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Swiss · 1913–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 72 lots (72% 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.

Meret Oppenheim: 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
1930s99$6.9kSign upSculpture
1950s22$4.8kSign upGouache
1960s33$15.2kSign upPrint (other)
1970s3131$2.2kSign upLithograph
1980s65$5kSign upScreenprint

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1930s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$13.4kSign up
Typical size
25 × 26.5 in (64 × 68 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (7), Other (2)
Subjects
Birds (4)

1950s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 11 in (19 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects
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1960s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$14.1kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10.5 in (25 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (1), Multiple (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 31 works

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31 of 31
Median
$2.2kSign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10 in (30 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (7), Mixed media (6), Etching (6)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Butterflies (1), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 6 works

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5 of 6
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$5.9kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 6 in (24 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (4), Lithograph (1), Etching (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

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 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$9kSign up
Average
$9kSign up
Typical size
10 × 11 in (25 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

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3 of 4
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 22.5 in (54 × 58 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Other (1), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Birds (2)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works

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11 of 15
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$6.1kSign up
Typical size
25 × 26.5 in (64 × 67 cm)
Mediums
Other (8), Sculpture (7)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 3 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 Meret Oppenheim auction results →