Josef Čapek: career timeline
Czech · 1887–1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 62 of 64 lots (97% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | 11 | $33.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1920s | 21 | 21 | $9.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 29 | 29 | $287kSign up | Oil |
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1910s 11 works
- Sold
- 11 of 11
- Median
- $33.8kSign up
- Average
- $393kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 15 in (43 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Watercolor (2), Woodcut / linocut (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
c. 1913 Madonna / New Building$746kSign up
1914 Figure called Lelio$33.8kSign up
1914 Dievčenská hlava s klobúkom$7kSign up
1915 Little Girl with Ball$51.7kSign up
1915 Chlapec s obručou$18.2kSign up
1916 Sailor$4.3kSign up
1917 Harlot / Two Children$1.5MSign up
c. 1917 Beggar / Girl with Ball (Two Sided Image)$341kSign up
c. 1918 Drinker$1.6MSign up
1918 Toilet$3.8kSign up
1918 Album of Ten Graphic Sheets$16.2kSign up
1920s 21 works
- Sold
- 21 of 21
- Median
- $9.7kSign up
- Average
- $137kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 13.5 in (34 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (10), Gouache (4), Lithograph (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Flowers & still life (2)
c. 1920 The Corrupter in the Puddle$2.6kSign up
c. 1920 Delicacies$1.3kSign up
1920 Harmonikár$810Sign up
1920 Kúpanie$1.9kSign up
1922 Still life with Peaches$376kSign up
1922 Houses on the Hillside$251kSign up
1922 The Farmhouse$229kSign up
1922 Quial$296kSign up
1923 Comrades$301kSign up
1923 Two figures$179kSign up
1924 Daisies in Vase$149kSign up
1924 Curriculum Vitae$3.6kSign up
1930s 29 works
- Sold
- 29 of 29
- Median
- $287kSign up
- Average
- $275kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 17.5 in (42 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (21), Lithograph (4), Pastel (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)
1930 Boy from the Street$781kSign up
1930 Woman with basket$140kSign up
1930 Bathing in Orava$440kSign up
1930 Deti III.$303Sign up
1931 Children and a House$446kSign up · sold 2×
1931 Boy in a Red Jumper$439kSign up
c. 1931 Deti I.$303Sign up
c. 1932 Children Bathing$51.8kSign up
1932 Tramp's Tale$1.7kSign up
c. 1932 Detské hry II.$401Sign up
1933 Children with Kite$631kSign up
1933 Two Women in the Field$350kSign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
c. 1933 Children$103kSign up
1933 At the Bar$338kSign up
1933 Girls getting milk$473kSign up
c. 1934 Three Boys in the Garden$47.5kSign up
1934 Dvoreček$287kSign up
1934 Neděle$330kSign up
c. 1934 Deti II.$303Sign up
1935 Hunters in the Fields$141kSign up
1935 Small hare$88kSign up
1936 Women with Flowers$338kSign up
1936 The Shot Crow$442kSign up
1936 Saleswoman of embroidery$354kSign up
…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
2 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
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $252kSign up
- Average
- $252kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 15 in (47 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2011 Bunch of flowers in the blue vase$107kSign up
sold 2012 King Lear$397kSign up
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 Josef Čapek auction results →