Edmund de Waal: career timeline
English · b. 1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 100 of 119 lots (84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41 | 36 | $1.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2000s | 44 | 35 | $6.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2010s | 11 | 8 | $12.6kSign up | Sculpture |
| 2020s | 3 | 3 | $18.9kSign up | Sculpture |
Where does mine fit?
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1990s 41 works
- Sold
- 36 of 41
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 3 × 4.5 in (8 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (38), Other (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1990 JUG, c.1990s$1.4kSign up
c. 1990 JUG, c.1990s$1.4kSign up
c. 1990 BOWL, c.1990s$761Sign up
c. 1990 Lidded jar$2.1kSign up
c. 1990 Jug, circa 1990s$1.2kSign up
c. 1990 Footed cylinder$1.3kSign up
c. 1990 Lidded jar$1.4kSign up
c. 1990 Lidded jar$1.7kSign up
c. 1990 Lidded jar$2.2kSign up
c. 1990 Lidded jarUnsold
c. 1990 Lidded jar$2.5kSign up
c. 1990 Footed low cylinder$1.5kSign up
Show 12 more (1990s)
c. 1990 Footed cup$1kSign up
c. 1990 Bowl$1.4kSign up
c. 1990 Lidded jar$4kSign up
c. 1991 Small jug$649Sign up
c. 1995 Becher$771Sign up
c. 1995 Teekanne$4.2kSign up
1995 Bowl$1.1kSign up
c. 1995 Small jug form$849Sign up
c. 1995 Lidded jar$4.8kSign up
c. 1995 Espresso cup$1.1kSign up
c. 1995 Bowl$1.2kSign up
c. 1995 Beaker$1.8kSign up
…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.
2000s 44 works
- Sold
- 35 of 44
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $9.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 5.5 in (27 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (44)
- Subjects
- —
c. 2000 Large low cylinder$2.2kSign up
c. 2000 Vessel$4.1kSign up
c. 2000 Vase$3.8kSign up
c. 2000 Lidded jarUnsold
c. 2000 Vase$2.2kSign up
c. 2000 Vase$849Sign up
c. 2000 Low cylinder$7.9kSign up
c. 2000 Lidded jarUnsold
c. 2000 Lidded jar$7.6kSign up
c. 2000 Lidded jar$6.3kSign up
c. 2000 Lidded jar$6.3kSign up
c. 2000 VesselUnsold
Show 12 more (2000s)
c. 2000 Lidded jar$6.7kSign up
c. 2000 Large lidded jar$11.1kSign up
c. 2000 Vessel$7.1kSign up
c. 2000 Vessel$10.3kSign up
c. 2000 Vessel$7.9kSign up
c. 2000 Tea bowl$3kSign up
c. 2000 CylinderUnsold
c. 2000 CylinderUnsold
c. 2000 Cylinder$2.4kSign up
c. 2000 Cylinder$4.4kSign up
c. 2000 CylinderUnsold
c. 2000 Cylinder$2.5kSign up
…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.
2010s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $12.6kSign up
- Average
- $62.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 12 in (20 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (9), Acrylic (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2011 "a voice, an instrument"$7.7kSign up
2011 The rest of the way to Egypt$219kSign up
2011 "Plate 1, Part 1, Page 1"$52.9kSign up
2012 three short walks, II$15.2kSign up · sold 2×
2012 EARLY RAIN, 2012Unsold
2012 'East of the City in Early Spring'Unsold
2012 'Kamen'$186kSign up
2013 "you are here"$6.5kSign up
2014 Velocity or PauseUnsold
2018 a world of clear water, II$10kSign up
2018 tile for migrate art$1.4kSign up
2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $18.9kSign up
- Average
- $21.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 3 in (12 × 8 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- —
2020 Einmal$45.1kSign up
2021 'I placed a jar, XVII' from 'I placed a jar, I-XX' series$1.4kSign up
2022 Leaf, treeless$18.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
19 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 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 19 of 19
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 5 in (15 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (15), Other (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Jug$1.5kSign up
sold 2020 Lidded Jar$5.9kSign up
sold 2021 Jug$2.2kSign up
sold 2021 Jar and Cover$7kSign up
sold 2023 Teapot and cover$4kSign up
sold 2023 Teapot$3.1kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Footed Bowl$2.5kSign up
sold 2023 Cup$1kSign up
sold 2023 The Hay Festival$1.1kSign up
sold 2024 Three circular vessels$2.7kSign up
sold 2025 'the ten thousand things, for John Cage, XIX'$32kSign up
sold 2025 Lidded jar and cylinder$4.8kSign 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 Edmund de Waal auction results →