Carleton Watkins: career timeline
American · 1829–1916 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 28 lots (86% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 17 | 9 | $32.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1870s | 7 | 6 | $12.5kSign up | Photograph |
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1860s 17 works
- Sold
- 9 of 17
- Median
- $32.5kSign up
- Average
- $50.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 20 in (40 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (17)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (5)
c. 1860 Untitled (Views of San Francisco)$1.3kSign up
1861 Tocoye, North Dome, 3729 Feet, Yosemite$17.8kSign up
1861 View on the Merced, YosemiteUnsold
1861 View on the Merced, YosemiteUnsold
c. 1861 Selected ImagesUnsold
c. 1865 Lower Yosemite Fall$2.6kSign up
c. 1865 Cathedral Rock, YosemiteUnsold
c. 1865 The Domes, Yosemite$40kSign up
c. 1865 Mount Watkins, fully reflected in Mirror Lake, Yosemite$2.7kSign up
1867 Castle Rock, Washington TerritoryUnsold
1867 Willamette Falls, Oregon CityUnsold
1867 City of Portland, Willamette River, OregonUnsold
Show 5 more (1860s)
1867 Islands in the Columbia, Upper CascadesUnsold
1867 The Passage of the Dalles, Columbia River$92.5kSign up
1867 Multnomah Falls Cascade, Columbia River$106kSign up
1867 Cape Horn, Columbia River$156kSign up
c. 1868 Devils Canyon, Geysers, Looking Up$32.5kSign up
1870s 7 works
- Sold
- 6 of 7
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $13.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 15.5 in (37 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Rivers & marshes (1), Sea & coast (1)
c. 1870 Buckeye Tree$943Sign up
c. 1870 Sentinel Rock, Echo Canyon, Utah; Witches Rock, Near Echo, Utah$4.5kSign up
1873 Devil's Gate and the Weber River, Weber Canyon, Utah$20.5kSign up
c. 1876 The Domes from Eagle Point, Pl. B 29, from New Boudoir Series Yo Semite and Pacific CoastUnsold
1878 Virginia City From Water Flume$25kSign up
c. 1878 The Half Dome, Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point Yosemite$27.5kSign up
c. 1878 The Sentinel, Yosemite$1.4kSign up
Creation date not recorded
4 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 2 works
sold 2003 El Capitian$460Sign up
sold 2007 Yowie, the Nevada Fall, 700 Feet, Yosemite$7.2kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 16 × 20.5 in (41 × 52 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2023 The Three Brothers, YosemiteResult not published
sold 2023 The Three Brothers, YosemiteResult not published
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 Carleton Watkins auction results →