Balthus: career timeline
French · 1908–2001 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 29 lots (69% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | $12kSign up | Drawing |
| 1930s | 3 | 1 | $4.1kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $7.5kSign up | Drawing |
| 1950s | 2 | 2 | $551kSign up | Drawing |
| 1970s | 4 | 0 | — | Other |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | $591Sign up | Watercolor |
| 1990s | 6 | 5 | $912Sign up | Lithograph |
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1920s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $12kSign up
- Average
- $12kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 17.5 in (57 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1928 Nu assis (Mlle Dr. H. Müller)$12kSign up
1930s 3 works
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $7.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1940 Butterflying$7.5kSign up
c. 1948 Portrait de Dora Maar$7.5kSign up
1950s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $551kSign up
- Average
- $551kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 22 in (58 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1955 Jeune Fille Lisant$43.8kSign up
1958 La Sieste$1.1MSign up
1970s 4 works
- Sold
- 0 of 4
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 28 in (63 × 71 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- —
1974 Michelina 1974Unsold
1974 Michelina 1974Unsold
1975 La séance de poseUnsold
1977 Étude pour ‘Le Peintre et son modèle’Unsold
1980s 2 works
1990s 6 works
- Sold
- 5 of 6
- Median
- $912Sign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 26 × 23 in (66 × 58 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Print (other) (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- —
1994 JUNE FILLE, 1994$912Sign up
1994 Dessins (Drawings)$5.2kSign up
1994 Jeune filleResult not published
1994 Jeune fille à la fenêtre (from the Dessins portfolio)$750Sign up
1997 The Sonnets to Orpheus$450Sign up
c. 1999 Untitled$10kSign up
Creation date not recorded
9 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 15.5 in (48 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2003 Portret kobiety z zamkniętymi oczami$1.2kSign up
sold 2008 ŚPIĄCA$1.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Drawing (1), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 BambinaUnsold
sold 2019 1908 - 2001 / Volto di donnaResult not published
sold 2019 - ''Mangeur de Cigarettes''-Result not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works
- Sold
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $1.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8 in (26 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (2), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Untitled$2.3kSign up
sold 2021 Studio per "Lena con le braccia incrociate"Unsold
sold 2024 Scène érotique - Étude de personnageUnsold
sold 2025 Nu assis$503Sign 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 Balthus auction results →