William Butler Yeats: career timeline

British · 1865–1939 · Few works by William Butler Yeats have a recorded creation date (6 of 42), so works are grouped by the decade they were sold, not made. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

William Butler Yeats: works at auction by decade the work was sold (creation dates are not recorded for most of these works). Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade soldWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
2000s11$21kSign upPastel
2020s4138$429Sign upOther

Sold in the 2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$21kSign up
Average
$21kSign up
Typical size
14 × 10 in (35 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Pastel (1)
Subjects
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Sold in the 2020s 41 works

Sold
38 of 41
Median
$429Sign up
Average
$553Sign up
Typical size
10.5 × 10 in (27 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Other (29), Multiple (8), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Beach scenes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (2020s)

…and 17 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 William Butler Yeats auction results →