Sonia Delaunay: career timeline
French · 1885–1979 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 252 of 361 lots (70% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | 3 | $63.4kSign up | Other |
| 1920s | 13 | 11 | $2kSign up | Other |
| 1930s | 12 | 10 | $6.3kSign up | Gouache |
| 1940s | 4 | 3 | $25.1kSign up | Gouache |
| 1950s | 11 | 10 | $1.5kSign up | Print (other) |
| 1960s | 83 | 66 | $2.3kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1970s | 122 | 112 | $2.8kSign up | Lithograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $98Sign up | Print (other) |
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1910s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $63.4kSign up
- Average
- $48.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (2), Gouache (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1913 Étude de lumièreUnsold · sold 2×
1914 Zenith$65.2kSign up
1915 No 1915$18.1kSign up
c. 1916 Les jouets Portugais 1916-70Unsold
1919 Nature Morte$63.4kSign up
1920s 13 works
- Sold
- 11 of 13
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 13 in (36 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4), Print (other) (3), Gouache (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1920 Costume illustration (thirteen works)$2.1kSign up
c. 1920 À Damiers shawl$875Sign up
1920 Humanité$1.7kSign up
1920 Les Illuminations$2kSign up
c. 1921 Projet de RobeUnsold
1923 Untitled, 1923 (4)$4.5kSign up
1925 Ses peintures, ses objets, ses tissus simultanés, ses modes$3.1kSign up
1925 Four plates, from Ses Peintures, Ses Objets, Ses Tissus Simultanés, Ses Modes (4 works)$1.5kSign up
1925 Trois femmes 1925Unsold
c. 1925 Patchwork robe$1.9kSign up
1925 Projet de Tissus Nr. 24$5.8kSign up
1925 Komposition$5.8kSign up
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1926 Le P'tit Parigot$459Sign up
1930s 12 works
- Sold
- 10 of 12
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $12.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (4), Lithograph (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- —
1930 Rythme couleurUnsold
c. 1930 Four works from the Compositions, couleurs, idées portfolio$2.8kSign up
c. 1930 Compositions, couleurs, idées (Compositions Colours Ideas)$16.2kSign up
1930 1930 Carpet$5.6kSign up
1936 Rythme coloré$23.8kSign up
1936 Projet pour Voyages lointains$41.4kSign up
1936 Rythmes-Couleurs n° 816Unsold
1937 Stoffmuster (orangefarbene und schwarze Streifen)$3.1kSign up
1939 Rhythm in Color (no. 1076)$5.1kSign up
1939 Rhythm in Color (no. 1076)$5kSign up
1939 Rhythm Colour no. 1076$6.9kSign up
1939 Abstraktná kompozícia s krížom$13.1kSign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $25.1kSign up
- Average
- $19.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8.5 in (26 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (3), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1)
1942 Rythme coloré$25.1kSign up
1942 Stoffmusterentwurf Blumen für Robert PerrierUnsold
1942 Kompozycja$477Sign up
1948 Composition$32.8kSign up
1950s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 16.5 in (56 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (5), Lithograph (2), Screenprint (2)
- Subjects
- Abstract (2)
1950 Abstrakte Komposition$2kSign up
c. 1950 Panneaux, c. 1950Unsold
1950 Composition Bleu-Blanc-Rouge$576Sign up
1950 Composition$1.4kSign up
c. 1955 Untitled (Plate)$4.1kSign up
1956 RYTHME COULEURS, 1956$577Sign up
1957 Rythme sans fin$1.5kSign up
1957 Rythme sans fin$1.6kSign up
1957 Ohne Titel$2.1kSign up
1958 Städt. Kunsthaus Bielefeld Sonia Delaunay$395Sign up
1958 Städt. Kunsthaus Bielefeld Sonia Delaunay$636Sign up
1960s 83 works
- Sold
- 66 of 83
- Median
- $2.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 21.5 × 17.5 in (54 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (37), Etching (17), Print (other) (17)
- Subjects
- Abstract (5)
c. 1960 Scottish$1.7kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled (semicircles and blocks)$2.3kSign up
1960 Semi Circles and Forms$1.7kSign up
1960 Carré noir$2.4kSign up
1960 Triangles$1.9kSign up
c. 1960 Rhythm in Color$2.9kSign up
c. 1960 untitled$1.1kSign up
c. 1960 untitled$3kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled (blocks and circles)$1.8kSign up
1961 Untitled (from the Juste Présent portfolio)$762Sign up
1961 Plate from Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs$5.1kSign up
1961 Mallarmé, from Poésie de Mots, Poésie de Couleurs$1.8kSign up
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1961 Komposition$10.6kSign up
1961 Tzara, from Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colors)$4.4kSign up
1961 Soupault, from Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colors)$4.1kSign up
1961 Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colors): one plate$12.1kSign up
1961 Rhythme Coloré$8.4kSign up
1961 POETRY OF WORDS, POETRY OF COLOURS$1.1kSign up
1961 Poésie de Mots, Poésie de Couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colours): one plate$5.3kSign up
1961 Juste Présent by Tristan Tzara$8.8kSign up
1961 Poésie de Mots. Poésie de CouleursUnsold
1961 Juste présent$13kSign up
1962 Rythme couleur$61.9kSign up
1962 Poésie de mots, poésie de couleurs (The Poetry of Words, The Poetry of Colors)$27.9kSign up
…and 59 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 122 works
- Sold
- 112 of 122
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 22.5 × 18.5 in (57 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (83), Etching (24), Print (other) (7)
- Subjects
- Abstract (12)
1970 Plougastel$2.2kSign up
1970 Avec moi-même$1.9kSign up
1970 Rythme 1970Unsold
1970 Composition with Semicircles$3.3kSign up
1970 Hommage à Stravinsky 1970 caUnsold
1970 Les trois grâces 1970Unsold
1970 "La terra impareggiabile"Unsold
1970 Horizontale 1970Unsold
1970 Avec moi-même (With Myself): one print$6.7kSign up
1970 Composition with Black ArcResult not published
c. 1970 Morning Light$3.5kSign up
1970 LES TROIS GRACES$2.4kSign up
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c. 1970 Untitled, from Arthur Rimbaud's Les illuminations$704Sign up
c. 1970 Hommage à Tzara$2.8kSign up
c. 1970 Love$3.4kSign up
1970 Composition with Black Arc$1.9kSign up
1970 Composition with Semicircles$5.3kSign up
c. 1970 Icône (Icon)$4.2kSign up
c. 1970 Grande icône (Large Icon)$1.6kSign up
1970 La Verte 1970Unsold
c. 1970 Untitled$1.1kSign up
c. 1970 Danseuse Tango (Tango Dancers)$2.6kSign up
1970 La verte (The Green)$2.4kSign up
1970 Icône$3kSign up
…and 98 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
107 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 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 20.5 × 16 in (52 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 1999 ComposiçãoResult not published
Undated, sold in the 2000s 32 works
- Sold
- 30 of 32
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 13.5 in (36 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (10), Gouache (9), Drawing (4)
- Subjects
- Abstract (4), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2001 Komposition mit Kreis$628Sign up
sold 2001 Komposition$1.4kSign up
sold 2002 Lamelles$1.4kSign up
sold 2002 Rythme Couleur$1.3kSign up
sold 2002 Rythmes couleurs$831Sign up
sold 2002 Komposition$1kSign up
Show 6 more (2000s)
sold 2002 Rencontre$1.3kSign up
sold 2002 Rythme couleur$4.5kSign up
sold 2003 Polyphonie$1.7kSign up
sold 2004 Entwurf$7.1kSign up
sold 2004 Rythme Couleur$14.1kSign up
sold 2004 Coccinelle$1.2kSign up
…and 20 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 22 works
- Sold
- 18 of 22
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 15 in (50 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (10), Other (5), Aquatint (2)
- Subjects
- Abstract (5), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2010 Before text$318Sign up
sold 2012 Abstract$1.3kSign up
sold 2013 Composition$650Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2014 MotivoUnsold
sold 2014 MotivoUnsold
sold 2014 MotivoUnsold
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sold 2015 Orfistická kompozícia$1.1kSign up
sold 2016 Abstract Composition$1.2kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled$53.1kSign up
- Toovey'ssold 2017 Figures in an Interior$283Sign up
sold 2018 Senza titoloUnsold
sold 2018 Untitled$532Sign up
…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 52 works
- Sold
- 35 of 52
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 19.5 in (62 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (31), Other (9), Etching (5)
- Subjects
- Abstract (3)
sold 2020 Lille #2$4.1kSign up
sold 2020 The Unknown$1.3kSign up
sold 2020 Cible$2.1kSign up
sold 2020 Composition$2.6kSign up
sold 2020 Carrés Magiques Tapestry$5.7kSign up
sold 2020 Variante 2Unsold
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sold 2020 ToulouseUnsold
sold 2020 Senza titoloUnsold
sold 2021 Ohne Titel$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 Untitled$7.9kSign up
sold 2021 The Unknown$2.8kSign up
sold 2022 Untitled$2.2kSign up
…and 40 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 Sonia Delaunay auction results →