Pavel Tchelitchew: career timeline

American · 1898–1957 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 40 of 51 lots (78% 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.

Pavel Tchelitchew: 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
1920s	9	9	$31.5kSign up	Gouache
1930s	19	15	$2.4kSign up	Drawing
1940s	8	8	$2.7kSign up	Drawing
1950s	4	4	$16.8kSign up	Drawing

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $31.5kSign up
Average: $35kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 10 in (35 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (7), Watercolor (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1922 Figurine (Kostümentwurf)$34.3kSign up
c. 1922 Figurine (Kostümentwurf)$34.3kSign up
c. 1922 Kostümentwurf$22.3kSign up
c. 1922 Figurine (Kostümentwurf)$34kSign up
c. 1922 Figurine (Kostümentwurf)$128kSign up
1923 A costume design for the opera Le Coq d'Or$4.6kSign up
1928 Study for a cover of the theater program for the Ballet Russes$31.5kSign up
1929 Apples on Mantelpiece$14kSign up
1929 Male Nude Torso$12.5kSign up

1930s 19 works

Sold: 15 of 19
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (15), Watercolor (3), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (8), Abstract (1), Landscapes (1)

1931 Esquisse de jeune garçon$4.4kSign up
1931 Bust Portrait of Seated WomanUnsold
1932 The Actors/The Authors$2.2kSign up
1934 Standing Man$2.4kSign up
1935 HEAD STUDY$253Sign up
c. 1935 Lincoln Kirstein$8.2kSign up
1936 Study of a Sleeping BoyUnsold
1936 Composition with a Child, Mountains Beyond$3.4kSign up
1937 Faceless Figure$2kSign up
1937 Figure Studies$1.9kSign up
1938 LADY AND NUN, 1938$430Sign up
1938 HEAD OF A CLOWN, 1938$3.7kSign up

Show 7 more (1930s)

c. 1939 Ondine$826Sign up
1939 TREE, 1939$2.4kSign up
1939 The Dream of the Schoolboy$4kSign up
1939 Study of Three ChildrenResult not published
1939 Battle of the Threshers$1.1kSign up
1939 - ''A Sleeping Mountain''-Result not published
1939 Leaves Children from Hide & Seek$23.2kSign up

1940s 8 works

Sold: 8 of 8
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $23.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 11.5 in (41 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Gouache (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Cattle & animals (1)

c. 1940 Portrait of Daphne Bull$2.6kSign up
c. 1940 Untitled (Portraits) (double-sided)$2kSign up
c. 1940 Sheaves of Wheat$1.3kSign up
1944 Transparent Head$2.8kSign up
1944 The Living Shell$108kSign up
1945 Anatomical Pondering 5-7$12.7kSign up
1947 Portrait of Francesco Varcaria$826Sign up
1948 Figure from Behind, Bones Exposed$53.8kSign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $16.8kSign up
Average: $17.8kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 12.5 in (49 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Pastel (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1950 Spiral Head$21.8kSign up
c. 1950 Spiral Head$7kSign up
1951 Untitled$11.9kSign up
1954 Seated Nude$30.5kSign 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 2000s 2 works

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

sold 2004 Landscape with House$4.8kSign up
sold 2006 (Russian 1898-1957)$1.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $10kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12.5 in (31 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Senza titoloUnsold
sold 2012 Study for Fata MorganaUnsold
sold 2018 Wrestlers$10kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 2 of 6
Median: $11.5kSign up
Average: $11.5kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 8.5 in (30 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Other (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2021 Untitled XII$21.6kSign up
sold 2023 UntitledUnsold
sold 2023 UntitledUnsold
sold 2023 UntitledUnsold
sold 2024 Costume Design for George Balanchine's Cave of Sleep$1.5kSign up
sold 2024 Untitled (Robed Figure)Unsold

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 Pavel Tchelitchew auction results →