Diego Giacometti: career timeline

Swiss · 1902–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 62 of 79 lots (78% 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.

Diego Giacometti: 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
1940s	1	1	$16.3kSign up	Sculpture
1950s	2	2	$84.5kSign up	Sculpture
1960s	33	31	$276kSign up	Sculpture
1970s	19	18	$307kSign up	Sculpture
1980s	7	7	$104kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $16.3kSign up
Average: $16.3kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 2.5 in (18 × 6 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

1948 Caryatide$16.3kSign up

1950s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $84.5kSign up
Average: $84.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 9 in (32 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

1957 Le Couple$105kSign up
1957 Le Couple (Equilibristes)$63.6kSign up

1960s 33 works

Sold: 31 of 33
Median: $276kSign up
Average: $417kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 32 in (45 × 82 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (20), Other (12), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Lampe bougeoir petit modèle$94kSign up
c. 1960 Tabouret pieds en X 1ère version$815kSign up
c. 1960 Tabouret pieds en X 1ère version$702kSign up
c. 1960 Table basse pieds en X$627kSign up
c. 1960 'X' form stool, troisième version$381kSign up
c. 1960 Lampadaire "aux anneaux"$314kSign up
c. 1960 Pair of 'Tabourets en X', première version$371kSign up
c. 1960 "Petit Bougeoir" table lamp$52.5kSign up
1960 Table basse au ruban et aux arbustes$106kSign up
c. 1961 Chat maître d’hôtel$451kSign up
1961 Le Chat maître d’hôtel$103kSign up
c. 1962 Guéridon aux anneaux$376kSign up

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1970s 19 works

Sold: 18 of 19
Median: $307kSign up
Average: $324kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 28 in (49 × 72 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (17), Other (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 "Berceau" low table, second version$203kSign up
c. 1970 Guéridon "aux anneaux"$269kSign up
c. 1970 "Table Berceau," second version$137kSign up
c. 1970 'Torsade' table$384kSign up
c. 1970 Tête de chien$4.3kSign up
c. 1972 Chandelier$102kSign up
c. 1972 Chandelier$102kSign up
c. 1976 Table basse aux crapauds$756kSign up
c. 1976 'Toad' table$381kSign up
c. 1977 Tabouret à la harpie$521kSign up
c. 1977 "L'Autruche"$428kSign up
c. 1978 ‘En souvenir de la lévrette Bucky’ (In memory of the dog Bucky) low table$407kSign up

Show 7 more (1970s)

c. 1978 Pair of side chairs$307kSign up
c. 1978 Pair of side chairs$307kSign up
1978 2 Konsolen "Arbre de vie"$167kSign up
1979 Pair of 'Têtes de Lionnes' armchairs, second version$599kSign up
1979 Pair of 'Têtes de Lionnes' armchairs, second version$610kSign up
c. 1979 'Berceau' low table, first version$140kSign up
c. 1979 'Carcasse' low table, 'petit modèle à la chauve-souris'Unsold

1980s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $104kSign up
Average: $203kSign up
Typical size: 25.5 × 23 in (65 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5), Other (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Table-feuilles, modèle bas aux grenouilles$721kSign up
c. 1980 “Guéridon-arbre au hibou”$370kSign up
1980 Table-feuilles modèle de salle à manger aux grenouilles$81.6kSign up
c. 1984 Cheval, tête baissée$114kSign up
1984 'La Promenade Des Amis' a Carpet, designed in 1984$16.5kSign up
1984 La Promenade des Amis$16.3kSign up
1984 Console à plateaux, modèle aux grenouilles$104kSign up

Creation date not recorded

17 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $60kSign up
Average: $79.6kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 23.5 in (74 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (6)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 Table basse trapézoidale de chasseurs$64kSign up
sold 2008 Grande Torsade (Twisted Cable) coffee table$216kSign up
sold 2008 Lampe à Quatre Feuilles (Lamp with four leaves)$60kSign up
sold 2008 Lampe à Quatre Feuilles (Lamp with four leaves)$60kSign up
sold 2008 Les Acrobats II (The Acrobats) sculpture$40.8kSign up
sold 2009 Pair of lamps$36.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $37.4kSign up
Average: $264kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (4), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 Le couple$34.9kSign up
sold 2018 Oiseau FixeUnsold
sold 2018 Crapaud$25kSign up
sold 2019 Oiseau$40kSign up
sold 2019 Lustre aux acrobates$955kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $342kSign up
Average: $349kSign up
Typical size: 91 × 68.5 in (231 × 174 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 ; after$19.1kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$55kSign up
sold 2022 Table, Carcasse a la Chauve-Souris$404kSign up
sold 2024 'Cerfs et aux Chiens' Trapezoidale Table$280kSign up
sold 2024 'Console aux Grenouilles'$890kSign up
sold 2025 Pair of 'X-Form' Stools, Troisième Version$445kSign 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 Diego Giacometti auction results →