Elie Nadelman: career timeline

American · 1882–1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 30 lots (47% 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.

Elie Nadelman: 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
1900s	3	3	$1.9kSign up	Drawing
1910s	6	5	$2.8kSign up	Sculpture
1920s	5	5	$9.9kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1900s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $30.7kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 4.5 in (25 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1907 Standing Female Nude$1.9kSign up
c. 1907 Standing Nude$920Sign up
c. 1909 Standing Female Nude$89.4kSign up

1910s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $2.8kSign up
Average: $29.6kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 7 in (20 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Drawing (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (3), Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1912 Standing Female Nude on Modeled BaseUnsold
c. 1913 Horse$1.9kSign up
1914 Head of a Man in a Top Hat$138kSign up
c. 1915 Bull$3.8kSign up
1915 Standing Bull$2.8kSign up
c. 1916 ˜Female Head in Profile$2kSign up

1920s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $9.9kSign up
Average: $30.5kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 8 in (28 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5)

c. 1920 Standing Woman$9.9kSign up
c. 1921 Portrait of a Girl$7.6kSign up
c. 1921 Male Head Study$8.3kSign up
c. 1926 Seated Woman with Raised Arm (Circus Woman)$113kSign up
c. 1928 Two Circus Women$14.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

16 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 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $525Sign up
Average: $525Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 3.5 in (21 × 10 cm)
Mediums: Drypoint (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2007 Two DrawingsUnsold
sold 2009 STYLIZED HEAD, drypoint etching$500Sign up
sold 2009 THE EMBRACE, drypoint etching$550Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 5 in (20 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Cattle & animals (3)

sold 2012 untitled (figure)$5kSign up
sold 2013 Standing Female Figure$5.8kSign up
sold 2015 Standing Bull$5kSign up
sold 2015 Standing Bull$6.3kSign up
sold 2016 The Drypoints of Elie Nadelman$5kSign up
sold 2017 Head of a Woman$1.7kSign up

Show 3 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Standing Bull$4.4kSign up
sold 2017 Head of a Woman$5kSign up
sold 2019 Nude Figures$550Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 5.5 in (27 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2), Etching (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

sold 2021 Standing Nude$300Sign up
sold 2024 A Circus Woman with Hat$1kSign up
sold 2025 Woman in Profile (Ideal Head)$3.6kSign up
sold 2026 Standing Figure$3.5kSign 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 Elie Nadelman auction results →