David Bailey: career timeline
British · b. 1938 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 36 lots (47% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 | 10 | $10.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 2 | 1 | $635Sign up | Photograph |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $149Sign up | Other |
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1960s 14 works
- Sold
- 10 of 14
- Median
- $10.5kSign up
- Average
- $13.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 15 × 14.5 in (38 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (12), Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
1964 Jean Shrimpton$1.5kSign up
1964 Mick JaggerUnsold
1964 Mick Jagger$4.9kSign up
1965 The Kray BrothersUnsold
1965 John and PaulUnsold
1965 John and Paul$11.1kSign up
1965 Box of Pin-Ups$4.4kSign up
1965 David Bailey's Box of Pin-Ups$10kSign up
1965 John Lennon and Paul McCartney, January$43.9kSign up
1965 John Lennon$23.5kSign up
1965 The Kray Brothers$19.4kSign up
1966 Catherine Deneuve in a Pauline Trigère Nightdress (for 'Vogue')Unsold
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1980s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $635Sign up
- Average
- $635Sign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 16.5 in (41 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1983 Scream$635Sign up
1986 Painted NudeUnsold
2010s 1 work
2017 'King's X'$149Sign 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $15.7kSign up
- Average
- $14.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 12.5 in (37 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (4)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2014 Box of Pin-Ups$16.6kSign up
sold 2014 Box of Pin-Ups$14.8kSign up
sold 2015 Box of Pin-Ups$9.5kSign up
sold 2015 Box of Pin-Ups$17.6kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 15 works
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 David Bailey auction results →