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M. C. Escher: career timeline

Dutch · 1898–1972 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 56 of 90 lots (62% 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.

M. C. Escher: 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
1910s33$200Sign upPrint (other)
1920s11$21.8kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1930s77$1.3kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1940s1512$11.8kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1950s2421$12.5kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1960s43$3.3kSign upLithograph
1970s22$280Sign upPrint (other)

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1910s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$200Sign up
Average
$370Sign up
Typical size
18 × 17.5 in (46 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1920s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$21.8kSign up
Average
$21.8kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14.5 in (28 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects
—

1930s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$7.2kSign up
Typical size
7 × 5.5 in (18 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (5), Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Palms (1), Flowers & still life (1), Sunsets & night (1)

1940s 15 works

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12 of 15
Median
$11.8kSign up
Average
$16.4kSign up
Typical size
11 × 8 in (28 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (10), Lithograph (3), Engraving (2)
Subjects
—
Show 3 more (1940s)

1950s 24 works

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21 of 24
Median
$12.5kSign up
Average
$16.4kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (10), Lithograph (9), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

1960s 4 works

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3 of 4
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$17.8kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 11.5 in (34 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Woodcut / linocut (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$280Sign up
Average
$280Sign up
Typical size
39 × 27.5 in (99 × 70 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

34 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 12 works

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12 of 12
Median
$10.9kSign up
Average
$11.9kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (5), Woodcut / linocut (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 22 works

Sold
22 of 22
Median
$861Sign up
Average
$3.5kSign up
Typical size
11 × 10 in (28 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (10), Lithograph (6), Print (other) (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 10 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 M. C. Escher auction results →