Zdeněk Burian: career timeline
Czech · 1905–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 35 lots (69% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 1 | $13.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1930s | 7 | 7 | $8kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $67.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 3 | 3 | $14.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | $179kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 6 | 6 | $16.7kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $63kSign up | Oil |
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1920s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $13.1kSign up
- Average
- $13.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 17.5 in (30 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1927 Two Ussurian tigers$13.1kSign up
1930s 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $8kSign up
- Average
- $16.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 12.5 in (42 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Gouache (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1930 The Match$1.6kSign up
c. 1931 The Treasure in Silver-Lake$65.3kSign up
1933 The Fall of Icarus$14.7kSign up
1933 Z. Grey: Secret of the Western Pass$20.7kSign up
1937 Zubrany$3.1kSign up
1937 Návrh na obálku románu Joža Nižňanského "Žena dvoch mužov"$4kSign up
1939 History of Tramping$8kSign up
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $67.5kSign up
- Average
- $87.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 23.5 × 27.5 in (60 × 70 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1940 White Whale$31.6kSign up
c. 1940 Landing$207kSign up
c. 1940 On the Prairie$103kSign up
1947 Muži statečných srdcí$10.1kSign up
1950s 3 works
1960s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $179kSign up
- Average
- $179kSign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 21 in (70 × 54 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2)
- Subjects
- —
1960 Saltoposuchus (Reptile)$25kSign up
1963 The Most Beautiful Planet$333kSign up
1970s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $16.7kSign up
- Average
- $14.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 24.5 × 18.5 in (63 × 47 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Gouache (1), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1972 For the Colour of the Skin$2.3kSign up
c. 1973 Landing in Roa-Na$1.8kSign up
1975 Orang-utans$27.2kSign up
1976 Chief of Indian$13.5kSign up
c. 1977 Laura$20kSign up
1978 Mandarak$20kSign up
1980s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
11 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
- $23.2kSign up
- Average
- $44.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 16.5 in (64 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2012 White whale$8kSign up
sold 2016 Návrat z rybolovu$101kSign up
sold 2019 Dakota on Fire – Book cover$23.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $8.7kSign up
- Average
- $11kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 9.5 in (28 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Gouache (5), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2024 Stenopterygius Hauffianus (Ichthyosaurus)$16.7kSign up
sold 2024 Archaeopteryx (Feathered Dinosaur)$26.3kSign up
sold 2024 Ape in Quicksand and Roaming Bear$8.7kSign up
sold 2024 Ape Men$8.7kSign up
sold 2024 Archer$5kSign up
sold 2024 Cave Men$5.7kSign up
Show 2 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Cave Fight$6kSign up
sold 2024 Filming of a Television Programme$11kSign 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 Zdeněk Burian auction results →