Berenice Abbott: career timeline
American · 1898–1991 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 177 of 248 lots (71% 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 | 16 | 12 | $2.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 139 | 99 | $5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 8 | 4 | $7.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 4 | 3 | $2.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | $1.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $1.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 3 | 1 | $1.6kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 16 works
- Sold
- 12 of 16
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (16)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1)
1921 Jean Cocteau's Hands$2.3kSign up
1925 Djuna Barnes$1.9kSign up
1926 Portrait of Marie Laurencin$600Sign up
1926 James JoyceUnsold
1926 Peggy Guggenheim$1.3kSign up
c. 1926 Bronja Perlmutter (Ms. René Clair)Unsold
1927 Janet Flanner, Paris$2.4kSign up
1927 Eugene Atget$1.6kSign up
1928 André Gide, Rue de Bac, Paris 1928$630Sign up
1928 James Joyce$7kSign up
1928 James Joyce$11.3kSign up
1928 JAMES JOYCE$7kSign up
Show 4 more (1920s)
c. 1929 View Down 42nd StreetUnsold
c. 1929 M. Scappini, Paris$500Sign up
c. 1929 Edna St. Vincent Millay$3.3kSign up
c. 1929 George Washington Bridge Under Construction, New YorkUnsold
1930s 139 works
- Sold
- 99 of 139
- Median
- $5kSign up
- Average
- $6.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (139)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (35), Sunsets & night (20), Harbours & ports (6)
c. 1930 Macy's Corner$2.8kSign up
c. 1930 Battery Park$4.8kSign up
1930 Cigar Store Indian, New YorkUnsold
c. 1932 Isamu Noguchi with 'Glad Day'$3kSign up
1932 New York At Night$943Sign up
1932 New York at Night$5.4kSign up
1932 New York at Night$4.9kSign up
1932 New York at Night$6.4kSign up
1932 New York at nightUnsold
1932 New York at Night$9.5kSign up
c. 1932 Girders, RCA Building$6.1kSign up
1932 New York at Night$8.9kSign up
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1932 New York at Night$6.9kSign up
1932 Nightview, New York$15.6kSign up
1932 New York at Night$1.8kSign up
1932 Nightview, New York$20.4kSign up
1932 New York at Night$3.5kSign up
1932 New York at Night$7.5kSign up
1932 New York at Night$5.6kSign up
1932 New York at NightUnsold
1932 Nightview New York$5.8kSign up
1932 New York at Night$22.5kSign up
1932 New York at Night$19.6kSign up
1932 New York at NightUnsold
…and 115 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 8 works
- Sold
- 4 of 8
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $6.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 10.5 in (34 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (4), Markets & villages (3)
1943 Cutting Trees, from Red River Lumber Co.Unsold
1943 Logging Machinery, from Red River Lumber Co.Unsold
1943 Mill Machinery, from Red River Lumber Co.Unsold
1943 Smoke Stacks, Red River Logging Co., California$7.6kSign up
1947 Repair Shop, Christopher Street, New York$1.2kSign up
1947 Designer Window, Bleecker Street$7.5kSign up
1947 Edward HopperUnsold
c. 1948 Christopher Street shop, New York$9.8kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $2.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 12 in (34 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1950 Federal Reserve BuildingUnsold
1958 PARABOLIC MIRRORS REFLECTING A GIRL'S EYE, c.1958$1.6kSign up
1958 Van De Graaff Generator, Cambridge/MA$8.2kSign up
1958 Parabolic Mirror, Cambridge, Massachusetts$2.5kSign up
1960s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 6 in (16 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1960 The Operation of Lenses$1.5kSign up
c. 1960 Parallax (Candles)$1.7kSign up
c. 1960 Magnetic Polarity$538Sign up
c. 1960 Gold Leaf Electroscope$614Sign up
1970s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 19.5 in (39 × 49 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
1975 Country Store Interior$1.1kSign up
1976 Lyric Theatre Manhattan$1.2kSign up
1979 Travelling Tin Shop, New York 1936/$912Sign up
1980s 3 works
- Sold
- 1 of 3
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 18.5 × 14 in (46 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
1980 Estação Pennsylvania, Nova Iorque 1935Result not published
1982 Advertisements, East Houston Street and Second AveUnsold
1982 Retrospective$1.6kSign up
Creation date not recorded
71 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 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $3kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 15.5 in (39 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1)
sold 2008 COLUMBUS CIRCLE$2.3kSign up
sold 2009 TEXACO STATION, TREMONT AVENUE AND DOCK STREET, BRONX, NEW YORK$3kSign up
sold 2009 HOBOKEN RAILROAD YARDS LOOKING TOWARDS MANHATTAN, NEW JERSEY$3.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works
- Sold
- 27 of 34
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 15 in (38 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (30), Other (3), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2), Markets & villages (2), Harbours & ports (1)
sold 2010 UNDER THE EL AT THE BATTERY$2kSign up
sold 2010 THEOLINE, PIER 11, EAST RIVER, NEW YORK$4.4kSign up
sold 2011 Consolidated Edison Power House, New York$2.3kSign up
sold 2011 GREYHOUND BUS TERMINAL$3.3kSign up
sold 2011 FIFTH AVENUE HOUSES NOS. 4, 6, 8$2.6kSign up
sold 2011 New York at Night: Empire State Building, <br />$11.2kSign up
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sold 2012 Pennsylvania Station Interior #3, New York$2.4kSign up
sold 2012 Pike and Henry Streets, Manhattan, New York$4kSign up
sold 2013 New York Portfolio III$28.8kSign up
sold 2013 Manhattan Bridge looking up (from the series: Changing New York)$3.5kSign up
sold 2014 New York Portfolio III$32.5kSign up
sold 2014 JAMES JOYCE, silver gelatin printUnsold
…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 34 works
- Sold
- 27 of 34
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $2.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 14 in (33 × 35 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (32), Print (other) (1), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (4), Harbours & ports (2), Figures & portraits (2)
sold 2020 Newsstand, East 32nd Street and Third Avenue, Manhattan$3.5kSign up
sold 2020 Under the El at the Battery$1.5kSign up
sold 2021 West Street$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Pike and Henry Streets, Manhattan$2.1kSign up
sold 2021 JAMES JOYCE, silver gelatin printUnsold
sold 2021 JAMES JOYCE, silver gelatin printUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2021 Fifth Avenue Houses, No. 4,6,8$1.4kSign up
sold 2023 Under the L$750Sign up
sold 2023 Hoboken Railroad Yard$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 Theoline$2.8kSign up
sold 2023 Lyric Theatre$774Sign up
sold 2023 Theoline, Pier II$1kSign up
…and 22 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 Berenice Abbott auction results →