramics, and sculptures attributed to David Larwill. Figurative works featuring stylised people, energetic colour, and simplified forms are especially associated with his documented visual language. The source pack does not provide a catalogue of named series or edition sizes, so signatures, inscriptions, print techniques, edition markings, dates, and object histories should be recorded rather than inferred.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by identifying whether the object is a painting, work on paper, print, ceramic, or sculpture, since Larwill worked across all of these categories. For prints, the source pack confirms several techniques but does not establish edition structures, so edition size or rarity should not be inferred without inspecting the work and supporting documentation. Subject matter and stylistic correspondence can help organize comparable examples, but they cannot authenticate an object by themselves. Appraisily’s public artist page is an auction-price record surface, although the collected fetch did not expose its individual lots. Relevant sale dates, realized prices, provenance, condition, dimensions, and attribution should therefore be checked work by work before drawing a value conclusion.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings
  • Works on paper, including drawings and watercolours
  • Prints, including etchings, lithographs, and screenprints
  • Ceramics and sculptures

Value drivers

  1. Correct identification of medium and work type
  2. Subject matter and correspondence with the documented use of stylised figures, bold colour, and simplified forms, without treating style alone as authentication
  3. Comparable public auction records for the same type of work

Appraisal caveats

  • The collected Appraisily page fetch did not expose individual auction lots, sale dates, realized prices, or price trends, so no price prediction is supported by this source pack.
  • The source pack does not establish artist-specific effects for provenance, condition, dimensions, date, or print edition details; these must be evaluated against documented work-specific evidence and relevant comparable lots.
  • The figurative-expressionist classification and detailed medium profile rely primarily on a secondary source and would benefit from confirmation by a museum collection record, scholarly catalogue, or artist-estate source.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

Data basis

This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for David Larwill

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Artist value FAQ

How much is David Larwill worth?

Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.

Can Appraisily value my David Larwill artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.