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Bernd and Hilla Becher: career timeline

German · 1959–2007 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 73 of 89 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.

Bernd and Hilla Becher: 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
1960s42$14.7kSign upPhotograph
1970s2321$15.1kSign upPhotograph
1980s2319$20.6kSign upPhotograph
1990s1313$15.2kSign upPhotograph
2000s1010$6.6kSign upPhotograph

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1960s 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$14.7kSign up
Average
$14.7kSign up
Typical size
16 × 12.5 in (40 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
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1970s 23 works

Sold
21 of 23
Median
$15.1kSign up
Average
$31.5kSign up
Typical size
16 × 12.5 in (40 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (19), Lithograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (3), Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 11 more (1970s)

1980s 23 works

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19 of 23
Median
$20.6kSign up
Average
$59.5kSign up
Typical size
16 × 12 in (41 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (23)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 11 more (1980s)

1990s 13 works

Sold
13 of 13
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$19.8kSign up
Typical size
19 × 19.5 in (49 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7), Lithograph (4), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
—
Show 1 more (1990s)

2000s 10 works

Sold
10 of 10
Median
$6.6kSign up
Average
$12.5kSign up
Typical size
27.5 × 33 in (70 × 84 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

16 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 3 works

Sold
2 of 3
Median
$260kSign up
Average
$260kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12 in (40 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold
11 of 13
Median
$33.8kSign up
Average
$72.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12.5 in (40 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (13)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…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 Bernd and Hilla Becher auction results →