Robert Doisneau: career timeline
French · 1912–1994 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 70 of 94 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 3 | 2 | $3.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 14 | 12 | $3.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 48 | 44 | $2.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | $1.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
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1930s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $3.6kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 14.5 in (30 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1930 Les Freres,$1.4kSign up
1934 L'aéroplane de Papa', Choisy-le-Roi, France 1934Unsold
1934 Les deux frères$5.7kSign up
1940s 14 works
- Sold
- 12 of 14
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $5.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 11.5 in (24 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (12), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1940 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1942 Spring Joy$500Sign up
1944 Alert at the barricade on Saint-Jacques Street, Paris 1944Unsold
1944 Résistance members throwing Molotov cocktails, Paris 1944$2.8kSign up
1945 Les Glaneurs de Charbon,$2.3kSign up
1948 'Café Noir et Blanc' (Chez Gégène, avenue Galliéni, Joinville-le-Pont)$2.2kSign up
1948 Un Regard Oblique 1948, printed 1981$4kSign up
1948 Un regard oblique$2.8kSign up
1948 Le Regard oblique. Vitrine de Romi, Paris$36.8kSign up
1948 Au Saint Yves, Paris 1948Unsold
1948 La Dame Indignée$5.6kSign up
1948 Un Regard Oblique$4.4kSign up
Show 2 more (1940s)
1949 Le Vélo de Tati$4.9kSign up
1949 La Dernière Valse du 14 juillet$3.6kSign up
1950s 48 works
- Sold
- 44 of 48
- Median
- $2.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 11.5 in (26 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (45), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (9), Figures & portraits (9), Harbours & ports (1)
c. 1950 Child Sleeping$458Sign up
1950 Le baiser de l’Hotel de VilleUnsold
1950 Le Baiser de l'Hotel de Ville$10.2kSign up
1950 Snack in the garden of Palais Royal in spring', Paris 1950$1.3kSign up
1950 Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris$16.1kSign up
1950 Le Baiser Blotto$6.7kSign up
c. 1950 Boucher des Halles$1.4kSign up
1950 Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, March$15.1kSign up
1950 Le baiser blottoUnsold
c. 1950 César$622Sign up
1950 Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville$15kSign up
1950 Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, March$18.8kSign up
Show 12 more (1950s)
c. 1950 Gardens of the Louvre, Paris, 1930; The Rudier Foundry, Paris$2.9kSign up
1950 Les enfants de Salkhazanoff, Paris$2.3kSign up
1950 Le baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, March$10kSign up
1951 Mademoiselle AnitaUnsold
1951 Claude Mocquery et James Campbell, Be bop à Saint Germain des Prés, Paris$938Sign up
1951 Le couple quai de la rapéeUnsold
1951 Portrait of Alberto Giacometti$1.3kSign up
c. 1952 Selected Portraits of Artists (Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Fernand Léger, Georges Braque, and Jean Arp)$5.1kSign up
1952 Les Pains De Picasso$4.2kSign up
1952 Les Pains de Picasso$2.8kSign up
1952 Coco$1.4kSign up
1952 Coco$10.9kSign up
…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.
1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9 in (24 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 Ségrégation. Dimanche. Inauguration$2.4kSign up
1960 Die vier Jahreszeiten - Frühling [The four seasons - spring]$1.8kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled (On Stage),$983Sign up
c. 1960 Untitled (the couple),$1.4kSign up
1970s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 12 in (40 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 Pablo Picasso, circa 1970Result not published
Creation date not recorded
24 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
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 8 in (27 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2008 RUE DU CHAT QUI PECHE, PARIS$1.5kSign up
sold 2009 HELL$2.5kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Other (4)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2010 LA STRICTE INTIMITÉ$2.2kSign up
sold 2010 LA DAME INDIGNÉE$3.2kSign up
sold 2010 UNTITLED$3.6kSign up
sold 2011 IN FRONT OF ELYSÉE PALACE, RUE DU FAUBOURG-ST.-HONORÉ$1.9kSign up
sold 2012 Superior Animals$2.5kSign up
sold 2015 Model on the French Riviera$357Sign up
Show 4 more (2010s)
sold 2018 Le Ruban de la Mariee$2kSign up
sold 2018 Le Vert Galant$2kSign up
sold 2018 Le Manège de Monsieur Barré$938Sign up
sold 2018 Les Amoureux aux Poireaux$2.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 9 of 12
- Median
- $690Sign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Markets & villages (1), Birds (1)
sold 2020 The Secret KissResult not published
sold 2020 Paris no Fim da Segunda GuerraResult not published
sold 2020 Five artist portraits$5kSign up
sold 2021 Les Concierges, Rue du Dragon$600Sign up
sold 2021 The Secret KissResult not published
sold 2021 UNTITLED (BIRD AND SCULPTURE)$690Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Untitled (Taking Photograph)$315Sign up
sold 2024 L'Enfer$1.3kSign up
sold 2024 La dernière valse du 14 Juilliet$3kSign up
sold 2025 Café noir et blanc (Chez Gégène, avenue Galliéni, Joinville-le-Pont)$3.3kSign up
sold 2025 Saul Steinberg,The Bathtub$300Sign up
sold 2026 Les animaux supérieurs$640Sign 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 Doisneau auction results →