Henri Laurens: career timeline

French · 1885–1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 59 lots (81% 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 Laurens: 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
1920s	12	11	$43.2kSign up	Sculpture
1930s	6	3	$53.1kSign up	Sculpture
1940s	11	8	$6.9kSign up	Drawing
1950s	18	14	$1.3kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $43.2kSign up
Average: $49.5kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10.5 in (20 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (9), Etching (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (9)

1920 Tête de Femme$129kSign up
c. 1920 La Guitare$21.4kSign up
1920 Tête$7.1kSign up
1921 Femme nue debout$103kSign up
1921 Femme couchée (de face)$53.7kSign up
1921 Femme à l'eventail (Woman with Fan)$104kSign up
1921 Femme couchée (de face)$51kSign up
1922 Le Compotier$31kSign up
1927 Deux femmes$635Sign up
1927 Deux femmes$826Sign up
c. 1928 Femme assise$43.2kSign up
1929 Figure à la draperie, deboutResult not published

1930s 6 works

Sold: 3 of 6
Median: $53.1kSign up
Average: $126kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 17 in (33 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (5), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1930 Petite cariatide$290kSign up
1930 Deux FemmesUnsold
1930 Deux FemmesUnsold
1937 Le petit Amphion$53.1kSign up
1938 Without titleUnsold
1938 La Sirène au Bras Levé$35.3kSign up

1940s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $290kSign up
Typical size: 14.5 × 14.5 in (37 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Sculpture (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

c. 1940 Femmes$5.1kSign up
c. 1940 L’archange$4.8kSign up
1940 Cavalier ailé$9.1kSign up
1943 Pamela$105kSign up
1946 La Lune$2.2MSign up
c. 1947 ReiterUnsold
c. 1949 Poseidon et la sirène$5.9kSign up · sold 2×
1949 La jeune soeurUnsold
1949 Femme couchéeUnsold
1949 Femme couchée au bras levé$6.2kSign up
1949 Femme debout aux bras levés$7.5kSign up

1950s 18 works

Sold: 14 of 18
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 11.5 in (32 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (11), Drawing (3), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (13)

1950 Femme assise à la jambe levéeUnsold
1950 Femme assise à la Jambe levé$354Sign up
1950 Femme assise au bras levé$1.1kSign up
c. 1950 Femme Couché$509Sign up
c. 1950 Sitzender Akt$5.7kSign up
c. 1950 Femme assise$7.4kSign up
c. 1950 Femme assise à la jambe levéeUnsold
c. 1950 Femme allongée au bras levéUnsold
1950 La jeune filleUnsold
1950 Femme couchée$1.1kSign up
1950 Femme allongée$3kSign up
1950 Femme allongée au bras levé$1.3kSign up

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c. 1950 Femme assise à la jambe levée$1.5kSign up
1950 Femme allongée au bras levé$1.3kSign up
1950 Femme allongée au bras levé$1.2kSign up
1951 Dialogue des Courtisanes“. (Vor) 1951$20.6kSign up
1954 La petite espagnole (Kleine Spanierin)$58.4kSign up
1955 Papiers Colles$70Sign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 10 in (30 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Lithograph (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

sold 2001 L´Ange Exterminateur$969Sign up
sold 2003 Liegender Akt$4kSign up
sold 2003 Femme assise à la jambe levée$1.9kSign up
sold 2004 Deux femmes$1.4kSign up
sold 2006 Femme Accroupie$2.1kSign up
sold 2008 Valencia$1.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Sculpture (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2012 CUBIST COMPOSITION, numbered 116/150 in pencil lower margin$650Sign up
sold 2013 MétamorphoseUnsold
sold 2017 Théocrite. Les Idylles. Illustrations de Henri Laurens. – Lucien de Samosate. Dialogues. Gravures sur bois originales de Henri Laurens$2.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 22 × 18 in (56 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2026 UntitledResult not published
sold 2026 Femme assise à la jambe levéeUnsold

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 Laurens auction results →