Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: career timeline

French · 1864–1901 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 330 of 478 lots (69% 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.

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: 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
1870s	9	6	$5.6kSign up	Drawing
1880s	11	7	$14.2kSign up	Drawing
1890s	308	236	$5kSign up	Lithograph
1900s	1	0	—	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1870s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $5.6kSign up
Average: $7kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 6 in (21 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (9)
Subjects: Boats (1), Landscapes (1)

c. 1879 Les jardiniersUnsold
c. 1879 Cavalier de face (recto) - Cavalier entre de grands arbres (verso)Unsold
c. 1879 Bateau$1.3kSign up · sold 2×
1879 Mann erlegt Bär („Chasse à l'Ours“)$5.4kSign up
c. 1879 Tête de Chien$7kSign up
c. 1879 Un paysan$4.1kSign up
c. 1879 Paysage avec chevalierUnsold
1879 Études d'ours (Bärenstudien)$5.8kSign up
1879 Ma vocation! Allant confesser tante Claire$18.3kSign up

1880s 11 works

Sold: 7 of 11
Median: $14.2kSign up
Average: $139kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 7 in (18 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (9), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1880 Femme désarçonnée$3kSign up
1880 Nice. Sur la Promenade des Anglais$151kSign up
1881 Homme de face et cheval vu de derrière (recto) - Homme et cheval (verso)Unsold
1881 GentlemanUnsold
1881 Princeteau dans son atelier$763kSign up
1881 Cavalier (recto) and Croquis (verso)Unsold
c. 1888 Le Bidet$10.7kSign up
1888 TL par lui-même$9.4kSign up
1888 TL par lui-même$23.6kSign up
1888 TL par lui-même$14.2kSign up
c. 1888 IntimitéUnsold

1890s 308 works

Sold: 236 of 308
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $12.1kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10.5 in (36 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (273), Print (other) (10), Other (10)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (12), Markets & villages (5), Butterflies (3)

Show 12 more (1890s)

…and 284 more works from this group in the full results list.

1900s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1901 Ta boucheUnsold

Creation date not recorded

147 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 14 works

Sold: 12 of 14
Median: $688Sign up
Average: $3.3kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (12), Etching (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

sold 2001 Tristan Bernard$261Sign up
sold 2002 Au Cirque$374Sign up
sold 2004 Guy et Mealy dans Paris qui marche$8kSign up
sold 2005 BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS: TWO WORKS, the first: inscribed "Schlome le Batailleur (D. 238 pl. 1)" on reverse$325Sign up
sold 2006 Yvette Guilbert$9.4kSign up
sold 2006 La Coiffure - Programmme du Théâtre Libre$8.6kSign up

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sold 2006 TA BOUCHE, later edition$561Sign up
sold 2007 Répétition générale aux Folies-Bergère - Emilenne d'Alencon et Mariquita$4.2kSign up
sold 2007 Ta Bouche$149Sign up
sold 2008 Mary Hamilton$800Sign up
sold 2008 Untitled$575Sign up
sold 2008 UntitledUnsold

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 25 works

Sold: 23 of 25
Median: $4.5kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 14.5 in (47 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (16), Other (4), Print (other) (3)
Subjects: Cattle & animals (1), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)

sold 2010 Divan Japonais$1.6kSign up
sold 2010 Le Loge au Mascaron Dore (Programme pour le Missionnaire)$7.3kSign up
sold 2011 The Circus Portfolio: Two Works$600Sign up
sold 2011 Les Vieux Messieurs (Couple)$2kSign up
sold 2013 Les Chansonniers de Montmartre No. 1 Aristide Bruant$824Sign up
sold 2015 [Madame Réjane] (D.266), state III/III$1.5kSign up

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sold 2015 Le Yacht "Silver Fish"$7.5kSign up
sold 2016 Ambassadeurs aristide Bruant$251Sign up
sold 2016 Chevaux de trait (recto); Croquis d'homme (verso)Unsold
sold 2016 Yvette Guilbert, "Chanson Ancienne.$500Sign up
sold 2017 Jeanne Granier (From Portraits D'Acteurs Et D' Actrices)$663Sign up
sold 2017 Jane Avril au Jardin de Paris$173Sign up

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 108 works

Sold: 44 of 108
Median: $981Sign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (69), Other (23), Drawing (8)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (9), Cattle & animals (4), Markets & villages (1)

sold 2020 Reine de Joie$2kSign up
sold 2020 La Revue blanche$17.6kSign up
sold 2020 Le Jockey – Courses de chevaux$23.1kSign up
sold 2020 Portrait d’homme$4.6kSign up
sold 2020 Homme, jambes en l’air$2.2kSign up
sold 2020 UntitledUnsold

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2020 Portrait of a gentleman$3kSign up
sold 2020 Untitled$2kSign up
sold 2021 Divan Japonais$1.1kSign up
sold 2021 Jane Avril$3.6kSign up
sold 2021 Poster for Elles$7kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$826Sign up

…and 96 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 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec auction results →