Alfred Stieglitz: career timeline
American · 1864–1946 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 76 of 89 lots (85% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 3 | 2 | $15.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1890s | 11 | 9 | $25kSign up | Etching |
| 1900s | 32 | 26 | $10kSign up | Etching |
| 1910s | 11 | 10 | $10.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1920s | 5 | 1 | $32.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 14 | 8 | $20.1kSign up | Photograph |
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1880s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $15.6kSign up
- Average
- $15.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 5 in (19 × 13 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1887 Maria, the Fruit Girl of BellagioUnsold
1887 November Days$15kSign up
1887 November Days$16.3kSign up
1890s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $25kSign up
- Average
- $36.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 6.5 in (12 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4), Photograph (4), Other (2)
- Subjects
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c. 1890 Selected Lantern SlidesUnsold
c. 1892 Selected Photogravures from Camera Work$3kSign up
1892 The Terminal, New York$3kSign up
1893 The Terminal$35.6kSign up
c. 1893 Selected Images$6.9kSign up
1893 The Terminus$25kSign up
1893 The Terminal$60kSign up
1893 The TerminalUnsold
1894 The Net Mender$88.9kSign up
c. 1894 Selected Images$9.4kSign up
1894 Mending Nets$93.8kSign up
1900s 32 works
- Sold
- 26 of 32
- Median
- $10kSign up
- Average
- $23kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 10 in (31 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (17), Photograph (12), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1)
1900 Spring Showers$2.5kSign up
c. 1900 Spring Showers$7.5kSign up
1902 The Hand of Man$22.5kSign up
1902 The Hand of Man$105kSign up
1903 Camera Work, No. III$567Sign up
1903 The Flatiron$32.5kSign up
1904 Going to the Start', Hoppegarten, Berlin 1904$922Sign up
1904 Miss Sophie Raab$1.2kSign up
1904 Horses$646Sign up
1905 Going to the StartUnsold
1907 The Steerage$24.1kSign up
1907 The Steerage$22.9kSign up
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1907 The SteerageUnsold
1907 The Steerage$6.3kSign up
1907 The Steerage$27.9kSign up
1907 The Steerage$5.3kSign up
1907 The SteerageUnsold
1907 The SteerageUnsold
1907 The Steerage$15.1kSign up
1907 The Steerage$18.9kSign up
1907 The Steerage$7.5kSign up
c. 1907 The Steerage$10kSign up
1907 The Steerage$17.5kSign up
1907 The Steerage$8.7kSign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
1910s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $10.1kSign up
- Average
- $68.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8), Etching (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1910 City of Ambition$25.4kSign up
1910 The Ferryboat (from Camera Work, No. 36)$567Sign up
1910 The Terminal, 1892; The City of AmbitionUnsold
1910 The City of Ambition$30kSign up
1911 Excavating - New York (from Camera Work No. XXXVI)$63Sign up
1915 From the Back Window--291--Snow Covered Tree, Back-Yard$305kSign up
1917 Georgia O’Keeffe During her Exhibition at Gallery 291$17.6kSign up
1918 Georgia O'Keefe$880Sign up
1918 Georgia O'Keefe$1.7kSign up
1919 Portrait of Woman$2.5kSign up
1919 Georgia O'Keeffe$303kSign up
1920s 5 works
- Sold
- 1 of 5
- Median
- $32.5kSign up
- Average
- $32.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 4.5 in (12 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1922 Lake GeorgeUnsold
1923 Window: Wood, Glass, SnowUnsold
1927 From ‘Room 3003’ - The Shelton, New York, Looking NortheastUnsold
1929 EquivalentUnsold
1929 Equivalent, Series XX No. 1$32.5kSign up
1930s 14 works
- Sold
- 8 of 14
- Median
- $20.1kSign up
- Average
- $20.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 5 × 5.5 in (13 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (14)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (5), Rivers & marshes (3)
c. 1930 Portrait of Dorothy Norman, early 1930sUnsold
c. 1930 Portrait of Dorothy Norman, early 1930sUnsold
c. 1930 Portrait of Dorothy Norman, early 1930sUnsold
1930 Portrait of Dorothy Norman“. 1930er Jahre$22.8kSign up
1931 New York, North towards Squibb Building$8.4kSign up
1932 Poplars, Lake George$33kSign up
1932 Poplars, Lake GeorgeUnsold
1933 Poplars, Lake George$1.3kSign up
1933 Ernest Gutman$37.8kSign up
1933 Grasses$12.5kSign up
1933 Ernest GutmanUnsold
1934 Equivalent: Spring$30kSign up
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1936 Georgia O'Keeffe$17.5kSign up
c. 1937 Portrait of Dorothy NormanUnsold
Creation date not recorded
13 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 2020s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 6.5 in (20 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11), Lithograph (1), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Boats (2), Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2021 Nearing Land; The Ferry Boat (two works from the Camerawork series)$688Sign up
sold 2022 The Letter Box$4kSign up
sold 2022 Stieglitz Memorial Portfolio$189Sign up
sold 2023 Music: A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs, No. I$2.5kSign up
sold 2023 Marcel Duchamp$3.8kSign up
sold 2024 EquivalentUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2024 The Hand of Man (from Camera Work, No. 36)$3.3kSign up
sold 2024 The City across the River$2.3kSign up
sold 2024 The City of Ambitions (from Camera Work No. XXXVI)$882Sign up
sold 2025 Snapshot - From My Window, New York (from Camera Work No. 20)$1.1kSign up
sold 2026 Nearing Land (from the Camera Work XII portfolio)$266Sign up
sold 2026 Winter, Fifth Avenue$1.5kSign up
…and 1 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 Stieglitz auction results →