Bruce Davidson: career timeline

American · b. 1933 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 104 of 128 lots (81% 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.

Bruce Davidson: 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	36	29	$3.8kSign up	Photograph
1960s	47	34	$2.7kSign up	Photograph
1980s	17	15	$6.9kSign up	Photograph
1990s	2	1	$30Sign up	Photograph
2010s	1	1	$3.6kSign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 36 works

Sold: 29 of 36
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 11.5 in (27 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (36)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (1), Sunsets & night (1)

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1960s 47 works

Sold: 34 of 47
Median: $2.7kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 13.5 in (28 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (47)
Subjects: Markets & villages (22), Figures & portraits (6), Beach scenes (2)

1960 Bartholomew Lane, London 1960Unsold
1960 Loving couple, England 1960$2.3kSign up
1960 Couple, East 100th Street, New York City$6.1kSign up
1960 Marilyn Monroe, Simone Signoret, and Yves Montand, Beverly Hills$960Sign up
1960 Boys at the shore in England, Great Britain 1960Unsold
1960 Brooklyn Gang (Coney Island Beach)$3kSign up
c. 1960 Untitled (from the series: East 100th Street)$959Sign up
c. 1961 New York City from Time of Change$2kSign up
1962 Muscle Beach, Los AngelesUnsold
1962 Fourth of July fireworks, Coney Island, New York$5.3kSign up
1962 Chicago (couple in front of jukebox)$3.8kSign up
1962 Man Outside Luncheonette, New YorkUnsold

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1963 Time of Change (March on Washington)Unsold
1963 Time of Change (March on Washington)$1kSign up
1963 Arrest of a Demonstrator, Birmingham, Alabama$7.1kSign up
1965 Welsh Boy with Stroller$1.8kSign up
1965 Selected Images, Wales$3.6kSign up
1965 Selma, Alabama from Time of ChangeUnsold
1965 Horse, from the series 'Welsh Miners', Wales 1965$2.8kSign up
1965 Wales$4.9kSign up
1965 Wales (Boy Pushing Carriage)$2.6kSign up · sold 2×
1965 Brooklyn Gang (gang members on bus)$3kSign up
1965 Trapper, Jersey Meadows$1kSign up
1965 The Welsh Pony$500Sign up

…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 17 works

Sold: 15 of 17
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $13.9kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 22 in (38 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (16), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Rotunda with Late Afternoon Shadows$3.1kSign up
1980 Selected Images from Subway$1.9kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$2.5kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$3kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$12.1kSign up
1980 Subway$82.5kSign up
1980 Subway platform. New York City, USA$748Sign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$33kSign up
c. 1980 Selected Images from SubwayUnsold
1980 Subway, New York City 1980$8.7kSign up
c. 1980 Selected Images from SubwayUnsold
1980 Aus der Serie „Subway$21.4kSign up

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1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$1.8kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$6.9kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$17.5kSign up
1980 Untitled, Subway, New York$12.5kSign up
1988 Martha's Vineyard Ferry$55Sign up

1990s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $30Sign up
Average: $30Sign up
Typical size: 7 × 17 in (18 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1990 Central Park 1990-1994$30Sign up
1992 Central Park (New York City)Unsold

2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 22.5 in (38 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

2013 Man on Train, Snowy Street from Subway$3.6kSign up

Creation date not recorded

24 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: 3 of 3
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.4kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 12.5 in (23 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: BROOKLYN GANG)$3.8kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled (from the series: Brooklyn Gang)$1.9kSign up
sold 2012 Untitled (from the series: Brooklyn Gang)$1.4kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 21 works

Sold: 21 of 21
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 12 in (31 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (21)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3), Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2022 Lady and gentleman on park bench kissing$1.3kSign up
sold 2022 East 100th Street Social Club$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 Time of Change, Near Selma, Alabama, Child at Blackboard$1.5kSign up
sold 2022 Child pushing stroller with doll and teddy bear$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 East 100th Street$630Sign up
sold 2023 Topless Restaurant$756Sign up

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sold 2023 East 100th Street$655Sign up
sold 2023 Child on a Front Porch Playing with her Doll Baby, Shelby County, TN$441Sign up
sold 2023 Man's Best Friend$400Sign up
sold 2023 England (nannies pulling prams)$500Sign up
sold 2024 Welsh Miners$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Sicily$1.9kSign up

…and 9 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 Bruce Davidson auction results →