Robert Delaunay: career timeline

French · 1885–1941 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 18 of 25 lots (71% 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.

Robert Delaunay: 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
1900s	2	2	$14.4kSign up	Oil
1910s	2	2	$1.7MSign up	Oil
1920s	10	5	$14.7kSign up	Lithograph
1930s	3	2	$503kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1900s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $14.4kSign up
Average: $14.4kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 20 in (53 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1906 Paysage Breton$20kSign up
1909 Saint-Séverin. I$8.8kSign up

1910s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.7MSign up
Average: $1.7MSign up
Typical size: 46.5 × 54 in (118 × 138 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

1916 Nature morte portugaise$3.2MSign up
1916 Etude pour „La Verseuse$101kSign up

1920s 10 works

Sold: 5 of 10
Median: $14.7kSign up
Average: $184kSign up
Typical size: 21 × 15 in (53 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (8), Oil (1), Pastel (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)

1921 Portrait dâIgor StrawinskyUnsold · sold 2×
c. 1922 L'Équipe de Cardiff$877kSign up
1923 Saint-Séverine$7.5kSign up
1925 La Tour$17.6kSign up
1925 La Tour (The Tower) (L. & P. 3)Unsold
1925 La Fenêtre sur la Ville$14.7kSign up
1926 Place de l'Étoile (Arc de Triomphe)Unsold
1926 Place de l'Étoile (Arc de Triomphe)Result not published
1926 Place de l'Étoile (Arc de Triomphe)Result not published
1926 Allo! Paris!$882Sign up

1930s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $503kSign up
Average: $503kSign up
Typical size: 59 × 17.5 in (150 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

7 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: $7.7kSign up
Average: $7.7kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 13 in (46 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2004 No. 11$12.7kSign up
sold 2009 Saint-Séverin$2.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $659Sign up
Average: $659Sign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 19.5 in (77 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 Syndicat d'Initiative de Lyon-Robert et Sonia Delaunay$411Sign up
sold 2019 La Tour et le Champ de mars$907Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $427Sign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 9.5 in (31 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Joseph Delteil. Allo! Paris!$4.9kSign up
sold 2023 La fenêtre n°2$427Sign up
sold 2024 LA FENETRE N.2, 1957$302Sign up

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 Robert Delaunay auction results →