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Paul Signac: career timeline

French · 1863–1935 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 91 of 122 lots (74% 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 Signac: 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
1880s32$1.5MSign upLithograph
1890s3017$7.6kSign upLithograph
1900s109$30kSign upWatercolor
1910s66$21kSign upWatercolor
1920s3529$20.3kSign upWatercolor
1930s55$19kSign upWatercolor

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1880s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$1.5MSign up
Average
$1.5MSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 7.5 in (16 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
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1890s 30 works

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17 of 30
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$10.4kSign up
Typical size
16 × 13 in (41 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (26), Etching (3), Other (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (11), Figures & portraits (3), Boats (3)
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1900s 10 works

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9 of 10
Median
$30kSign up
Average
$1.2MSign up
Typical size
8 × 11 in (21 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (7), Oil (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (2), Boats (1)

1910s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$21kSign up
Average
$21.1kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 11.5 in (22 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (3), Drawing (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

1920s 35 works

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29 of 35
Median
$20.3kSign up
Average
$22.8kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 15.5 in (26 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (21), Lithograph (4), Gouache (4)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (8), Rivers & marshes (4), Figures & portraits (4)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$19kSign up
Average
$23.5kSign up
Typical size
10 × 14 in (25 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (4), Other (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1), Harbours & ports (1)

Creation date not recorded

31 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 10 works

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9 of 10
Median
$25.9kSign up
Average
$21.5kSign up
Typical size
8 × 12 in (20 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (6), Drawing (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (2), Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

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10 of 13
Median
$14.8kSign up
Average
$12.2kSign up
Typical size
7 × 7.5 in (18 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (6), Etching (4), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Harbours & ports (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

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5 of 8
Median
$3.1kSign up
Average
$11.8kSign up
Typical size
6 × 9 in (15 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (4), Etching (2), Aquatint (1)
Subjects
Harbours & ports (2), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 2 more (2020s)

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 Signac auction results →