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Ettore Sottsass: career timeline

Italian · 1917–2007 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 600 of 987 lots (61% 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.

Ettore Sottsass: 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
1940s32$30.5kSign upOther
1950s9589$11.9kSign upOther
1960s147130$6.3kSign upSculpture
1970s6155$1.8kSign upOther
1980s178168$2.8kSign upOther
1990s7370$4.4kSign upOther
2000s3920$2.1kSign upOther

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1940s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$30.5kSign up
Average
$30.5kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 23.5 in (49 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 95 works

Sold
89 of 95
Median
$11.9kSign up
Average
$32.8kSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 20.5 in (65 × 52 cm)
Mediums
Other (50), Sculpture (37), Acrylic (5)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 71 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 147 works

Sold
130 of 147
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$16.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13.5 in (34 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (94), Other (49), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 123 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 61 works

Sold
55 of 61
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10.5 in (25 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Other (45), Sculpture (11), Acrylic (2)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 37 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 178 works

Sold
168 of 178
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 19 in (60 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Other (136), Sculpture (36), Print (other) (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Palms (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 154 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 73 works

Sold
70 of 73
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$8.4kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 16.5 in (70 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Other (49), Sculpture (22), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (4)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 49 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 39 works

Sold
20 of 39
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$6.6kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 19.5 in (70 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Other (22), Sculpture (7), Lithograph (6)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (2)
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

387 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 2010s 57 works

Sold
34 of 57
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$7.9kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 14 in (50 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Other (47), Sculpture (10)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 45 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 330 works

Sold
148 of 330
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
19 × 15.5 in (48 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Other (250), Sculpture (61), Print (other) (12)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Flowers & still life (1), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 318 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 Ettore Sottsass auction results →