Bettina Rheims: career timeline

French · b. 1952 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 40 lots (80% 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.

Bettina Rheims: 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
1980s	8	7	$6.8kSign up	Photograph
1990s	23	20	$11kSign up	Photograph
2010s	1	1	$5.5kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 8 works

Sold: 7 of 8
Median: $6.8kSign up
Average: $8.6kSign up
Typical size: 41 × 32.5 in (104 × 83 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1981 Acrobates IIIResult not published
1981 C. au Radiateur, Paris$9.3kSign up
1985 Untitled$960Sign up
c. 1985 Selected nudes$22.5kSign up
1988 Catherine Deneuve, Paris, May$6.8kSign up
1988 Catherine Deneuve au Georges V, Paris$4.8kSign up
1989 Kate Moss, London (from the series: Modern Lovers)$10.3kSign up
1989 Sarah I, Decembre 1989, Londres$5.4kSign up

1990s 23 works

Sold: 20 of 23
Median: $11kSign up
Average: $15.5kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (21), Other (2)
Subjects: —

Show 11 more (1990s)

1991 7 Novembre, Paris“ aus der Serie „Chambre close$46.3kSign up
1994 Madonna Blue in Shiny Blue Underpants, New York (from the series: Pourquoi m'as-tu abandonnée?)$10.3kSign up
1994 Kristen McMenamy with black make-up on her hand’, Paris 1994$2.6kSign up
1994 Madonna showing her Blue Underpants, New York, September$11.2kSign up
1995 Gina and Elizabeth kissingUnsold
1995 Elisabeth Berkley on a thick, dirty, green carpet – Los Angeles$14.3kSign up
1997 La Tentation de Jesus$12.2kSign up
1997 Le lait miraculeux de la vierge$9.8kSign up
1997 Portfolio I.N.R.I$21.9kSign up
1999 Pheline - Série X.MasResult not published
1999 Delphine - Série X.MasResult not published

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.5kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

2014 Emika, feeling like a new woman$5.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

8 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 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2019 UntitledUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works

Sold: 2 of 7
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 17.5 in (45 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6), Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Marie Sophie$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 Konvolut von 2 Fotografien$1.2kSign up
sold 2024 Tamaki, Chambre Close SeriesUnsold
sold 2024 Midori, Chambre Close SeriesUnsold
sold 2024 Tsuyu, Chambre Close SeriesUnsold
sold 2024 Mari, Chambre Close SeriesUnsold

Show 1 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Rika, Chambre Close SeriesUnsold

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 Bettina Rheims auction results →