Auguste Rodin: career timeline

French · 1840–1917 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 76 of 128 lots (60% 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.

Auguste Rodin: 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
1870s	2	1	$30.5kSign up	Sculpture
1880s	28	22	$49.9kSign up	Sculpture
1890s	25	21	$25.5kSign up	Sculpture
1900s	9	8	$20.2kSign up	Sculpture
1910s	12	6	$19.7kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1870s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $30.5kSign up
Average: $30.5kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

1876 L'Age d'AirainUnsold
1876 L'Age d'Airain$30.5kSign up

1880s 28 works

Sold: 22 of 28
Median: $49.9kSign up
Average: $212kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 12.5 in (55 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (27), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

1880 Buste colossal de Saint Jean-Baptiste$89.4kSign up
c. 1880 Main droite n° 15$31.2kSign up
c. 1880 Main n° 14, petit modèle$19.1kSign up
c. 1880 Main droite n° 07, petit modèle$78kSign up
c. 1880 Torse Masculin dit aussi Torse no 748$26.1kSign up
1880 Le PenseurUnsold
c. 1881 Head of Lust$2.7kSign up
c. 1881 Cariatide à l’Urne, taille originale dite aussi petit modèleUnsold
1881 La Femme Accroupie, Grand Modèle avec une Terrasse Plus Haute$472kSign up
c. 1881 La Méditation dite de la Porte$42.3kSign up
c. 1882 Le printemps. - Victor Hugo de trois-quarts. - Ames du Purgatoire$1.7kSign up
1882 Torso of AdèleUnsold

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c. 1883 Minotaure, version aux cornes courtes$216kSign up
c. 1883 Le Minotaure, version à base carrée (Faune et Nymphe)Unsold
1884 Wieczna Wiosna, 1884 (odlew z 2017 roku)$57.5kSign up
c. 1884 L'Éternel printemps$301kSign up
c. 1884 Les Bourgeois de Calais-Pierre de Wiessant$21.6kSign up
c. 1885 Main crispée droite, taille originale ou petit modèle dit aussi 'Main griffe'$81.8kSign up
1885 Les bourgeois de Calais, deuxième maquette (i) Pierre de Wissant, vêtu; (ii) Jean d'Aire, vêtu; (iii) Jacques de Wissant, vêtu; (iv) Jean de Fiennes, torse nu; (v) Eustache de Saint-Pierre, vêtu; (vi) Andieu d'Andres, vêtu$903kSign up
1885 La Danaïde$12.6kSign up
1885 Petite Tête de Damnée$5.3kSign up
1885 Buste de Jacques de Wiessant, esquisse pour la tête, 2ème maquette$12.9kSign up
1886 Le Baiser, 2ème réduction$674kSign up
1886 L'un des Bourgeois de Calais: Jean de Fiennes, Nu, Grand Modèle dit aussi 'Nu monumental'$108kSign up

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1890s 25 works

Sold: 21 of 25
Median: $25.5kSign up
Average: $44.8kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 7.5 in (31 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (14), Watercolor (5), Gouache (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Beach scenes (1)

c. 1890 Iris, messagère des dieux, étude avec tête$95.3kSign up
c. 1890 Iris, messagère des dieux, étude avec têteUnsold
c. 1890 Frère et Soeur$63.5kSign up
1890 Femme nue penchée en avant$11.3kSign up
c. 1890 Main gauche$38.8kSign up
1890 Vénus à la toilette$19kSign up
1890 Femme drapée dans un mouvement de danse$14.3kSign up
1890 Weibliches Bildnis, in ganzer Figur$5.6kSign up
1890 Nu féminin au masque$13.6kSign up
c. 1891 Vase Saigon "Les Limbes et les Syrènes"$10.1kSign up
1893 Wieczny Idol, 1893 (odlew z 2017 roku)$60.5kSign up
1895 Tête de la Muse tragique$14.8kSign up

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…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1900s 9 works

Sold: 8 of 9
Median: $20.2kSign up
Average: $30.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 9.5 in (32 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Watercolor (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1900 Torse féminin assis sans tête, petit modèle (Headless Seated Female Torso, Small Model)$14.9kSign up
c. 1900 Cybèle se peigne$25.5kSign up
1900 Femme nue aux bras levés$11kSign up
1900 Petit Amour (Remarque aus dem Bl.: Victor Hugo, de trois quarts)$2.3kSign up
c. 1904 SărutulUnsold
c. 1906 Main crispée gauche avec figure implorante$44.1kSign up
c. 1906 Carmen$37.5kSign up
1906 Tête de l'Homme$12.2kSign up
1909 Nach - La Prière (étude)$95.2kSign up

1910s 12 works

Sold: 6 of 12
Median: $19.7kSign up
Average: $31.8kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 9 in (32 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6), Drawing (2), Other (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (1)

c. 1910 Femme allongée (d'après le modèle Alda Moreno ?)$10kSign up
1911 Handschriftlicher BriefUnsold
1912 Étude pour Eve au pilier$88.2kSign up
1912 Étude pour Adam au pilier$50.4kSign up
1914 Femme debout en chemise – Psyché$18.2kSign up
1914 Femme nue allongée$21.3kSign up
1916 Protection$2.8kSign up
1917 Parigi, 1840 - Medon, 1917 / Studio per mano,Result not published
1917 Parigi, 1840 - Medon, 1917 / Studio di nudo / Firmato Rodin in basso a destraResult not published
1917 Parigi, 1840 - Medon, 1917 / Coucher du soleil / Firma Augu Rodin e titolo in basso a destraResult not published
1917 Parigi 1840 - Medon 1917 / Hand of AdamResult not published
1917 Parigi 1840 - Medon 1917 / IrisResult not published

Creation date not recorded

51 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 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $17.8kSign up
Average: $22.6kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Watercolor (3), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

sold 2002 Femme nue, debout$17.8kSign up
sold 2003 Henri Becque$1.7kSign up
sold 2004 Femme Nu Assise$11.9kSign up
sold 2005 Femme accroupie de dos$33.4kSign up
sold 2006 Nu Féminin assis avec chevelure brune$9.4kSign up
sold 2006 Le Petit Homme au nez cassé$10.2kSign up

Show 3 more (2000s)

sold 2006 Masque d' Hanako (Typ D)$45.7kSign up
sold 2006 Jean d'Aire (aus: Les Bourgeois de Calais)$54.9kSign up
sold 2008 Rechte Hand (Hand Nr. 11)$18.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 23 works

Sold: 19 of 23
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $162kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 8 in (33 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (18), Lithograph (2), Drypoint (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Beach scenes (1)

sold 2010 Stojaci mužský akt$1.9kSign up
sold 2010 Stojaci ženský akt$1.7kSign up
sold 2010 Adam$678Sign up
sold 2011 Eva$362Sign up
sold 2011 Eva (Hlava ženy)$343Sign up
sold 2011 Eva (Hlava ženy)$659Sign up

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sold 2011 Adam$395Sign up
sold 2011 Otrok$461Sign up
Menziessold 2011 La Femme accroupie, grand modèle avec une Terrasse plus haute$1.5MSign up
sold 2011 L'Homme au nez cassé, petite tête$12.2kSign up
sold 2011 Left HandUnsold
sold 2011 Untitled - Study of a Hand$4.4kSign up

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

Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works

Sold: 12 of 19
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $4.4kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 9.5 in (33 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (15), Watercolor (2), Drypoint (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Untitled$1.5kSign up
sold 2020 DesignResult not published
sold 2021 Sărutul$5.6kSign up
sold 2021 Trois ombres, Taille de la Porte dite aussi 'Moyen Modèle'—varianteUnsold
sold 2021 L'Éternel PrintempsUnsold
sold 2021 Untitled$6.5kSign up

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sold 2021 Maternitate$9.6kSign up
sold 2021 Sărutul$8.4kSign up
sold 2022 Victor HugoUnsold
sold 2023 Torso Adeli$661Sign up
sold 2023 Sărutul$1.6kSign up
sold 2023 Gânditorul$2.2kSign up

…and 7 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 Auguste Rodin auction results →