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Jean Arp: career timeline

French · 1886–1966 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 147 of 202 lots (73% 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.

Jean Arp: 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
1920s22$165kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1930s76$66.3kSign upSculpture
1940s66$60.5kSign upSculpture
1950s4945$5kSign upSculpture
1960s8278$1.9kSign upWoodcut / linocut

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1920s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$165kSign up
Average
$165kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 12.5 in (44 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
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1930s 7 works

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6 of 7
Median
$66.3kSign up
Average
$69.3kSign up
Typical size
9 × 6 in (23 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (5), Screenprint (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1940s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$60.5kSign up
Average
$91.2kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 9 in (32 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (2), Mixed media (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

1950s 49 works

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45 of 49
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$51.5kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 11.5 in (35 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (17), Lithograph (9), Woodcut / linocut (7)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (9), Figures & portraits (4), Boats (2)
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…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 82 works

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78 of 82
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$14.6kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12 in (35 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (20), Lithograph (13), Sculpture (10)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Figures & portraits (1), Birds (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 58 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

54 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 11 works

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11 of 11
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 6.5 in (17 × 16 cm)
Mediums
Multiple (3), Sculpture (2), Aquatint (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 27 works

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27 of 27
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$80.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (33 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Other (6), Mixed media (4), Sculpture (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works

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11 of 16
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$8.3kSign up
Typical size
7 × 7.5 in (17 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Other (6), Sculpture (5), Screenprint (2)
Subjects
Birds (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 4 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 Jean Arp auction results →