René Buthaud: career timeline

French · 1886–1986 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 41 lots (49% 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.

René Buthaud: 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	7	2	$5.2kSign up	Sculpture
1930s	11	10	$2.1kSign up	Drawing
1940s	2	2	$4.3kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 7 works

Sold: 2 of 7
Median: $5.2kSign up
Average: $5.2kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 6.5 in (19 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (7)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1920 Vase with female bustUnsold
c. 1922 Large dishUnsold
c. 1922 Vase with mermaid designUnsold
c. 1922 Footed cylindrical vase with female portraitUnsold
c. 1925 Vase$7.9kSign up
c. 1925 Bowl$2.6kSign up
c. 1925 Large vaseUnsold

1930s 11 works

Sold: 10 of 11
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (7), Sculpture (3), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 Art Deco vase$5.2kSign up
c. 1930 Bowl$1.4kSign up
c. 1930 Art Deco vase$2.3kSign up
c. 1930 Vase$2kSign up
c. 1930 Vase$2.5kSign up
c. 1930 Vase$2.3kSign up
c. 1930 Vase$2kSign up
c. 1930 Bowl$1.3kSign up
c. 1935 Exceptional mermaid sculpture$7.2kSign up
c. 1935 Art Deco vase$1.1kSign up
c. 1935 Dish with mermaid designUnsold

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 6 in (33 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Mask$4.1kSign up
c. 1940 Mask$4.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

21 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 2020s 21 works

Sold: 10 of 21
Median: $4.3kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 17 in (58 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (14), Other (6), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4)

sold 2020 Portrait Cubiste de FemmesUnsold
sold 2020 An earthenware dish with the head of a woman by René ButhaudUnsold
sold 2020 A stoneware dish with a siren by René ButhaudUnsold
sold 2020 An earthenware dish with a siren by René ButhaudUnsold
sold 2021 vase decorated with reclining nude figures$3.4kSign up
sold 2022 Vase$1.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 Untitled (Woman with Hat)$2.3kSign up
sold 2025 VaseUnsold
sold 2025 Important Monumental Vase and CoverUnsold
sold 2025 VaseUnsold
sold 2025 Vase$8.3kSign up
sold 2025 Vase$7kSign up

…and 9 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 René Buthaud auction results →