Allen Ginsberg: career timeline
American · 1926–1997 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 13 of 20 lots (65% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | 3 | $3.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 4 | 3 | $2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | $1.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | $2.6kSign up | Photograph |
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1950s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $3.5kSign up
- Average
- $3.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1)
c. 1950 UntitledResult not published
1953 William Seward Burroughs at Kitchen Table New York$3.5kSign up
1953 William S. Burroughs$6.9kSign up
1955 UntitledResult not published
1957 Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs on a beach in Morocco$1.2kSign up
1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 13 in (24 × 33 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1961 'Paul Bowles Preparing Tea' (Marrakesh, Morocco)$2kSign up
1961 Peter Orlovsky, our Porch Tampa BayResult not published
1961 Paul Bowles$2kSign up
1964 Neal Cassady und Susan Metzner$6.9kSign up
1980s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1983 UntitledResult not published
1984 Collection of fourteen photographs$1.7kSign up
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $2.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 8.5 in (20 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- —
1993 Robert Frank (New York City)$2kSign up
1996 Untitled$3.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
7 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 7 works
- Sold
- 2 of 7
- Median
- $871Sign up
- Average
- $871Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5), Other (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 Senza titoloResult not published
sold 2024 UntitledResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled$346Sign up
sold 2025 Heroic Portrait of Jack Kerouac with Railroad Brakeman's manual in pocket, Fire Escape, New York$1.4kSign up
sold 2025 UntitledResult not published
sold 2025 UntitledResult not published
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sold 2025 UntitledResult not published
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 Allen Ginsberg auction results →