Lina Bo Bardi: career timeline
Italian · 1914–1992 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 14 of 20 lots (70% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $26.7kSign up | Other |
| 1950s | 4 | 1 | $4.4kSign up | Other |
| 1960s | 1 | 0 | — | Other |
| 1980s | 7 | 5 | $9kSign up | Other |
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1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $26.7kSign up
- Average
- $26.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 26.5 × 48.5 in (67 × 123 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1942 Rare crib$38.4kSign up
c. 1942 Rare coffee table$15kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 1 of 4
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 24 in (77 × 62 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1950 Folding chair, model no. C4$4.4kSign up
c. 1950 Par de poltronas, circa 1950Unsold
1950 Cadeira três pés , 1950Unsold
1951 Bowl Chair, 1951Result not published
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 35.5 × 16.5 in (90 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Par de cadeiras, c. 1960Unsold
1980s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $9kSign up
- Average
- $12kSign up
- Typical size
- 27 × 15.5 in (69 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (5), Mixed media (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1980 Chair, designed for the SESC-Pompéia Center, São Paulo$6.3kSign up
c. 1980 Chair, designed for the SESC-Pompéia Center, São Paulo$17.5kSign up
c. 1980 'SESC' Stool$9kSign up
c. 1980 'SESC' Stool$7kSign up
1980 EstudoResult not published
c. 1980 Chair, designed for the SESC-Pompéia Center, São Paulo$20.2kSign up
1985 Polochon, 1985Unsold
Creation date not recorded
6 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 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 30.5 × 40.5 in (78 × 103 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2009 Sofá de dois lugaresResult not published
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 34 × 27.5 in (87 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2012 Par de poltronas em pau marfimResult not published
sold 2015 Cadeira de balançoResult not published
sold 2019 LIMITED EDITION 'BOWL CHAIR' FOR ARPER$1.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 13 × 19.5 in (33 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (2)
- Subjects
- —
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 Lina Bo Bardi auction results →