Yves Tanguy: career timeline

French · 1900–1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 26 of 30 lots (87% 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.

Yves Tanguy: 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	3	2	$13.3kSign up	Drawing
1930s	6	6	$8.7kSign up	Etching
1940s	14	8	$6.6kSign up	Etching
1950s	3	2	$2.1kSign up	Lithograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $13.3kSign up
Average: $13.3kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 12 in (48 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1926 Sans titre$13.3kSign up
c. 1926 Sans titre$13.3kSign up
1929 Sans titreUnsold

1930s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $8.7kSign up
Average: $370kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Drawing (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1936 Ohne Titel (Aus: Alica Paalen: A même la terre)$2.1kSign up
1937 Composition$7.4kSign up
1938 Je tourne la tête vers moi (I Turn My Head Toward Myself)$1.8MSign up
1938 Formes-Sculpture$10kSign up
1938 Untitled, from Solidarité (Solidarity)$5.3kSign up
1938 Titre inconnu$417kSign up

1940s 14 works

Sold: 8 of 14
Median: $6.6kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 6 in (23 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Etching (10), Drawing (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1942 Sans titre$11.5kSign up
1945 Composition$15.4kSign up
1945 Ohne Titel$1.8kSign up
1945 Ohne TitelUnsold
1945 Ohne TitelUnsold
1945 Ohne TitelUnsold
1947 Untitled (from the Le surréalisme en 1947 portfolio)$254Sign up
1947 Ohne TitelUnsold
1947 Ohne Titel$15.4kSign up
c. 1947 Ohne TitelUnsold
1947 Le Mythe de la roche percée: plate BUnsold
1947 Rhabdomancie$13.3kSign up

Show 2 more (1940s)

1949 L'Antitete$1.2kSign up
1949 Two works from Minuits pour géants: Volume II from L'Antitête$750Sign up

1950s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 9 in (27 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (2), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

1953 Untitled, from Sept microbes vus à travers un tempérament (Seven Microbes Seen Through a Temperament) (W. 18)$2.5kSign up
1953 Feu à éclat$1.8kSign up
1953 Feu à éclatUnsold

Creation date not recorded

4 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 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $15.2kSign up
Average: $15.8kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 4 in (18 × 10 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2017 Untitled$10kSign up
sold 2018 Ohne Titel$15.2kSign up
sold 2018 Ohne Titel$22.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 3.5 × 3 in (10 × 7 cm)
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Ohne Titel$1.2kSign 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 Yves Tanguy auction results →