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Alexander Calder: career timeline

American · 1898–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 972 of 1,263 lots (77% 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.

Alexander Calder: 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
1920s75$34.3kSign upOther
1930s116$49.1kSign upDrawing
1940s3228$25.3kSign upOther
1950s3532$192kSign upOther
1960s286254$4.8kSign upLithograph
1970s590522$4.4kSign upLithograph

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1920s 7 works

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5 of 7
Median
$34.3kSign up
Average
$85.7kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 5 in (16 × 13 cm)
Mediums
Other (5), Drawing (2)
Subjects
—

1930s 11 works

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6 of 11
Median
$49.1kSign up
Average
$52.8kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 24.5 in (48 × 62 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Lithograph (3), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)

1940s 32 works

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28 of 32
Median
$25.3kSign up
Average
$213kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Other (11), Gouache (6), Screenprint (4)
Subjects
Birds (1)
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…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 35 works

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32 of 35
Median
$192kSign up
Average
$1MSign up
Typical size
18 × 12.5 in (46 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Other (17), Drawing (4), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
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…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 286 works

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254 of 286
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$98.1kSign up
Typical size
24 × 29 in (61 × 74 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (189), Gouache (48), Other (22)
Subjects
Abstract (7), Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (3)
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…and 262 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 590 works

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522 of 590
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$34kSign up
Typical size
25 × 28.5 in (64 × 72 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (383), Other (80), Gouache (47)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (20), Figures & portraits (16), Abstract (16)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 566 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

291 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 1990s 2 works

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1 of 2
Median
$831Sign up
Average
$831Sign up
Typical size
27.5 × 40 in (70 × 102 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2000s 34 works

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33 of 34
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 29.5 in (65 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (18), Gouache (8), Screenprint (4)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Abstract (1), Birds (1)
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…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 104 works

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90 of 104
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$5.9kSign up
Typical size
25 × 23.5 in (64 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (63), Other (28), Gouache (3)
Subjects
Abstract (4), Butterflies (2), Flowers & still life (2)
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…and 92 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 151 works

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100 of 151
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$60.2kSign up
Typical size
25 × 23 in (64 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (105), Other (16), Screenprint (8)
Subjects
Abstract (6), Sunsets & night (4), Landscapes (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 139 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 Alexander Calder auction results →