Eduardo Paolozzi: career timeline

British · 1924–2005 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 170 of 311 lots (55% 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.

Eduardo Paolozzi: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1940s11$386Sign upLithograph
1950s55$7.5kSign upSculpture
1960s3534$840Sign upScreenprint
1970s6559$630Sign upScreenprint
1980s1715$935Sign upEtching
1990s4544$689Sign upSculpture
2000s22$1.8kSign upScreenprint

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1940s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$386Sign up
Average
$386Sign up
Typical size
6.5 × 9 in (17 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 5 works

Sold
5 of 5
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$12.6kSign up
Typical size
13 × 8 in (33 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (2), Mixed media (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1960s 35 works

Sold
34 of 35
Median
$840Sign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12 in (39 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (22), Lithograph (8), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 65 works

Sold
59 of 65
Median
$630Sign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
29.5 × 21.5 in (75 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (37), Lithograph (9), Etching (6)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (4), Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 41 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 17 works

Sold
15 of 17
Median
$935Sign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 11.5 in (37 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Etching (6), Screenprint (4), Sculpture (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 5 more (1980s)

1990s 45 works

Sold
44 of 45
Median
$689Sign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 14 in (34 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (17), Screenprint (15), Other (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
24 × 18.5 in (61 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

141 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
$885Sign up
Average
$885Sign up
Typical size
30 × 22 in (77 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 53 works

Sold
52 of 53
Median
$348Sign up
Average
$651Sign up
Typical size
11.5 × 12 in (29 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (30), Other (14), Screenprint (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Rabbits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 41 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 86 works

Sold
81 of 86
Median
$580Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 8.5 in (25 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (23), Sculpture (18), Screenprint (14)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (9), Landscapes (1), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 74 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 Eduardo Paolozzi auction results →