Bert Stern: career timeline

American · 1929–2013 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 70 of 100 lots (70% 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.

Bert Stern: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	3	3	$1.1kSign up	Photograph
1960s	62	57	$2.6kSign up	Photograph
1970s	2	2	$501Sign up	Lithograph
2010s	2	1	$5.7kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 3.5 in (11 × 9 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

1960s 62 works

Sold: 57 of 62
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 19 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (53), Screenprint (5), Print (other) (3)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (9)

Show 12 more (1960s)

1962 Marilyn Monroe with Pink Roses (from 'The Last Sitting')Unsold
1962 Marilyn Monroe at Hotel Bel-Air, Los Angeles 1962, from the series 'The Last Sitting$12kSign up
1962 Marilyn Monroe from The Last Sitting$5.2kSign up
1962 Marilyn Monroe from The Last Sitting$14.6kSign up
1962 Marylin Monroe (for Vogue)$1.6kSign up
1962 Marilyn Monroe with necklace, 'The Last Sitting', Bel-Air Hotel, Los Angeles, June 1962$1.5kSign up
c. 1962 Marilyn Monroe. The Last Sitting$25.5kSign up
c. 1962 Marilyn in Chenille Scarf (The Last Sitting)$2.9kSign up
1962 Marilyn Monroe, I Beg of You’ (from ‘The Last Sitting’), Los Angeles 1962$1.8kSign up
1962 MARILYN WITH BLUE ROSES, FROM THE LAST SITTING$2.6kSign up
1962 Zdjęcie Marilyn Monroe z ostatniej sesji zdjęciowej do Vogue$7.6kSign up
1962 Marilyn Monroe with Roses from The Last Sitting$1.3kSign up

…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $501Sign up
Average: $501Sign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 32.5 in (60 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (1), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: —

1971 Levi's In America$64Sign up
1973 Marilyn Monroe$938Sign up

2010s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 12 in (48 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2)

2012 Mariyln Jewel Gold Roses$5.7kSign up
2013 Brooklyn 1929 - Manhattan 2013 / Marilyn blu classic roses, 2010Result not published

Creation date not recorded

30 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: $8.6kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 18.5 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2002 Marylin Monroe - The Last Sitting$8.6kSign up
sold 2005 Marilyn Monroe$2kSign up
sold 2008 MARYLIN MONROE. THE LAST SITTING$16.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 14 works

Sold: 11 of 14
Median: $3.3kSign up
Average: $8.2kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 19 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (14)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Marilyn MonroeUnsold
sold 2013 Marilyn Monroe: The Last Sitting$27.5kSign up
sold 2013 The Marilyn Monroe Portfolio$17.5kSign up
sold 2015 "Marilyn Veiled"$3.3kSign up
sold 2015 Marilyn Monroe, The Last Sitting$22.5kSign up
sold 2016 The Marilyn PortfolioUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2017 Marilyn with necklace$2kSign up
sold 2017 Marilyn with scarf$2.9kSign up
sold 2017 The Marilyn PortfolioUnsold
sold 2017 Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer$3.3kSign up
sold 2017 Monroe with Jackie O Wig (from the Lost Sitting)$3.6kSign up
sold 2018 "Marilyn"$2.2kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold: 9 of 13
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 23 in (58 × 59 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7), Print (other) (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2020 Marilyn MonroeResult not published
sold 2020 Marilyn MonroeResult not published
sold 2020 Marilyn Monroe from the Last Sitting$2kSign up
sold 2022 Marilyn with Roses (from The Last Sitting)$5.3kSign up
sold 2022 Marilyn Cross (from The Last Sitting)$3.5kSign up
sold 2023 Marilyn Monroe with Beads (from The Last Sitting)$1kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 "Not Bad for 36" (from The Last Sitting)$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Rudolf Nureyev/Margot Fonteyn$315Sign up
sold 2024 Marilyn Monroe in Fur Hat$1.5kSign up
sold 2025 Marilyn MonroeUnsold
sold 2025 Marilyn MonroeResult not published
sold 2025 I Beg Of You C-$3.1kSign 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 Bert Stern auction results →