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Aaron Siskind: career timeline

American · 1903–1991 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 135 of 170 lots (79% 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.

Aaron Siskind: 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
1930s108$4.2kSign upPhotograph
1940s3327$2kSign upPhotograph
1950s4833$3.3kSign upPhotograph
1960s1311$2.5kSign upPhotograph
1970s2423$1.1kSign upPhotograph
1980s76$1.2kSign upPhotograph

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1930s 10 works

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8 of 10
Median
$4.2kSign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
9 × 8.5 in (23 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10)
Subjects
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1940s 33 works

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27 of 33
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$3.7kSign up
Typical size
13 × 9.5 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (32), Other (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 9 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 48 works

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33 of 48
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$5.3kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13.5 in (33 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (47), Other (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 24 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 13 works

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11 of 13
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 14 in (31 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (13)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1960s)

1970s 24 works

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23 of 24
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (23), Other (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (3)
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1980s 7 works

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6 of 7
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 14.5 in (37 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

35 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 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 16 in (37 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2), Other (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 31 works

Sold
25 of 31
Median
$990Sign up
Average
$4.5kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 14 in (37 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (31)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 19 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 Aaron Siskind auction results →