Diego Rivera: career timeline
Mexican · 1886–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 69 of 125 lots (57% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 2 | 1 | $970kSign up | Oil |
| 1920s | 7 | 7 | $6.3kSign up | Drawing |
| 1930s | 31 | 26 | $19.5kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1940s | 15 | 6 | $24.1kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1950s | 10 | 9 | $8kSign up | Watercolor |
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1910s 2 works
1920s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $226kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 13.5 in (48 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3), Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
1920 Clinique du Docteur Jean Louis Faure (Study for La operación)$3.6kSign up
1923 Portrait of a woman$3kSign up
c. 1926 Portrait of Lucretia Van Horn$305kSign up
1928 Estudio para Fresco de la Secretaria de Educacion$6.3kSign up
1928 Study for a Mural$28kSign up
1928 Macierzyństwo$6kSign up · sold 2×
1929 Vendedora de Flores en Xochimilco$1.2MSign up
1930s 31 works
- Sold
- 26 of 31
- Median
- $19.5kSign up
- Average
- $49.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 11 in (39 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (12), Watercolor (11), Drawing (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Sunsets & night (1), Markets & villages (1)
1930 Mercado en Tehuantepec$5.8kSign up
1930 El MercadoResult not published
1930 Desnudo sentado con brazos levantados (Frida Kahlo) (Seated Nude with Raised Arms, Frida Kahlo) (G. 893)$8.9kSign up
1930 Desnudo sentado con brazos levantados (Frida Kahlo)$12.4kSign up
1930 Autoretrato (Self-Portrait)$5.3kSign up
1930 Nude with Long Hair (Desnudo de Lola Olmedo, Lola Olmedo Nude) (G. 895)$12.6kSign up
1930 Desnudo de Lola Olmedo (Lola Olmedo Nude)$8.1kSign up
c. 1930 Two works: i) First Study for the mural project at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA) ii) Second Study for the mural project at the California School of Fine Arts (CSFA)Unsold
1930 Desnudo de Frida Kahlo$20kSign up
1932 El Sueño (La Noche de los pobres)$20.5kSign up
1932 Open air school / La maestra rural$9.8kSign up
1932 Reproducción facsimilar "El Niño del taco"$90Sign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
1932 Boceto para muralResult not published
1932 El Sueño (La Noche de los pobres) (The Dream (The Night of the Poor))$19kSign up
1932 Sueño$20kSign up
1934 Woman Working$4.5kSign up
1934 En el mercado$32.9kSign up
1934 untitled (Man with Boy)$5.8kSign up
1935 Estudio para el río de Juchitán$30kSign up
1935 Tehuana Vendiendo Pinas$16.6kSign up
c. 1935 Turkey Market$106kSign up
c. 1935 Obrero,(c.1935)Result not published
1936 Peasant WomanResult not published
1936 Don Lupito$591kSign up
…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 15 works
- Sold
- 6 of 15
- Median
- $24.1kSign up
- Average
- $26.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 10 in (26 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (5), Drawing (4), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1940 UntitledUnsold · sold 2×
1941 Frida Khalo and Emmy Lou Packard Taken Mexico, 1941, black and whiteResult not published
1941 Girl Holding FlowersUnsold
1941 untitled (Man with Rug)$25.7kSign up
1942 Untitled (Portrait of a Woman)$19kSign up
1944 Pareja con marranoUnsold
1945 >(Guanajuato, 1886 - Ciudad de México, 1957)$40.5kSign up
1945 Campesinos (circa.1945 )Unsold
c. 1945 Campesinos,(c.1945)Result not published
c. 1945 Campesinos,(c.1945)Result not published
1947 The Matate Maker$22.5kSign up
1947 Stone Cutter$36.8kSign up
Show 3 more (1940s)
c. 1948 UntitledResult not published
1948 Mujer y mulaResult not published
1949 Untitled$13.8kSign up
1950s 10 works
- Sold
- 9 of 10
- Median
- $8kSign up
- Average
- $11.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 8.5 in (20 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (5), Drawing (3), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
1950 Untitled$5.4kSign up · sold 2×
1951 La caza de patos con fizga$10.3kSign up
1953 Untitled$4.9kSign up
1954 Madre con niño en brazos (Totonacan Indian Woman in Traditional Dress from Papantla, Veracruz, Mexico)$27.7kSign up
c. 1954 Untitled (Man and Woman with Flowers)$8kSign up
1955 Two works: (i-ii) Untitled$8.4kSign up
1955 Female Figures 1955Unsold
1956 Untitled$5.4kSign up
1956 a) Río Elba, Alemania$4.9kSign up · sold 2×
1956 Untitled$28.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
50 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 15 works
- Sold
- 13 of 15
- Median
- $4.5kSign up
- Average
- $21.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6 in (22 × 15 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (8), Watercolor (6), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2004 Mother and Child$862Sign up
sold 2005 (Mexican, 1886-1957)Unsold
sold 2005 (Mexican, 1886-1957)$32.3kSign up
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$15.5kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$4.2kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$837Sign up · sold 2×
Show 6 more (2000s)
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$7.8kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$6.6kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)$4.5kSign up
sold 2006 (Mexican 1886-1957)Unsold
sold 2007 Vendedor de Jarras$190kSign up
sold 2008 Femme Nue$3.7kSign up
…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $4.3kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10 in (35 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (5), Watercolor (2), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5)
sold 2010 Untitled (Woman with hands clasped); Untitled (Woman with small boy); Untitled (Portrait of a man) (3)$4.3kSign up
sold 2010 Untitled (Man with moustache); Untitled (Hand of the artist) (2)$4.6kSign up
sold 2011 The flower girlResult not published
sold 2013 Hombre con SombreroResult not published · sold 2×
sold 2013 10 Reproductions in Color of Mexican Frescoes$425Sign up
sold 2014 Untitled (Study for Mural)$7.5kSign up
Show 3 more (2010s)
sold 2014 Untitled (Study for Mural)$7.5kSign up
sold 2014 Woman with Chickens$3kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled (Sketch of a Woman)$3.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works
- Sold
- 10 of 26
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $10.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 11 in (33 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (12), Print (other) (7), Watercolor (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
sold 2020 Portrait of a Man$2kSign up
sold 2020 Afternoon Rest$7.5kSign up
sold 2021 UntitledResult not published
sold 2021 Obreros, boceto para muralUnsold
sold 2021 CABEZA DE CAMPESINO DE PERFILUnsold
sold 2021 Torito de carnavalResult not published
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 Rivera auction results →