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Alberto Giacometti: career timeline

Swiss · 1901–1966 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 383 of 481 lots (79% 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.

Alberto Giacometti: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1910s1410$23.9kSign upDrawing
1920s105$20kSign upDrawing
1930s5252$207kSign upSculpture
1940s1916$65.7kSign upDrawing
1950s136116$9kSign upEtching
1960s144104$5.1kSign upLithograph

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1910s 14 works

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10 of 14
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$23.9kSign up
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$21.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Watercolor (4), Other (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (1)
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1920s 10 works

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5 of 10
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$20kSign up
Average
$463kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12 in (39 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7), Sculpture (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Abstract (2), Figures & portraits (1)

1930s 52 works

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52 of 52
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$207kSign up
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$259kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 6 in (22 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (38), Other (12), Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (20)
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…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 19 works

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16 of 19
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$65.7kSign up
Average
$404kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 10 in (39 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (8), Sculpture (3), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)
Show 7 more (1940s)

1950s 136 works

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116 of 136
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$9kSign up
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$359kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 9 in (34 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Etching (40), Lithograph (39), Drawing (26)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (22), Markets & villages (10), Flowers & still life (2)
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…and 112 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 144 works

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104 of 144
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$5.1kSign up
Average
$132kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 12.5 in (42 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (77), Etching (27), Other (24)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (19), Flowers & still life (7), Markets & villages (5)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 120 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

98 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 2000s 13 works

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13 of 13
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$1.1kSign up
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$4.2kSign up
Typical size
14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Etching (6), Print (other) (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (3), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 41 works

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33 of 41
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$9.1kSign up
Average
$65.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 8 in (31 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Other (13), Lithograph (11), Sculpture (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Flowers & still life (2), Markets & villages (1)
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…and 29 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 44 works

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33 of 44
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$3.3kSign up
Average
$259kSign up
Typical size
14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Other (23), Etching (9), Lithograph (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1), Abstract (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 Alberto Giacometti auction results →