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James Tissot: career timeline

French · 1836–1902 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 49 lots (53% 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.

James Tissot: 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
1870s128$1.2kSign upEtching
1880s148$1.4kSign upEtching

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1870s 12 works

Sold
8 of 12
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 8.5 in (32 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Etching (9), Drypoint (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1880s 14 works

Sold
8 of 14
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 10 in (40 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Etching (14)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Sea & coast (1)
Show 2 more (1880s)

Creation date not recorded

23 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 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
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Average
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Typical size
9 × 4.5 in (23 × 11 cm)
Mediums
Etching (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$964Sign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
14 × 6 in (36 × 16 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Oil (1)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 17 works

Sold
4 of 17
Median
$508Sign up
Average
$781Sign up
Typical size
17.5 × 10 in (45 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Etching (12), Engraving (4), Drypoint (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 5 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 James Tissot auction results →