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Jean Cocteau: career timeline

French · 1889–1963 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 159 of 258 lots (62% 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 Cocteau: 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
1910s11$560Sign upDrawing
1920s44$1.7kSign upDrawing
1930s77$7kSign upDrawing
1940s88$4.9kSign upDrawing
1950s10287$2.3kSign upDrawing
1960s3735$3.2kSign upDrawing

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1910s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$560Sign up
Average
$560Sign up
Typical size
7.5 × 5.5 in (19 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1920s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7 in (22 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Other (1), Multiple (1)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1)

1930s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$11.4kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7)
Subjects
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1940s 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$4.9kSign up
Average
$7.3kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 14 in (47 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (6), Lithograph (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 102 works

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87 of 102
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$3.6kSign up
Typical size
16 × 12.5 in (41 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (41), Lithograph (26), Sculpture (14)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (2), Sea & coast (2)
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…and 78 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 37 works

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35 of 37
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$4.9kSign up
Typical size
16 × 13.5 in (41 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (14), Sculpture (11), Other (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

99 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 8 works

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8 of 8
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 6.5 in (26 × 16 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (5), Lithograph (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—
Show 2 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 21 works

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17 of 21
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
22 × 18 in (56 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Other (9), Lithograph (8), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 70 works

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53 of 70
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9 in (29 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Other (33), Drawing (15), Lithograph (12)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Sea & coast (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 58 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 Cocteau auction results →