Octav Grigorescu: career timeline

Romanian · 1933–1987 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 36 lots (69% 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.

Octav Grigorescu: 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
1950s	1	1	$434Sign up	Etching
1960s	7	7	$986Sign up	Drawing
1970s	16	14	$1.2kSign up	Watercolor
1980s	1	1	$434Sign up	Watercolor

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1950s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $434Sign up
Average: $434Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 18.5 in (34 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

1959 Zbor$434Sign up

1960s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $986Sign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 14.5 in (41 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (4), Watercolor (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1970s 16 works

Sold: 14 of 16
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.6kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 11.5 in (40 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (7), Other (4), Drawing (3)
Subjects: —

1970 Fără titlu (A16)$1.3kSign up
1970 Anima$1.5kSign up
1970 Anxietate$2.3kSign up
1970 Poveste la Veneția$899Sign up
1970 Contemplatorul$1kSign up
1970 A15$1.2kSign up
1970 Senza titolo, 1970...Result not published
1970 Bacchus Nascosto (Bacchus ascuns)$986Sign up
1970 Copacul în lumina dimineții (L'albero nella luce del mattino)$976Sign up
1970 Romeo și Julieta$3.5kSign up
1971 Erato$590Sign up
1971 O poveste$590Sign up

Show 4 more (1970s)

1971 Negură$1.1kSign up
1971 Trei personajeUnsold
1974 Oglindă$5.4kSign up
1978 Nori$1.5kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $434Sign up
Average: $434Sign up
Typical size: 7 × 6.5 in (18 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1988 Lumină$434Sign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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 7 works

Sold: 4 of 7
Median: $601Sign up
Average: $691Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (4), Other (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2015 UmbrăUnsold
sold 2017 File de poveste$631Sign up
sold 2018 Cavaler$570Sign up
sold 2018 Alegoria primăverii$570Sign up
sold 2018 SunetUnsold
sold 2018 ZiduriUnsold

Show 1 more (2010s)

sold 2018 File din poveste$994Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $304Sign up
Average: $304Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Pastel (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2024 Autoportret$390Sign up
sold 2024 Sunet$218Sign up
sold 2025 StudiiUnsold
sold 2025 File de povesteUnsold

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 Octav Grigorescu auction results →