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Giorgio Morandi: career timeline

Italian · 1890–1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 374 of 414 lots (90% 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.

Giorgio Morandi: 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
1910s93$12.7kSign upEtching
1920s16415$12.2kSign upEtching
1930s10013$14.1kSign upEtching
1940s282$1.2MSign upEtching
1950s4112$30kSign upOil
1960s307$30.7kSign upDrawing

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1910s 9 works

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3 of 9
Median
$12.7kSign up
Average
$35.4kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Etching (7), Oil (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
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1920s 164 works

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15 of 164
Median
$12.2kSign up
Average
$16.7kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8 in (22 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Etching (125), Other (26), Print (other) (9)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (13), Landscapes (3)
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…and 140 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 100 works

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13 of 100
Median
$14.1kSign up
Average
$165kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Etching (85), Other (8), Oil (5)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (4), Landscapes (2)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 76 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 28 works

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2 of 28
Median
$1.2MSign up
Average
$1.2MSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 12 in (27 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Etching (14), Oil (10), Other (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 4 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 41 works

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12 of 41
Median
$30kSign up
Average
$283kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 10 in (24 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Oil (12), Etching (11), Drawing (7)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 30 works

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7 of 30
Median
$30.7kSign up
Average
$201kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (22), Oil (4), Etching (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

40 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
3 of 3
Median
$62.5kSign up
Average
$49.2kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works

Sold
11 of 17
Median
$8.5kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 13 in (25 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Other (9), Print (other) (8)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
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…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 20 works

Sold
8 of 20
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$10kSign up
Typical size
10 × 11 in (25 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Print (other) (6), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 8 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 Giorgio Morandi auction results →