Toyen: career timeline

Czech · 1902–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 31 lots (100% 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.

Toyen: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	6	6	$1.5MSign up	Oil
1930s	7	7	$596kSign up	Oil
1940s	2	2	$89.2kSign up	Drawing
1950s	12	12	$352kSign up	Oil
1960s	4	4	$237kSign up	Mixed media

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.5MSign up
Average: $1.6MSign up
Typical size: 29 × 24.5 in (74 × 63 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (2), Flowers & still life (1)

1923 Nature Morte Cubiste (Ice-cream)$418kSign up
1925 The Fair$1.4MSign up
1925 Black Paradise$1.4MSign up
1926 Monte Carlo$2.9MSign up
1929 The Night Party (Fireworks)$1.7MSign up
1929 Twilight in rainforest$1.5MSign up

1930s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $596kSign up
Average: $686kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 28.5 in (73 × 73 cm)
Mediums: Oil (5), Drawing (1), Other (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

1940s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $89.2kSign up
Average: $89.2kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 22 in (41 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1944 Hide Away, War!$137kSign up
1948 Wind Coming into the Room$40.9kSign up

1950s 12 works

Sold: 12 of 12
Median: $352kSign up
Average: $523kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 20 in (44 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (11), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Abstract (1)

1950 Puis, Plus Tard$1.7MSign up
1950 Portrait of André Breton$367kSign up
1951 At the Blue Face$15.6kSign up
1951 By the Black Sun$362kSign up
1953 Va et vient$999kSign up
1954 At the beginning of the silence$291kSign up
1955 Heavenly composition$336kSign up
1955 Without traces$217kSign up
1957 Il s‘anime$601kSign up
1957 Et maintenant que passe le temps / Let the time pass by$881kSign up
1959 Cries, smiles$343kSign up
1959 Des cris, des rires$159kSign up

1960s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $237kSign up
Average: $335kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 21.5 in (48 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Set of Twelve Collages$27.2kSign up
1960 Un vide, un silence$840kSign up
1965 Irreplaceables versus the fire of the razor$46.8kSign up
1969 Reflection of Ebb Tide$428kSign 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 Toyen auction results →