Herbert Matter: career timeline
Swiss · 1907–1984 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 55 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | $504Sign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 8 | 8 | $990Sign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 24 | 20 | $1.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $1.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | $610Sign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 2 | 2 | $747Sign up | Print (other) |
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1920s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $504Sign up
- Average
- $504Sign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 11.5 in (30 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1928 Hi! c. 1928 (from Calder by Matter)$504Sign up
1930s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $990Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 28 × 22 in (71 × 55 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4), Print (other) (3), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1934 Two works$630Sign up
c. 1935 Grill. c. 1935 (from Calder by Matter)$441Sign up
1935 Winter-Luftverkehr poster$1.5kSign up
1935 Engelberg Trübsee$741Sign up
1935 engelberg trübsee$1.2kSign up
1935 la Suisse$2.6kSign up
1937 Hands in Movement$441Sign up
1939 Photogram$2.4kSign up
1940s 24 works
- Sold
- 20 of 24
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 12.5 in (29 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (23), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (3), Figures & portraits (2)
1940 Nude on Beach, Provincetown$1.1kSign up
1940 Louisa and Alexander Calder, Roxbury, Conn.$318Sign up
1940 Nude on the Beach (Mercedes Matter)$1.1kSign up
1940 Mercedes MatterUnsold
1940 Mercedes Matter$1.3kSign up
c. 1940 UntitledUnsold
c. 1940 UntitledUnsold
c. 1940 UntitledUnsold
1940 Nude on the beach (Mercedes Matter)$2.9kSign up
c. 1940 Untitled (two photograms)$1.4kSign up
1940 Nude in Driftwood$2.1kSign up
c. 1943 Untitled$2kSign up
Show 12 more (1940s)
c. 1944 Photograph for Charles and Ray Eames$197Sign up
c. 1944 Photograph for Charles and Ray Eames$2.1kSign up
c. 1944 Light Drawing (four figures)$693Sign up
1944 Light Drawing$882Sign up
c. 1944 Collection of five photographs for Charles and Ray Eames$3kSign up
c. 1945 Case Study House photograph$504Sign up
1946 Experimental Molded Plywood Forms$3kSign up
1946 Experimental Molded Plywood Forms$4kSign up
c. 1946 Charles Eames$3kSign up
1948 Untitled (Woman with Beads)$461Sign up
1948 Knoll advertisement study$4kSign up
1948 Untitled$2.9kSign up
1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 10 in (36 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1955 Ephemera and photography$1.9kSign up
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $610Sign up
- Average
- $610Sign up
- Typical size
- 32 × 23.5 in (82 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Alberto Giacometti Sculptures- Four Photographs$600Sign up
1960 Giacometti$620Sign up
1980s 2 works
Creation date not recorded
17 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $3.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 50.5 × 35.5 in (128 × 90 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2005 Kunsthalle Basel Giacometti$605Sign up
sold 2007 Still Life (Ray Eames Sculpture)$7.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $938Sign up
- Average
- $938Sign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 10 in (39 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2013 Seagulls in Flight$1kSign up
sold 2018 Alberto Giacometti portfolio$875Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works
- Sold
- 11 of 13
- Median
- $1kSign up
- Average
- $1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 11.5 in (30 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (13)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 Seven Photographs of Knoll designsUnsold
sold 2022 Eight Photographs of Knoll designsUnsold
sold 2022 Two Photographs of Alexander Calder and Alberto Giacometti$960Sign up
sold 2022 Four Photographs of Alberto Giacometti's Works$960Sign up
sold 2022 Three Photographs of Calder Mobiles$1.1kSign up
sold 2022 Three photographs of Mercedes Matter$2kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Four Photographs of Alberto Giacometti and His Works$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Jackson Pollock at Betty Parsons Gallery$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 Morning Star, Roxbury (from the Calder by Matter portfolio)$504Sign up
sold 2023 Vertical Constellation with Bomb (from the Calder by Matter portfolio)$693Sign up
sold 2023 Calder with Mobile (for the Hotel Avila) (from the Calder by Matter portfolio)$1kSign up
sold 2023 Stacked Eames Child's Chairs$1kSign up
…and 1 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 Herbert Matter auction results →