Dawoud Bey: career timeline

b. 1953 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 25 of 26 lots (96% 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.

Dawoud Bey: 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
1980s	2	2	$638Sign up	Photograph
1990s	17	16	$9.5kSign up	Photograph
2000s	4	3	$7.6kSign up	Photograph
2010s	2	2	$41.1kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $638Sign up
Average: $638Sign up
Typical size: 5.5 × 9 in (15 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1980 The Woman in the Light, Harlem, New York 1980$315Sign up
1985 Five Children, Syracuse, New York$960Sign up

1990s 17 works

Sold: 16 of 17
Median: $9.5kSign up
Average: $13.2kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (16), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1992 Nikki and Manting (diptych)$8.3kSign up
1992 Untitled (triptych)$16.5kSign up
1992 Parris, Walida, and Mike: Phillips Academy students, Boston, MA (triptych)$8.3kSign up
1992 Hillary and Taro III (triptych)$3.3kSign up
1993 Shirley$3kSign up
1993 Untitled$5.3kSign up
1993 Itan$3.4kSign up
1993 Amishi$20kSign up
1994 Toyia, Kelvin, and Erica$16.5kSign up
1994 Marc & Eric$19.1kSign up
c. 1995 Untitled$4.1kSign up
c. 1995 Untitled$4.1kSign up

Show 5 more (1990s)

1995 Alex and Sarah$10.8kSign up
1998 Eugene$35kSign up
1999 Monique IIUnsold
1999 Sara$27.7kSign up
1999 Monique II$26.5kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $7.6kSign up
Average: $7.6kSign up
Typical size: 39.5 × 39.5 in (101 × 101 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

2003 Robert, Chadsey High School, Detroit from Class PicturesUnsold
2003 Christopher, South Shore High School from Class Pictures$6.3kSign up
2003 Shalanta from Class Pictures$7.6kSign up
2006 Joseph, School Of Arts, San Francisco from Class Pictures$8.9kSign up

2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $41.1kSign up
Average: $41.1kSign up
Typical size: 32 × 42 in (81 × 107 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

2014 Birmingham: Four Girls, Two Boys$31.5kSign up
2017 Untitled #25 (Lake Erie and Sky) from Night Coming Tenderly, Black$50.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

1 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 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 21.5 × 17 in (55 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Two boys on Carrollsburg Place$5.7kSign up

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 Dawoud Bey auction results →