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Joan Miró: career timeline

Spanish · 1893–1983 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 2,172 of 2,897 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.

Joan Miró: 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
1920s33$2kSign upLithograph
1930s4941$2kSign upLithograph
1940s4432$2.9kSign upLithograph
1950s255225$4.1kSign upLithograph
1960s622520$4.8kSign upLithograph
1970s1048813$4.4kSign upLithograph
1980s146111$2.8kSign upLithograph

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1920s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$7.5MSign up
Typical size
17 × 15.5 in (43 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1930s 49 works

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41 of 49
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$21.1kSign up
Typical size
14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Print (other) (11), Etching (7)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (1)
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…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 44 works

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32 of 44
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$17.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 15 in (36 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (27), Etching (7), Aquatint (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Birds (3), Abstract (1)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 255 works

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225 of 255
Median
$4.1kSign up
Average
$33.1kSign up
Typical size
13 × 15 in (33 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (110), Etching (76), Aquatint (31)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (13), Sunsets & night (12), Birds (7)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 231 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 622 works

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520 of 622
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$11.2kSign up
Typical size
21 × 22.5 in (53 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (324), Etching (182), Aquatint (62)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (32), Birds (25), Flowers & still life (14)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 598 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 1048 works

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813 of 1048
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$10.4kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 21.5 in (54 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (645), Etching (274), Aquatint (44)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (18), Birds (13), Abstract (13)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 1024 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 146 works

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111 of 146
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$14.2kSign up
Typical size
18 × 17 in (46 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (84), Etching (26), Drawing (14)
Subjects
Sea & coast (8), Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 122 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

722 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 1990s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$482Sign up
Average
$482Sign up
Typical size
10.5 × 22 in (27 × 56 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

Undated, sold in the 2000s 85 works

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80 of 85
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$7kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 19.5 in (44 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (61), Etching (11), Aquatint (8)
Subjects
Abstract (3), Rabbits (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 73 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 206 works

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170 of 206
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$4.3kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 21.5 in (50 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (92), Other (49), Etching (28)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (6), Abstract (5), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 194 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 428 works

Sold
251 of 428
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$8.9kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 19 in (45 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (233), Other (57), Print (other) (48)
Subjects
Sea & coast (17), Abstract (13), Figures & portraits (13)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 416 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 Joan Miró auction results →