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Serge Poliakoff: career timeline

Russian · 1900–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 335 of 428 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.

Serge Poliakoff: 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
1930s32$16.4kSign upWatercolor
1940s87$22.2kSign upOil
1950s11298$6.1kSign upLithograph
1960s207186$6.2kSign upLithograph

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1930s 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$16.4kSign up
Average
$16.4kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 11.5 in (40 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Oil (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Abstract (1)

1940s 8 works

Sold
7 of 8
Median
$22.2kSign up
Average
$50.8kSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 20 in (65 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Oil (3), Gouache (3), Drawing (2)
Subjects
Abstract (6)

1950s 112 works

Sold
98 of 112
Median
$6.1kSign up
Average
$76.2kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19.5 in (55 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (59), Oil (19), Gouache (13)
Subjects
Abstract (96), Flowers & still life (2)
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…and 88 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 207 works

Sold
186 of 207
Median
$6.2kSign up
Average
$51.4kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 24 in (60 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (100), Oil (45), Etching (26)
Subjects
Abstract (163), Flowers & still life (6)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 183 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

93 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 36 works

Sold
36 of 36
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$14.8kSign up
Typical size
22 × 21 in (55 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (27), Aquatint (5), Oil (2)
Subjects
Abstract (33)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 38 works

Sold
36 of 38
Median
$4.9kSign up
Average
$17kSign up
Typical size
19 × 22.5 in (48 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (17), Other (12), Etching (5)
Subjects
Abstract (31), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works

Sold
10 of 19
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$19.8kSign up
Typical size
18 × 18.5 in (46 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (10), Other (2), Etching (2)
Subjects
Abstract (10), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 7 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 Serge Poliakoff auction results →