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Salvador Dalí: career timeline

Spanish · 1904–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 1,892 of 3,723 lots (51% 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.

Salvador Dalí: 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
1910s10—Other
1920s54$1kSign upLithograph
1930s2422$6.8kSign upDrawing
1940s138$8.1kSign upDrawing
1950s4837$1.6kSign upLithograph
1960s615477$1.1kSign upLithograph
1970s1040833$1.7kSign upLithograph
1980s124104$5.3kSign upSculpture
1990s20—Sculpture

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1910s 1 work

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0 of 1
Median
—
Average
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Typical size
15 × 11 in (38 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
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1920s 5 works

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4 of 5
Median
$1kSign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 14.5 in (48 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
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1930s 24 works

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22 of 24
Median
$6.8kSign up
Average
$22.5kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8 in (27 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (8), Print (other) (3), Lithograph (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Birds (1)
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1940s 13 works

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8 of 13
Median
$8.1kSign up
Average
$18.8kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14 in (28 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (3), Lithograph (2), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Abstract (1)
Show 1 more (1940s)

1950s 48 works

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37 of 48
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$9.1kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 13 in (42 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (13), Other (11), Woodcut / linocut (7)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Figures & portraits (1), Boats (1)
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…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 615 works

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477 of 615
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 11 in (37 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (175), Woodcut / linocut (131), Etching (129)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (27), Landscapes (17), Cattle & animals (6)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 591 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 1040 works

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833 of 1040
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$6kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 16.5 in (50 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (342), Etching (275), Drypoint (138)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (33), Landscapes (28), Flowers & still life (17)
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…and 1016 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 124 works

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104 of 124
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$12.7kSign up
Typical size
22.5 × 17.5 in (57 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (66), Lithograph (35), Other (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (10), Flowers & still life (6), Cattle & animals (2)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 100 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 2 works

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0 of 2
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Typical size
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Mediums
Sculpture (2)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

1786 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 1990s 17 works

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1 of 17
Median
$548Sign up
Average
$548Sign up
Typical size
15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Etching (14), Pastel (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (1990s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 140 works

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108 of 140
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$7.5kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19 in (54 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (52), Etching (47), Sculpture (14)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (5), Figures & portraits (5), Cattle & animals (2)
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…and 128 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 343 works

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255 of 343
Median
$950Sign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
18 × 15.5 in (46 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (115), Etching (65), Other (59)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (18), Cattle & animals (7), Harbours & ports (3)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 331 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1286 works

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904 of 1286
Median
$712Sign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
17 × 14.5 in (43 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (704), Etching (185), Sculpture (106)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (36), Flowers & still life (15), Cattle & animals (15)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 1274 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 Salvador Dalí auction results →