Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan: career timeline
· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 44 of 57 lots (77% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1 | 1 | $7kSign up | Other |
| 1890s | 43 | 42 | $3.4kSign up | Sculpture |
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1880s 1 work
1890s 43 works
- Sold
- 42 of 43
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $7.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 16 in (38 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (26), Other (16), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
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1891 Door knob and back plate from the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri$3.3kSign up
c. 1891 Door knobs and back plates from the Wainwright Building, St. Louis, Missouri$1.5kSign up
1892 ornamental panel and display from the Schiller Theater, Chicago$6.3kSign up
1893 Elevator grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$24.3kSign up
c. 1893 Door knobs and back plates from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$1.3kSign up
c. 1893 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of thirteen$1.2kSign up
c. 1893 Door knobs from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of five$1.1kSign up
c. 1893 Collection of hardware$2.2kSign up
1893 Newel post from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$5.3kSign up
1893 Baluster from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$10.2kSign up
1893 Elevator transom from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$7.9kSign up
1893 Baluster from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$5.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1890s)
c. 1893 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of four$1.4kSign up
c. 1893 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of four$1.4kSign up
1893 Architectural element from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$1.9kSign up
1893 Stair riser from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$2.8kSign up
1893 Elevator column fragment from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$1.9kSign up
1893 Elevator grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$30.2kSign up
1893 Elevator transom from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$8.8kSign up
c. 1893 Door hardware from the Union Trust Building, St. Louis$1kSign up
1893 Elevator transom from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$5.7kSign up
1893 Stair riser from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$1.4kSign up
1893 Elevator transom from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$9.4kSign up
1893 Baluster from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building$10.1kSign up
…and 19 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
13 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 2018 Stair riser frieze from the Chicago Stock Exchange$4.7kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
sold 2021 elevator casing$6.3kSign up
sold 2021 elevator grille$40.6kSign up
sold 2021 stair riser$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 baluster$5.2kSign up
sold 2022 baluster$7.5kSign up
sold 2022 baluster$4.1kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2025 Push plate from the Chicago Stock Exchange BuildingUnsold
sold 2025 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of twelveUnsold
sold 2025 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of twelveUnsold
sold 2025 Capital from the Chicago Stock Exchange BuildingUnsold
sold 2025 Push plate from the Chicago Stock Exchange BuildingUnsold
sold 2026 Window sash pulls from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, set of twelveUnsold
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 Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan auction results →