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Cecil Beaton: career timeline

British · 1904–1980 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 101 of 148 lots (68% 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.

Cecil Beaton: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s55$1.5kSign upPhotograph
1930s2322$656Sign upPhotograph
1940s1716$1.8kSign upWatercolor
1950s1818$2kSign upPhotograph
1960s3734$1.4kSign upPhotograph
1970s11$484Sign upPhotograph

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1920s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$2kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 12.5 in (37 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1930s 23 works

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22 of 23
Median
$656Sign up
Average
$1.1kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 13 in (37 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (17), Watercolor (3), Other (1)
Subjects
—
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1940s 17 works

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16 of 17
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
11 × 8.5 in (28 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (7), Photograph (5), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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1950s 18 works

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18 of 18
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8), Watercolor (5), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (1950s)

1960s 37 works

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34 of 37
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 10 in (34 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (12), Watercolor (10), Gouache (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
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…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$484Sign up
Average
$484Sign up
Typical size
22.5 × 18.5 in (57 × 47 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

47 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 10 works

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9 of 10
Median
$721Sign up
Average
$1.3kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 14 in (39 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4), Drawing (3), Pastel (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 4 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 37 works

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35 of 37
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 12 in (34 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (14), Photograph (7), Other (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (9), Flowers & still life (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 25 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 Cecil Beaton auction results →