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Zdzisław Beksiński: career timeline

Polish · 1929–2005 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 384 of 621 lots (61% 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.

Zdzisław Beksiński: 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
1950s1818$3.3kSign upPhotograph
1960s4032$10.2kSign upDrawing
1970s9275$40.1kSign upOil
1980s8075$88.6kSign upOil
1990s8572$6.4kSign upOil
2000s5248$568Sign upPrint (other)

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1950s 18 works

Sold
18 of 18
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$7.5kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 11.5 in (29 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Other (5), Drawing (3)
Subjects
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1960s 40 works

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32 of 40
Median
$10.2kSign up
Average
$27.3kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 9.5 in (32 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (22), Other (12), Oil (3)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1960s)

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

1970s 92 works

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75 of 92
Median
$40.1kSign up
Average
$54.6kSign up
Typical size
25 × 28.5 in (63 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Oil (56), Print (other) (28), Other (4)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 68 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 80 works

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75 of 80
Median
$88.6kSign up
Average
$85.3kSign up
Typical size
34.5 × 29.5 in (87 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Oil (60), Other (9), Drawing (5)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 56 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 85 works

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72 of 85
Median
$6.4kSign up
Average
$32.9kSign up
Typical size
31.5 × 28.5 in (80 × 73 cm)
Mediums
Oil (33), Print (other) (22), Acrylic (9)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 61 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 52 works

Sold
48 of 52
Median
$568Sign up
Average
$8kSign up
Typical size
15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (28), Other (14), Oil (7)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (2000s)

…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

237 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 1 work

Sold
0 of 1
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
34.5 × 29 in (88 × 74 cm)
Mediums
Oil (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2000s 36 works

Sold
35 of 36
Median
$286Sign up
Average
$610Sign up
Typical size
16.5 × 23.5 in (42 × 59 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (21), Other (9), Drawing (4)
Subjects
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…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 91 works

Sold
84 of 91
Median
$566Sign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (64), Drawing (11), Oil (6)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 79 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 109 works

Sold
95 of 109
Median
$991Sign up
Average
$9.2kSign up
Typical size
11 × 9 in (28 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (58), Other (22), Print (other) (17)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 97 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 Zdzisław Beksiński auction results →