Mikuláš Medek: career timeline

Czech · 1926–1974 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 42 lots (98% 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.

Mikuláš Medek: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1940s	6	6	$256kSign up	Oil
1950s	1	1	$2MSign up	Oil
1960s	23	20	$219kSign up	Oil
1970s	9	9	$249kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $256kSign up
Average: $303kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 23.5 in (47 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1943 Portrait of Vítězslav Nezval$1.2kSign up
1944 Red ace$187kSign up
1945 The World of an Onion II$726kSign up
1945 2 × 2 = 5$326kSign up
1946 Orchid$155kSign up · sold 2×
1949 Untitled II.$421kSign up

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2MSign up
Average: $2MSign up
Typical size: 45.5 × 36.5 in (116 × 93 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1955 ACTION I (Egg)$2MSign up

1960s 23 works

Sold: 20 of 23
Median: $219kSign up
Average: $240kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 27.5 in (100 × 70 cm)
Mediums: Oil (18), Mixed media (3), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (5), Birds (1)

1960 The Small Hat on Big Head$120kSign up
1961 Rustlings and Silences$147kSign up
1961 3 604 cm2 of Rustle 536 cm2 of Silence$436kSign up
1961 The Meat of the Cross$212kSign up
1962 Untitled$49.1kSign up
1963 Sensitive Signal III$305kSign up
c. 1963 Wall Panel for the Representative Rooms of Czech Airlines in Košice, Part XI$227kSign up
1963 The Collapsed Signal$633kSign up
1965 Such an Absence$320kSign up
1965 Too Much Alcohol II (Vodka)$465kSign up
1965 Hungry Tower$144kSign up
c. 1966 The view onto some saint$463kSign up

Show 11 more (1960s)

1967 PRAGA 1926 - 1974 / Senza titolo, 1967Result not published
1967 Birbds$252kSign up
1967 Pink Phantom$52.8kSign up
1968 PRAGA 1926 - 1974 / A Head of the Tower Designer VII, 1968Result not published
1968 PRAGA 1926 - 1974 / Two Tower Designers, 1968Result not published
1968 Crossroads of Blind Birds$251kSign up
1969 Gold Cry II$344kSign up
c. 1969 Lovers from the Pink Tower$40.2kSign up
1969 Imaginary Portrait$48.7kSign up
1969 Small tower$151kSign up
1969 Attempt for portrait II.$139kSign up

1970s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $249kSign up
Average: $260kSign up
Typical size: 32 × 25.5 in (81 × 65 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Birds (1)

Creation date not recorded

1 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

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $297kSign up
Average: $297kSign up
Typical size: 51 × 37 in (130 × 94 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2013 Girl with a jumping-rope$297kSign up

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 Mikuláš Medek auction results →