Brett Weston: career timeline
American · 1911–1993 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 132 of 151 lots (87% 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 | 1 | 1 | $20kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 13 | 9 | $7.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 11 | 9 | $1.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 22 | 17 | $2.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 21 | 10 | $759Sign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 54 | 39 | $1.3kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 9 | 7 | $3.2kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 1 work
1930s 13 works
- Sold
- 9 of 13
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $14.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (13)
- Subjects
- Birds (1)
1932 Dunes$32.5kSign up
1932 Dune, California$47.5kSign up
1933 Untitled (Bird Dune, Oceano)$5.4kSign up
1934 Dunes, Oceano$3kSign up
1934 Dunes, OceanoUnsold
1934 Dunes$10.4kSign up
1934 DunesUnsold
1934 Dunes, OceanoUnsold
1935 Ford Trimotor$20kSign up
1937 Broken GlassUnsold
c. 1938 'San Francisco' (View of Embarcadero and Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island)$3.8kSign up
c. 1938 Rooftops, San Francisco$7.5kSign up
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1938 Porträt Edward Weston$271Sign up
1940s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Landscapes (1)
1940 'Back Yard' (Santa Monica) (from '100 Prints' portfolio)$1.9kSign up
1943 New York$1.3kSign up
1944 Street Corner, New York$5.6kSign up
1945 Washington Square, NYCUnsold
1946 Yucca and Scrub (from the portfolio 'White Sands')Unsold
1946 White Sands, New Mexico$1.6kSign up
1946 White Sands, New Mexico$1.5kSign up
1946 Brooklyn Bridge$7.6kSign up
1946 New York City$3kSign up
1946 White Sands, New Mexico, 1946$1.3kSign up
1947 Bridge Support and Trees, New York$768Sign up
1950s 22 works
- Sold
- 17 of 22
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (22)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (6), Landscapes (3), Sea & coast (1)
1950 Desert$1.8kSign up
1952 Garrapata Beach, California$2.8kSign up
1952 Surf, Big Sur, Calif.$3.3kSign up
1953 Yucca Valley, California$1kSign up
1954 Garrapata Beach, California$3.8kSign up
1954 Garrapata Beach$6.1kSign up
1954 Dunes, Nevada$7.6kSign up
1954 Dunes, NevadaUnsold
1954 Garrapata Beach$8.8kSign up
1954 Garrapata Beach, CA$7.5kSign up
1954 Garrapata Beach, California, 1954$4.4kSign up
1955 Cracked Glass, 1955$2.5kSign up
Show 10 more (1950s)
c. 1955 Untitled$889Sign up
c. 1955 Untitled$1.1kSign up
c. 1955 Untitled$572Sign up
1955 Mono Lake$2.8kSign up
1955 Cemetery with Wild Trees, Hornitos, CaliforniaUnsold
1956 Storefront$768Sign up
1958 Dunes, Oceano, CaliforniaUnsold
1959 Wooded Landscape$1.3kSign up
1959 Glen CanyonUnsold
1959 Glen CanyonUnsold
1960s 21 works
- Sold
- 10 of 21
- Median
- $759Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (21)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (5), Sea & coast (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1960 Rock Form$538Sign up
1960 Untitled (Glen Canyon)$699Sign up
1960 Untitled (Spain)$508Sign up
1961 Tidal Pool, CaliforniaUnsold
1962 Untitled (Barbed Wired and Fencepost)$732Sign up
1962 Monterey Pines in Fog$3.3kSign up
1964 Saguaro, Arizona$786Sign up
1965 Tree RootsUnsold
1967 Big Sur CoastUnsold
1967 DunesUnsold
1967 Dunes, from Baja California PortfolioUnsold
1968 Century Plant (from 'Baja California')Unsold
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1968 Mono Lake (from '100 Photographs' portfolio)Unsold
1968 Sycamore Tree, Baja, CaliforniaUnsold
1968 Dunes, Shoshone, CAUnsold
1968 Shoshone DunesUnsold
1968 German Church$375Sign up
1969 Kelp (from the Baja California portfolio)$798Sign up
1969 Untitled (Monument Valley, Storm Clouds)$2.2kSign up
1969 Untitled (Monument Valley, Rock Features)Unsold
1969 Clouds, Owens Valley$2.6kSign up
1970s 54 works
- Sold
- 39 of 54
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 10.5 in (27 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (54)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (12), Abstract (4), Landscapes (4)
1970 Untitled (Adobe Building)Unsold
1970 Untitled (Branches in Snow)$1.1kSign up
1970 'Fungus' (from '100 Photographs' portfolio)Unsold
c. 1970 Untitled (Rocks)Unsold
c. 1970 Twenty Photographs$6.2kSign up
c. 1970 Selected Abstract Images, 1970s$1kSign up
c. 1970 Selected Abstract Images, 1970s$1.3kSign up
c. 1970 Selected Abstract Images, 1970s$1.3kSign up
c. 1970 Selected Abstract Images, 1970sUnsold
1971 Bamboo Forest, Japan$832Sign up
c. 1971 Eroded Rocks, Pebble Beach, California$640Sign up
1971 Holland Canal$3.1kSign up
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1971 Holland Canal$3.3kSign up
1971 Holland Canal$4.1kSign up
1971 'Kelp' (from '100 Photographs' Portfolio)$2.6kSign up
1971 Holland CanalUnsold
1971 Holland Canal$6.7kSign up
1971 Holland Canal$3.3kSign up
1971 Holland Canal$18.8kSign up
1971 Holland Canal$8.8kSign up
1971 Holland Canal$8.1kSign up
1971 Holland CanalUnsold
1972 Untitled (Wood Lattice Abstraction)Unsold
1972 AbstractionResult not published
…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.
1980s 9 works
- Sold
- 7 of 9
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (9)
- Subjects
- Palms (1), Beach scenes (1)
1980 Car Detail$2.5kSign up
1980 Luscious Ferns, Hawaii$3.2kSign up
1980 Fountain Grass, Hawaii$3.2kSign up
1980 Palms, Hawaii$3.2kSign up
1981 Tide Pool, Point Lobos, Carmel Beach, CaliforniaUnsold
1981 Underwater Nude$7.6kSign up
1982 Grass and Lava$896Sign up
1984 Dune, OceanoUnsold
1986 Untitled (Dead Leaf)$1.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
19 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 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 12.5 in (31 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
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sold 2014 Fifteen Photographs$15.7kSign up
sold 2017 Distortion$1.1kSign up
sold 2017 Untitled (Nude Torso)$1.9kSign up
sold 2017 Banyan Roots, HawaiiUnsold
sold 2017 Untitled$242Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works
- Sold
- 12 of 14
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $2.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 9.5 in (22 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (14)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2020 Dunes, Oceano$6.3kSign up
sold 2022 Fifteen Photographs of Japan$13.9kSign up
sold 2022 Portraits of My FatherUnsold
sold 2023 Wrecked Building (from the Abstractions II portfolio)Unsold
sold 2024 Broken Glass (from the Fifteen Photographs portfolio)$756Sign up
sold 2024 Window Display (from the Fifteen Photographs portfolio)$393Sign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Reeds, Japan$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Stairway with Broom, New York$721Sign up
sold 2025 Pines and Snow$762Sign up
sold 2025 Broken Window$1.3kSign up
sold 2025 Untitled (Ice Fragments)$1.1kSign up
sold 2025 Lake and Rocks (from the Fifteen Photographs portfolio)$858Sign up
…and 2 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 Brett Weston auction results →