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Czech · 1888–1971 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 192 of 199 lots (96% 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.

Martin Benka: 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
1910s2020$13.7kSign upOil
1920s3333$24.6kSign upOil
1930s5656$14kSign upOil
1940s5959$3.9kSign upOil
1950s2020$677Sign upDrawing
1960s33$7.3kSign upDrawing

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1910s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$13.7kSign up
Average
$16.9kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 18.5 in (34 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Oil (19), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (2)
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1920s 33 works

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33 of 33
Median
$24.6kSign up
Average
$33.6kSign up
Typical size
17 × 14.5 in (43 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Oil (28), Watercolor (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
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…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 56 works

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56 of 56
Median
$14kSign up
Average
$31.2kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10.5 in (30 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Oil (45), Drawing (8), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
—
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…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 59 works

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59 of 59
Median
$3.9kSign up
Average
$26.5kSign up
Typical size
15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Oil (31), Lithograph (16), Drawing (8)
Subjects
—
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…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 20 works

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20 of 20
Median
$677Sign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9.5 in (23 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (14), Watercolor (5), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—
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1960s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$7.3kSign up
Average
$18.3kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 9.5 in (17 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1), Pastel (1), Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

7 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 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$22.6kSign up
Average
$22.6kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 26 in (50 × 66 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$18.2kSign up
Average
$36.2kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 18.5 in (37 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6)
Subjects
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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 Martin Benka auction results →