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Mainie Jellett: career timeline

1897–1944 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 67 of 242 lots (28% 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.

Mainie Jellett: 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
1910s2018$2.2kSign upWatercolor
1920s2721$7kSign upGouache
1930s1310$5.9kSign upGouache
1940s55$4.5kSign upGouache

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1910s 20 works

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18 of 20
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9.5 in (26 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (8), Drawing (8), Oil (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Landscapes (1)
Show 8 more (1910s)

1920s 27 works

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21 of 27
Median
$7kSign up
Average
$14.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (10), Drawing (8), Oil (5)
Subjects
Abstract (13), Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 3 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 13 works

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10 of 13
Median
$5.9kSign up
Average
$31.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 11 in (30 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (6), Oil (4), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Abstract (2), Cattle & animals (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 1 more (1930s)

1940s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$4.5kSign up
Average
$27.3kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 14.5 in (27 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (2), Watercolor (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (1), Abstract (1)

Creation date not recorded

171 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 22 works

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17 of 22
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (10), Drawing (9), Tempera (1)
Subjects
Abstract (12), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 30 works

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28 of 30
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$9.5kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11 in (30 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Other (14), Gouache (12), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Beach scenes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 119 works

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100 of 119
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
10 × 9 in (26 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (49), Gouache (30), Other (20)
Subjects
Abstract (42), Figures & portraits (15), Flowers & still life (3)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 107 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 Mainie Jellett auction results →