Lygia Pape: career timeline
Brazilian · 1927–2004 · 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 35 lots (40% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | 3 | $105kSign up | Woodcut / linocut |
| 1960s | 5 | 3 | $430kSign up | Acrylic |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | — | Other |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | $13.8kSign up | Acrylic |
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1950s 7 works
- Sold
- 3 of 7
- Median
- $105kSign up
- Average
- $131kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 17 in (56 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Woodcut / linocut (3), Drawing (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1953 Four works: Untitled (Tecelar)$105kSign up
1957 Untitled (Desenho I)$188kSign up
1957 Untitled (Desenho)Unsold
1957 Untitled (Desenho)Unsold
1957 Da série Tecelares, 1957Result not published
1958 TecelarUnsold
1958 Untitled (Tecelar)$100kSign up
1960s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $430kSign up
- Average
- $355kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (4), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (3)
c. 1963 Book of Night and Day$175kSign up
c. 1963 Livro noite e dia (Book of Night and Day)$430kSign up
c. 1963 Twelve Elements from The Night and Day Book (Book of Light)$461kSign up
1964 UntitledUnsold
1965 Escultura (Sculpture)Unsold
1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 10 × 12 in (25 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1976 Objeto de SeduçãoResult not published
2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $13.8kSign up
- Average
- $13.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 19.5 in (64 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Acrylic (1)
- Subjects
- —
2000 Olhando Miró$13.8kSign up
Creation date not recorded
21 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 7 works
- Sold
- 0 of 7
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 6.5 in (16 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4), Etching (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2007 Livro noite e diaResult not published
sold 2007 Livro noite e diaResult not published
sold 2007 Livro noite e diaResult not published
sold 2007 Livro noite e diaResult not published
sold 2008 Sem TítuloResult not published
sold 2008 Sem TítuloResult not published
Show 1 more (2000s)
sold 2009 UntitledResult not published
Undated, sold in the 2010s 11 works
- Sold
- 0 of 11
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 13.5 in (42 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4), Other (3), Sculpture (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 TecelaresResult not published
sold 2011 Objeto de seduçãoResult not published
sold 2012 Objeto e seduçãoResult not published
sold 2013 UntitledResult not published
sold 2013 TecelaresUnsold
sold 2014 Manto TupinambáResult not published
Show 5 more (2010s)
sold 2014 Objeto de seduçãoResult not published
sold 2014 UntitledResult not published
sold 2016 Abstrato Não é o Meu FracoUnsold
sold 2016 UntitledResult not published
sold 2019 TecelaresResult not published
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 7 × 15 in (18 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (3)
- 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 Lygia Pape auction results →