Adolf Born: career timeline

Czech · 1930–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 67 of 72 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.

Adolf Born: 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
1960s	5	5	$1kSign up	Lithograph
1970s	8	8	$1.9kSign up	Lithograph
1980s	13	13	$1.9kSign up	Lithograph
1990s	20	20	$1.7kSign up	Lithograph
2000s	19	19	$8.3kSign up	Watercolor
2010s	2	2	$17.1kSign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 15 in (35 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Drawing (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1970s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $8kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 21.5 in (50 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Watercolor (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

c. 1970 Wedding Feast$1.1kSign up
c. 1970 Musicians$1.3kSign up
1971 Romantic Landscape with Tame Birds$2kSign up
1972 The Calendar – Set of 12 illustrations$43.9kSign up
1973 Partially Preserved House$2.6kSign up
1976 Inflation of Amors$1.8kSign up
1977 Leave It to Psmith$9.5kSign up
1979 Well-Done Trick$1.7kSign up

1980s 13 works

Sold: 13 of 13
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 18.5 in (55 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (5), Etching (3), Watercolor (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Ice Skating$1.6kSign up
c. 1980 Omaggio a Gianni Rodari$1.3kSign up
c. 1980 March of Comedians$1.5kSign up
c. 1981 Set of Five Lithographies$4.8kSign up
1982 Vzpomínka na kankán$11kSign up
1983 Island of Love$1.9kSign up
1983 Greetings from Mariánské Lázně$16.3kSign up
1983 Clown with a Red Hat$195Sign up
1983 Clown with a Red Hat$173Sign up
1984 Don Quijote$1.9kSign up
1986 Reception by the Emperor Rudolf$2.9kSign up
c. 1988 Gondola$1.8kSign up

Show 1 more (1980s)

1988 The Subtle Art of Defense$6.4kSign up

1990s 20 works

Sold: 20 of 20
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $7.8kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 18.5 in (50 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (11), Watercolor (4), Pastel (3)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2), Butterflies (1)

c. 1990 Violinist$427Sign up
c. 1990 Il Dottore$1.6kSign up
c. 1990 Quarrel Between Moliére and Dottore$1.5kSign up
c. 1990 By the Cask$773Sign up
c. 1990 Cat Lover$1.3kSign up
c. 1990 Il Dottore$1.3kSign up
1990 Africa$2.2kSign up
1991 Madame Butterfly$22.9kSign up
c. 1992 Travelling Arlecchino$1.4kSign up
1992 The Oriental Magician and His Props$1.3kSign up
1992 Námluvy$22.8kSign up
1992 Guardian of treasure$30.8kSign up

Show 8 more (1990s)

1993 Dutch Courtship$17.7kSign up
1993 A Midsummer Night's Dream$3.8kSign up
1994 Evening in Kostelec$1.6kSign up
1994 At Novak's$7.8kSign up
1995 Arabia Felix$19.4kSign up
1996 By the Journey from Paradise$14.4kSign up
1997 Turecká hliadka na Morave$434Sign up
1998 Greek Donkey Serenade$1.7kSign up

2000s 19 works

Sold: 19 of 19
Median: $8.3kSign up
Average: $9.7kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 16 in (45 × 41 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (10), Lithograph (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Boats (1)

Show 7 more (2000s)

2007 Cabaret Artists$8.2kSign up
2008 Angry Dog and Calm Cats$14.7kSign up
2008 Artists Hovering around the Muse$13.3kSign up
2008 Kara Mustafa's Spy Detented Near Vienna$13.6kSign up
2009 Two-Headed Animal$13.6kSign up
2009 Moles, Frog, Dog and Sun$8.3kSign up
2009 Technology penetrates the animal world$16.8kSign up

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $17.1kSign up
Average: $17.1kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 20 in (28 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2)
Subjects: —

2013 Krotitel$17.9kSign up
2014 Beautiful Ride$16.3kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $820Sign up
Average: $972Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 10 in (36 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2021 Four Animals$296Sign up
sold 2021 A Tree (Antiquity)$820Sign up
sold 2022 Meeting with Sultan Selim III$2kSign up
sold 2022 Jerome Klapka Jerome$533Sign up
sold 2025 Jerome Klapka Jerome$1.2kSign 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 Adolf Born auction results →