Louis Soutter: career timeline
Swiss · 1871–1942 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 68 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | $18kSign up | Drawing |
| 1920s | 19 | 9 | $2.4kSign up | Drawing |
| 1930s | 26 | 24 | $36kSign up | Drawing |
| 1940s | 1 | 1 | $164kSign up | Oil |
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1890s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $18kSign up
- Average
- $18kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10.5 in (35 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1894 Portrait de Madge Fursman$18kSign up
1920s 19 works
- Sold
- 9 of 19
- Median
- $2.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 8.5 in (21 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (17), Watercolor (1), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (3), Rivers & marshes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1923 Grappe de raisinsUnsold
c. 1923 Feuillage$2.4kSign up
c. 1923 Fresque de Sicile$2.4kSign up
c. 1923 Quatres personnages$2.4kSign up
c. 1923 Vieillesse, adulte, jeunesse$2.4kSign up
c. 1923 «L’église folle» – Rückseite mit Text (Brief an seine Mutter)$6.2kSign up
c. 1923 Curiosité des chercheurs du Christ - verso: Composition abstraiteUnsold
c. 1923 Composition décorative$4.3kSign up
c. 1923 Foi de Noël$2.4kSign up
c. 1923 Ses frères paissaient les troupeaux$1.6kSign up
c. 1923 Victoire des classiques de la terre romaineUnsold
c. 1923 BrodeuseUnsold
Show 7 more (1920s)
c. 1923 Saint TrioUnsold
c. 1923 Labour - Juives et soirUnsold
c. 1923 Grande porte à deux battantsUnsold
c. 1923 Composition d'après GiottoUnsold
c. 1923 Maria caelesta laeta - Le BénitierUnsold
c. 1923 Façade de maison - Le Palais italien ou Sans la tour. Le nouvelle [sic!] hôtel de la bibliothèqueUnsold
1927 Été 1927$5.6kSign up
1930s 26 works
- Sold
- 24 of 26
- Median
- $36kSign up
- Average
- $101kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 13.5 in (36 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (19), Oil (3), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Sunsets & night (1)
c. 1930 Mort - Vies fleuves et efficaces$37.6kSign up
c. 1930 Au matinUnsold
c. 1930 Le banc des destituées$36.3kSign up
c. 1930 Causerie du soir$4.8kSign up
c. 1930 Je ne veux rien$4.1kSign up
c. 1930 Par l’éclatement du feu les corps réssucitent / Tête de face (2-seitig)$264kSign up
c. 1930 "Ida" (recto) - "Le linge des femmes de nuits" (verso)$20.5kSign up
1930 Jonc, blé, prunier$8.5kSign up
c. 1930 ViesUnsold
c. 1930 Christ$35.7kSign up
1930 Visage“. 1930er Jahre$178kSign up
c. 1930 Le Voyage$14.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
c. 1930 Le Sort$15.1kSign up
c. 1930 L'annonciation 25 mars$16.9kSign up
c. 1930 Le miroir$19.5kSign up
1930 Corde de la servitude$11.8kSign up
1936 Effluves - Il exige un porto$11.5kSign up
1936 Caniculae$17.7kSign up
c. 1937 Abel$191kSign up
c. 1937 Le Jesu (recto) - La croix / La femme / le serpent / entre (verso)$228kSign up
c. 1937 Trois crématoristes$166kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1937 La Loque, les apprêts$160kSign up
1938 Tanagras$181kSign up
1939 Les peintres et le mur blanc / Le péché - Les sens éveillés (2-seitig)$290kSign up
…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $164kSign up
- Average
- $164kSign up
- Typical size
- 17.5 × 23 in (44 × 59 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1940 Ceux qui récoltent (Jene, die ernten)$164kSign up
Creation date not recorded
20 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $192kSign up
- Average
- $180kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 20 in (47 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (3), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2007 Un chat a mort. Rückseitig: Élysée$318kSign up
sold 2007 Fakiristes$256kSign up
sold 2007 L'Espionne$127kSign up
sold 2008 Salomé et sa faute$19.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 10.5 in (22 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Drawing (8)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 L’Amour, fil de soie$4.5kSign up
sold 2017 Les Vivants$3.1kSign up
sold 2017 Le Cirque$6.2kSign up
sold 2018 Le Caboulot, les mystères de Paris$5.4kSign up
sold 2018 La Crème$3kSign up
sold 2018 La Fille et le paysan$2.4kSign up
Show 2 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Noël des usés$5.2kSign up
sold 2018 Chérubin ailé$1.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $7.6kSign up
- Average
- $41.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11.5 in (22 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4), Drawing (4)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2020 L'arrêt de l'arbitre$87.8kSign up
sold 2020 Village d’âge$6.6kSign up
sold 2020 Maria della Stella$3.5kSign up
sold 2022 L'Auréole$4kSign up
sold 2023 Filles rêvant du ciel et de la terre$25.1kSign up
sold 2023 Sans Dieu, sans tache$8.6kSign up
Show 2 more (2020s)
sold 2023 La pomme pour tous ou la foule nue$191kSign up
sold 2024 Trois âmes$3.1kSign 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 Louis Soutter auction results →