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Al Hirschfeld: career timeline

American · 1903–2003 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 48 of 136 lots (35% 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.

Al Hirschfeld: 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
1930s10—Lithograph
1950s32$5.1kSign upGouache
1970s62$1.9kSign upEtching
1980s204$769Sign upEtching
1990s95$1.2kSign upLithograph
2000s86$693Sign upLithograph

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1930s 1 work

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0 of 1
Median
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Average
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Typical size
16 × 9 in (41 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
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1950s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 19.5 in (47 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (1), Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
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1970s 6 works

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2 of 6
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
23 × 19.5 in (59 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Etching (2), Lithograph (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1980s 20 works

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4 of 20
Median
$769Sign up
Average
$898Sign up
Typical size
15 × 10 in (38 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Etching (12), Lithograph (8)
Subjects
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Show 8 more (1980s)

1990s 9 works

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5 of 9
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
18.5 × 16.5 in (47 × 42 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (7), Etching (1), Other (1)
Subjects
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2000s 8 works

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6 of 8
Median
$693Sign up
Average
$905Sign up
Typical size
19 × 16 in (48 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (4), Etching (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

87 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 25 works

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21 of 25
Median
$325Sign up
Average
$509Sign up
Typical size
15.5 × 16 in (40 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (14), Etching (5), Other (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 62 works

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42 of 62
Median
$675Sign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
21 × 18 in (53 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (30), Other (15), Etching (7)
Subjects
Birds (1), Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 50 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 Al Hirschfeld auction results →