Paul Cézanne: career timeline

French · 1839–1906 · 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 81 lots (51% 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.

Paul Cézanne: 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
1860s	1	1	$100kSign up	Drawing
1870s	17	16	$723Sign up	Etching
1880s	2	2	$60.9kSign up	Other
1890s	18	16	$10.9kSign up	Lithograph
1900s	3	2	$1.2MSign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1860s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $100kSign up
Average: $100kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 12 in (47 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1862 Homme nu$100kSign up

1870s 17 works

Sold: 16 of 17
Median: $723Sign up
Average: $13kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 4.5 in (15 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Etching (15), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (6), Landscapes (2), Markets & villages (2)

1873 Entrée de ferme$3.5kSign up
1873 Guillaumin au Pendu 1873 (Ets)$304Sign up
1873 Paysage à Auvers - Entrée de ferme$567Sign up
1873 Tête de jeune Fille$856Sign up
1873 Guillaumin au pendu$437Sign up
1873 Tête de Femme$1.5kSign up
1873 Untitled - Portrait of the Painter Armand Guillaumin$428Sign up
1873 Portrait du peintre Armand Guillaumin au pendu (C. 2)$400Sign up
1873 Tête de jeune fille$815Sign up
1873 Paysage a Auvers, entree de ferme$460Sign up
1873 Tête de Jeune Fille$1kSign up
1873 Portrait du peintre A. Guillaumin au pendu$632Sign up

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1880s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $60.9kSign up
Average: $60.9kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 24 in (44 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

1890s 18 works

Sold: 16 of 18
Median: $10.9kSign up
Average: $38kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 11.5 in (33 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (15), Gouache (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (11), Figures & portraits (3)

Show 6 more (1890s)

c. 1897 Les baigneurs (petit planche) (first state)$2.8kSign up
1897 Les Baigneurs (petite planche)$7.4kSign up
1898 Les baigneurs, grande planche - Les grands baigneurs - Quatre baigneurs$20kSign up
c. 1898 Portrait de Cézanne par lui-même$1kSign up
1898 Les baigneurs, grande planche - Les grands baigneurs - Quatre baigneurs$20kSign up
1898 Portrait de Cézanne par lui-meme$2.1kSign up

1900s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $1.2MSign up
Average: $1.2MSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

Creation date not recorded

40 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $30.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 15 in (32 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Lithograph (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1), Beach scenes (1)

sold 2004 Tete de Jeune Fille$384Sign up
sold 2005 Femme nue$144Sign up
sold 2007 Les Baigneurs, grande planche$24kSign up
sold 2007 Paysage (environs de Pontoise?)$152kSign up
sold 2008 Nach - Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe$5.3kSign up
sold 2009 PAYSAGE à AUVERS, ENTREE DE FERME$1.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $7.2kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 7.5 in (26 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Etching (5), Lithograph (2), Other (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (3), Beach scenes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2011 La montagne Sainte-Victoire$4kSign up
sold 2011 Le déjeuner sur l'herbe$6.2kSign up
sold 2014 Guillaumino au Pendu$1.5kSign up
sold 2014 Paysage à Anvers$2.2kSign up
sold 2016 Paysage a Auvers$300Sign up
sold 2016 The Large Bathers$10.7kSign up

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sold 2017 Hiob und seine Freunde – Job et ses Amis – Job and his Friends$25.7kSign up
sold 2017 Paysage à Anvers$344Sign up
sold 2018 Portretul pictorului Guillaumin$457Sign up
sold 2019 UntitledUnsold
sold 2019 Études de têtes et d’oreille – Le fils du peintre. Rückseitig: Étude de barrière$21.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works

Sold: 16 of 23
Median: $441Sign up
Average: $233kSign up
Typical size: 6 × 4.5 in (15 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Etching (15), Other (3), Drypoint (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (14), Markets & villages (2)

sold 2020 Guillaumin au PenduUnsold
sold 2020 Portrait du Peintre A. Guillaumin au Pendu$225Sign up
sold 2020 L'Allée des marronniers au Jas de Bouffan$494kSign up
sold 2020 Landscape in Auvers, Farm Entrance on the Rue St Remy$441Sign up
sold 2020 UntitledResult not published
sold 2021 Pot à gingembre avec fruits et nappe$3.2MSign up

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sold 2021 Portrait de Jeune FilleResult not published
sold 2021 Portrait of the painter Armand Guillaumin seated$437Sign up
sold 2021 Guillaumin au Pendu$441Sign up
sold 2022 Portrait du peintre A. Guillaumin au pendu$813Sign up
sold 2022 Head of a Young Girl$674Sign up
sold 2023 Entree de Ferme, rue Remy, Auvers$378Sign up

…and 11 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 Paul Cézanne auction results →