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Henri Matisse: career timeline

French · 1869–1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 499 of 696 lots (72% 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 Matisse: 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
1900s1713$12.9kSign upLithograph
1910s2215$5.6kSign upLithograph
1920s186160$9.6kSign upLithograph
1930s7434$7.3kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1940s9686$7.2kSign upLithograph
1950s10282$4kSign upLithograph

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1900s 17 works

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13 of 17
Median
$12.9kSign up
Average
$134kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (33 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (5), Drawing (3), Sculpture (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
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1910s 22 works

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15 of 22
Median
$5.6kSign up
Average
$77kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10.5 in (25 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Drawing (6), Etching (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 10 more (1910s)

1920s 186 works

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160 of 186
Median
$9.6kSign up
Average
$17.4kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (99), Etching (57), Drypoint (16)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (38), Flowers & still life (4), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 162 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 74 works

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34 of 74
Median
$7.3kSign up
Average
$186kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (30 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (41), Etching (20), Drawing (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 50 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 96 works

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86 of 96
Median
$7.2kSign up
Average
$27.4kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10.5 in (33 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (39), Drawing (14), Print (other) (13)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (13), Flowers & still life (3), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 72 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 102 works

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82 of 102
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$38.1kSign up
Typical size
16 × 15 in (41 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (65), Aquatint (11), Other (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (3)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 78 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

196 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 1990s 1 work

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0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
1 × 1 in (3 × 3 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2000s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$6.3kSign up
Typical size
13 × 11 in (33 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (10), Etching (3), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 67 works

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56 of 67
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$373kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 12 in (34 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (24), Etching (12), Other (11)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Beach scenes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 55 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 108 works

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76 of 108
Median
$890Sign up
Average
$5.3kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 13 in (40 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (63), Other (12), Etching (9)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Palms (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…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 Matisse auction results →