Honoré Daumier: career timeline
French · 1808–1879 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 46 of 124 lots (37% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 17 | 14 | $650Sign up | Lithograph |
| 1840s | 14 | 10 | $1.6kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1850s | 8 | 3 | $47.2kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1860s | 7 | 6 | $9.8kSign up | Drawing |
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1830s 17 works
- Sold
- 14 of 17
- Median
- $650Sign up
- Average
- $772Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 9 in (26 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (14), Watercolor (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
1830 Passe ton Chemin, Cochon$1.2kSign up
1832 Masques de 1831, published in La Caricature (Journal) (no. 71), pl. 143$160Sign up
1832 Dupin Aîné$258Sign up
1833 Guizot$716Sign up
1833 Docteur Prunelle$258Sign up
1833 Benjamin Delessert$258Sign up
1834 Rue Transnonain, le 15 avril 1834$3.1kSign up
1834 Celui-là, on peut le mettre en liberté! Il n'est plus dangereux$1.1kSign up
1834 Moderne Galilée$695Sign up
1834 Très hauts et très puissans moutards et moutardes légitimes$1.4kSign up
1837 28 Bll. aus verschiedenen Folgen$606Sign up
1838 Grand placement d'actions$86Sign up
Show 5 more (1830s)
1838 Robert-Macaire Banquier et Juré$53Sign up
c. 1838 Zwei Herren mit SchnupftabakUnsold
c. 1838 Zwei HerrenUnsold
1838 21 Bll. aus verschiedenen Folgen$987Sign up
1839 DOMINO!!Unsold
1840s 14 works
- Sold
- 10 of 14
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9 in (24 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (12), Sculpture (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1840 L'Avocat saluant$8.8kSign up
1840 Macaire, doctorulUnsold
1840 Souvenirs$511Sign up
1840 Souvenirs$484Sign up
c. 1840 Der KrankeUnsold
1841 ZBIERACZ NIEDOPAŁKÓW CYGARUnsold
1842 SPOTKANIE WESOŁYCH AUGURÓWUnsold
1845 Comme je vous ai bien dit vertement votre fait!...$740Sign up
1846 2 Bll.: Ne manquez pas de me répliquer. Mon cher Monsieur, il m'est absolument impossible de plaider votre affaire$1.5kSign up
1846 2 Bll. aus: Les Gens de Justice$2.1kSign up
1848 Grand escalier du Palais de Justice - Vue de faces$1.7kSign up
1848 Les gens de justice$19.5kSign up
Show 2 more (1840s)
1848 Le Charivari$99Sign up
1848 Le Gamin de Paris aux Tuileries$1.9kSign up
1850s 8 works
- Sold
- 3 of 8
- Median
- $47.2kSign up
- Average
- $64.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 8 in (20 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (3), Drawing (2), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
c. 1850 PaysageUnsold
1851 Ratapoil (Le rat à poil - Die nackte Ratte)$46.3kSign up
c. 1852 Le Bourgeois en attenteUnsold
c. 1852 Le Rôdeur - ou Le Ramasseur de Bouts de CigaresUnsold
1852 ACTUALITES [AKTUALNOŚCI]Unsold
c. 1855 Un wagon de troisième classe$100kSign up
c. 1855 Cavaliers$47.2kSign up
1856 LOKATORZY (NAJEMCY) I WŁAŚCICIELE DOMÓWUnsold
1860s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $9.8kSign up
- Average
- $14.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9 in (27 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3), Lithograph (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1860 Deux études du Retour de l'Enfant prodigue$9kSign up
c. 1860 La vente de tableauxUnsold
c. 1860 Scapin et Géronte$46.5kSign up
c. 1862 L'Amateur d'art$10.6kSign up
1862 NADAR élevant la Photographie à la hauteur de l'Art$5.3kSign up
1862 En Chemin de Fer ... Un Voisin agréable$3.4kSign up
1862 A Travers les Ateliers$11.6kSign up
Creation date not recorded
78 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 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $403Sign up
- Average
- $384Sign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (3), Drawing (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1)
sold 2002 23 Bll. aus unterschiedlichen Folgen$403Sign up
sold 2005 LES BAIGNEUSES: NAYADES DE LA SEINE, (Delteil 1629), second state$325Sign up
sold 2007 10 Lithiographien aus 'Le Charivari'$47Sign up
sold 2008 Le Charivari$532Sign up
sold 2008 Nach - L'Amateur d'Estampes (Der Grafik-Liebhaber)$615Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 20 works
- Sold
- 15 of 20
- Median
- $181Sign up
- Average
- $17.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (9), Etching (3), Drawing (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2011 Mère et Enfant$163kSign up
sold 2012 Un portrait d'homme$75.9kSign up
sold 2012 Vecchia portatrice di acquaResult not published
sold 2013 Cartella contenente 120 illustrazioni dalle «Actualités»Result not published
sold 2014 Testa maschileResult not published
sold 2016 LES PHILANTROPES DU JOUR, inscription: "Monsieur, vous etes recu, votre caniche et vous, membres de la Societe do Sauvetage UniverselUnsold
Show 6 more (2010s)
sold 2017 Une autre fois je fis encore un bon tour...$159Sign up
sold 2017 Louis XIV$19kSign up
sold 2017 Photographes et photographiés$96Sign up
sold 2017 Petit buste de Royer-Collard (Le Vieux Finaud), from the series Bustes des Parlementaires$6kSign up
sold 2017 Inconvénient de rêver tout haut$822Sign up
sold 2018 Les Gens de justice la plaidoirie$58Sign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 53 works
- Sold
- 18 of 53
- Median
- $594Sign up
- Average
- $7.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 11 in (23 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (37), Etching (7), Sculpture (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2020 Le Wagon$224Sign up
sold 2020 Les Gens de Justice$224Sign up
sold 2020 Le Deux Avocats$224Sign up
sold 2020 LITHOGRAPHSResult not published
sold 2020 Dire que nous v'la parisiens!“, sheet from „Actualités$427Sign up
sold 2020 Combat singulier ...“, sheet 117 from „Actualités$712Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2020 Voilà un vent ...“, sheet 127 from „ActualitésUnsold
sold 2020 L’Empereur du Maroc ...“, sheet 126 from „ActualitésUnsold
sold 2020 A Tanger ...“, sheet 115 from „ActualitésUnsold
sold 2020 Une position difficile ...“, sheet 110 from „ActualitésUnsold
sold 2020 Voyons, kaiserlick ...“, sheet 52 from „ActualitésUnsold
sold 2020 Comme quoi actuellement ...“, sheet 35 from „ActualitésUnsold
…and 41 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 Honoré Daumier auction results →