Alfred Eisenstaedt: career timeline
American · 1898–1995 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 98 of 119 lots (82% 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 | $9.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 38 | 27 | $4.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 14 | 11 | $5.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 20 | 15 | $5.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 23 | 20 | $8.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 1 | 1 | $1kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 1 work
1930s 38 works
- Sold
- 27 of 38
- Median
- $4.4kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 12 in (32 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (37), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (4), Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1)
1930 Swan Lake Rehearsal, Opera de Paris$2.8kSign up
1930 Premiere at La Scala$4.4kSign up
1930 First Lesson at Truempy Ballet School, Berlin$4.5kSign up
1930 First Less at Truempy Ballet School, Berlin$2kSign up
1930 Swan Lake Ballet Rehearsal at the Paris OpéraUnsold
1930 Swan Lake Rehearsal, Grande Opéra de Paris$7.5kSign up
c. 1930 Selected images from Der interessanteste Elendsmarkt der Welt! (The Most Interesting Market Place in the World!)Unsold
1930 Dancers of the Opéra de Paris Ballet School$5kSign up
c. 1930 Bad Berlin$7.8kSign up
1931 Gala Opening at Covent Garden Opera, London$5.3kSign up
1932 Rene Breguet serves cocktails at the Grand Hotel ice rink, St. Moritz$11.4kSign up
1932 Jascha Heifetz with Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra$512Sign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
1932 St. Moritz, Rene Brequet Serves Cocktails at the Grand Hotel Ice Rink$4.4kSign up
1932 Headwaiter René Breguet brings aperitifs to English guests at the skating rink of the Grand Hotel, Saint-Moritz$6.3kSign up
1932 Ice skating waiter, St. Moritz, Switzerland$25.2kSign up
1933 Premiere at La Scala, Milan$4.9kSign up · sold 2×
1933 Premiere at La Scala - Milan$2.2kSign up
1933 La Scala, MilanUnsold
1933 Italienreise, Mai/Juni$456Sign up
1933 Blick in die Logen der Mailänder Scala während der Galapremiere der Saison$11.5kSign up
1934 Afternoon Tea Hotel ExcelsiorUnsold
1934 Society girl in Belgrad, Yugoslavia 1934Unsold
1934 An officer of Mussolini's army having a manicure in Milan, ItalyUnsold
1934 La Scala, Milan$5kSign up
…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 14 works
- Sold
- 11 of 14
- Median
- $5.9kSign up
- Average
- $8.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 11 in (35 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (14)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1940 Untitled (Milking Time) c. 1940's$304Sign up
1942 Ohne Titel (Vor dem Schaufenster von Bergdorf Goodman, Fifth Avenue, New York)$5.3kSign up
1943 Farewell of Servicemen, Clock at Pennsylvania Station, New York City$5kSign up
1943 The clock in Pennsylvania Station, New York, 1943Unsold
1943 Farewell to Servicemen, Pennsylvania Station, New York City$8.8kSign up
1943 Farewell to Servicemen, Pennsylvania Station, New York$10kSign up
1943 An American Block, Hamilton, Ohio$5.6kSign up
1943 Soldier saying Goodbye, Pennsylvania Station, New YorkUnsold
1945 VJ dayUnsold
1945 V-J Day, Times Square, New York City$13.8kSign up
1945 V-J Day, Times Square, New York City$17.5kSign up
1945 V-J Day, Times Square, New York City$17.5kSign up
Show 2 more (1940s)
1950s 20 works
- Sold
- 15 of 20
- Median
- $5.4kSign up
- Average
- $8kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 10 in (33 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (20)
- Subjects
- Boats (1)
1950 Immigrant Child, Ellis Island$3.3kSign up
1950 Albert Einstein, 1950Unsold
1950 Drum major for the University of Michigan marching band$10.9kSign up
1951 Winston Churchill, LiverpoolUnsold
1951 Winston Churchill, Liverpool$14.2kSign up
1951 Winston Churchill gives the victory sign at a Conservative Party rally during the British election campaign, Liverpool$6.3kSign up
1951 Drum Major at the University of MichiganUnsold
1953 Marilyn Monroe$5.4kSign up
1953 Marilyn Monroe$15.9kSign up
1953 Marilyn Monroe$34.4kSign up
1955 Hemingway on a fishing boat, Cuba, 1955Unsold
1958 Fabric shop in Guayaquil, Ecuador$4kSign up
Show 8 more (1950s)
1959 Central Park after a Snowstorm, New York City$2.8kSign up
1959 Central Park After a Snowstorm, New York City$3.1kSign up
1959 'Marlene Dietrich and Noel Coward during intermission at the Louis Sherry Bar of the Metropolitan Opera'$1kSign up
1959 Central Park after a snowstorm, New York$10.7kSign up
1959 Central Park after a Snowstorm, New York$7.1kSign up
1959 Central Park After a Snowstorm, New York, 1959$968Sign up
1959 Author Truman Capote ice-skating, Rockefeller Center rink, New YorkUnsold
1959 What a Big Fish, Sarasota, Florida$625Sign up
1960s 23 works
- Sold
- 20 of 23
- Median
- $8.2kSign up
- Average
- $11.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 11 in (34 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (23)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Harbours & ports (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1960 Members of Boston Symphony playing games, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY$315Sign up
1960 Jacqueline Kennedy and Daughter, Caroline, Hyannisport$1kSign up
1960 Jacqueline Kennedy and Daughter, Caroline, HyannisportUnsold
1961 Sophia Loren, Rome$4.4kSign up
1963 Children at Puppet Theater, Paris$14kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$16.1kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$27.5kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$21.3kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Show$760Sign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$32.5kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$30kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$18.8kSign up
Show 11 more (1960s)
1963 Selected Puppet Theatre, Paris Images$15.7kSign up
1963 Three young women from The Parisians$6.4kSign up
1963 Children at a Puppet Theater, Paris$22.5kSign up
1963 Children at the Puppet Theater II, Paris$10kSign up
1963 Three Women, Port de Sóller, Mallorca$625Sign up
1964 Siesta on the right bank of the river Seine$1.7kSign up
1964 Merry Go Round at Luxembourg Garden, ParisUnsold
1964 Sophia Loren in ,Hochzeit auf Italienisch’$5.4kSign up
1965 Andrew Wyeth's Bed and Hat, Cushing Maine$1.2kSign up
1965 Andrew Wyeth's Bed, Hat and Dog, Cushing, Maine$1.8kSign up
1965 Andrew Wyeth's Bed and Hat, Maine, 1965Unsold
1970s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
21 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 2000s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $8.1kSign up
- Average
- $8.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2008 PENNSYLVANIA STATION, NEW YORK CITY$8.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $4kSign up
- Average
- $4.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 13.5 in (24 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2010 THE PARISIANS (BALLERINAS AT THE PARIS OPERA)$7.6kSign up
sold 2011 Three Frames of Children at a Puppet Theatre, Paris$3.8kSign up
sold 2018 First Lesson at Truempy Ballet School$4.2kSign up
sold 2019 Der Mailänder Dom, von der Pension Agostini aus fotografiert$1.8kSign up
sold 2019 Street lamp in New YorkUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works
- Sold
- 12 of 15
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 20.5 in (50 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (12), Print (other) (3)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (3)
sold 2021 Untitled$277Sign up
sold 2021 Central Park After a Snowstorm$2.3kSign up
sold 2022 Ernest Hemingway -$750Sign up
sold 2022 Katherine Hepburn -$813Sign up
sold 2022 Sophia Loren in ‘Madame' -$688Sign up
sold 2022 V-J Day Kiss, Times Square, New York -$8.8kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Robert Kennedy at the Democratic Convention -$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office -$2.1kSign up
sold 2022 Winston Churchill, Liverpool -$3kSign up
sold 2024 Two Related Works: "Thomas Hart Benton Stands in Front of Self-Portrait" and "Alfred Eisenstadt on Jones Beach."Unsold
sold 2024 Two Related Works: "Thomas Hart Benton Stands in Front of Self-Portrait" and "Alfred Eisenstadt on Jones Beach."Unsold
sold 2024 Signed$200Sign up
…and 3 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 Alfred Eisenstaedt auction results →