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Henry Moore: career timeline

British · 1898–1986 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 550 of 735 lots (75% 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.

Henry Moore: 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
1920s52$15.7kSign upOther
1930s1412$22.2kSign upDrawing
1940s2726$7.8kSign upLithograph
1950s4437$17kSign upSculpture
1960s11997$1.5kSign upLithograph
1970s242195$1.2kSign upLithograph
1980s9076$3.4kSign upEtching

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1920s 5 works

Sold
2 of 5
Median
$15.7kSign up
Average
$15.7kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 9 in (36 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Drawing (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1930s 14 works

Sold
12 of 14
Median
$22.2kSign up
Average
$49.1kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11 in (29 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (4), Woodcut / linocut (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5)
Show 2 more (1930s)

1940s 27 works

Sold
26 of 27
Median
$7.8kSign up
Average
$228kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 19.5 in (39 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (10), Sculpture (7), Watercolor (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (9)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 44 works

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37 of 44
Median
$17kSign up
Average
$68.2kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (25), Lithograph (12), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (30), Birds (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 119 works

Sold
97 of 119
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$31.8kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (48), Sculpture (29), Etching (21)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (56), Landscapes (6), Cattle & animals (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 95 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 242 works

Sold
195 of 242
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$13.7kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11.5 in (30 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (151), Etching (50), Sculpture (19)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (144), Cattle & animals (5), Sea & coast (3)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 218 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 90 works

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76 of 90
Median
$3.4kSign up
Average
$79.8kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10 in (25 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Etching (28), Lithograph (26), Sculpture (21)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (28), Beach scenes (1), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 66 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

182 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

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
3 × 6 in (8 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Undated, sold in the 2000s 13 works

Sold
11 of 13
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$24.3kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 10.5 in (32 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (8), Sculpture (3), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Abstract (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 61 works

Sold
46 of 61
Median
$978Sign up
Average
$8.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (29 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (23), Etching (20), Other (11)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (19), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 49 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 107 works

Sold
74 of 107
Median
$970Sign up
Average
$5.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 11.5 in (31 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (45), Etching (22), Other (13)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (32), Landscapes (2), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 95 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 Henry Moore auction results →