Jean Besnard: career timeline

1889–1958 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 69 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.

Jean Besnard: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	16	9	$1.7kSign up	Sculpture
1930s	36	22	$3.2kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1920s 16 works

Sold: 9 of 16
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (16)
Subjects: —

1925 Plat$1.2kSign up
1925 Plat$1.2kSign up
c. 1925 Vase à long colUnsold
1926 Pied de lampeUnsold
1926 Pied de lampeUnsold
1926 Deux pieds de lampe$3.5kSign up
1926 Vase$1.7kSign up
1926 Pied de lampeUnsold
1926 Important pied de lampeUnsold
1927 Vase$3.3kSign up
c. 1927 Grand vase ovoïdeUnsold
1927 Vase$3.5kSign up

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1927 Plat$1.4kSign up
c. 1928 Pitcher$581Sign up
1928 Important vase ovoïde à fin col$4.4kSign up
1928 Vase cylindrique à deux ansesUnsold

1930s 36 works

Sold: 22 of 36
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $5.9kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 6.5 in (20 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (36)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 Vase$14.1kSign up
1930 VaseUnsold
c. 1930 Importante lampe$16.5kSign up
c. 1930 Table lamp$20.6kSign up
1930 PlatUnsold
c. 1930 Ensemble comprenant deux vases et un pied de lampeUnsold
1930 Vase$3kSign up
1930 Vase ovoïde$618Sign up
c. 1930 Table lampUnsold
c. 1930 Vase and footed bowl$2.5kSign up
c. 1930 Important vase$6kSign up
1930 Vase ovoïdeUnsold

Show 12 more (1930s)

c. 1930 Large bowl$5kSign up
c. 1930 Vase and footed bowlUnsold
c. 1930 Vase$8.2kSign up
c. 1930 Table lampUnsold
c. 1930 Low bowl$4.4kSign up
c. 1930 vase$313Sign up
c. 1930 A Twin-Handled VaseUnsold
c. 1930 VaseUnsold
c. 1930 Table lampUnsold
c. 1930 Table lampUnsold
c. 1930 bowl$2.8kSign up
1932 Vase ovoïde$3kSign up

…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 2010s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2018 Vase$6kSign up
sold 2019 Table LampUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

Sold: 8 of 15
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $4.7kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 11.5 in (38 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (15)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Vase$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 Large VaseUnsold
sold 2022 Monumental AmphoraUnsold
sold 2022 Table LampUnsold
sold 2022 Large VaseUnsold
sold 2022 Table LampUnsold

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2022 Vase$4.5kSign up
sold 2022 Monumental AmphoraUnsold
sold 2022 Vase$8.3kSign up
sold 2023 Grand plat "Exposition des Arts décoratifs"Unsold
sold 2023 Vase ovoïde à court col$2.8kSign up
sold 2024 Vase$4.9kSign up

…and 3 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 Besnard auction results →