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Fernand Léger: career timeline

French · 1881–1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 242 of 344 lots (70% 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.

Fernand Léger: 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
1900s11$4.4kSign upDrawing
1910s88$7kSign upLithograph
1920s2726$25.3kSign upDrawing
1930s2416$28kSign upGouache
1940s4138$7.6kSign upLithograph
1950s131109$2.4kSign upLithograph

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1900s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
14 × 8 in (35 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
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1910s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$2.3MSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 17 in (39 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3), Other (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects
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1920s 27 works

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26 of 27
Median
$25.3kSign up
Average
$56.7kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 10.5 in (32 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7), Lithograph (6), Gouache (5)
Subjects
Abstract (5), Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 24 works

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16 of 24
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$28kSign up
Average
$145kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (8), Drawing (5), Oil (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Abstract (6), Flowers & still life (2)
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1940s 41 works

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38 of 41
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$7.6kSign up
Average
$50.2kSign up
Typical size
13 × 16.5 in (33 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (17), Gouache (13), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Abstract (7), Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (2)
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…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 131 works

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109 of 131
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$2.4kSign up
Average
$19.2kSign up
Typical size
17 × 15.5 in (43 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (57), Gouache (24), Screenprint (21)
Subjects
Abstract (11), Flowers & still life (9), Figures & portraits (6)
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…and 107 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

100 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 19 works

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19 of 19
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$4kSign up
Average
$151kSign up
Typical size
18 × 14.5 in (46 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (11), Gouache (3), Sculpture (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Birds (1), Markets & villages (1)
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…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 39 works

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25 of 39
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$6.1kSign up
Typical size
17 × 19.5 in (44 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (15), Other (14), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Abstract (3), Markets & villages (3)
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…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 42 works

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26 of 42
Median
$705Sign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 18.5 in (44 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (22), Screenprint (5), Other (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (3), Markets & villages (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 30 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 Fernand Léger auction results →