Tarsila do Amaral: career timeline

Brazilian · 1886–1973 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 77 of 172 lots (46% 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.

Tarsila do Amaral: 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—Oil
1920s161$4kSign upOther
1930s60—Other
1940s60—Other
1950s40—Other
1960s80—Other
1970s340—Etching

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1910s 1 work

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Typical size
23 × 19.5 in (59 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
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1920s 16 works

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1 of 16
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
8 × 8.5 in (20 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Drawing (2), Pastel (1)
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1930s 6 works

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Typical size
9 × 8.5 in (23 × 22 cm)
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Other (5), Sculpture (1)
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1940s 6 works

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Typical size
8.5 × 11 in (21 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Drawing (1), Oil (1)
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1950s 4 works

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Typical size
8 × 8 in (21 × 20 cm)
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Other (4)
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1960s 8 works

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Typical size
12 × 15.5 in (31 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Etching (4)
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1970s 34 works

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Typical size
15.5 × 13.5 in (40 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Etching (23), Other (8), Screenprint (2)
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Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

88 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 14 works

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Typical size
9 × 8 in (23 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (7), Etching (3), Oil (2)
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Show 6 more (1990s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 20 works

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Typical size
7.5 × 6.5 in (20 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Other (12), Oil (6), Sculpture (1)
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Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 28 works

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Typical size
8 × 11 in (20 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Other (13), Etching (6), Oil (4)
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Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works

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Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (25 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Other (17), Etching (5), Watercolor (2)
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Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 14 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 Tarsila do Amaral auction results →