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Dorothea Lange: career timeline

American · 1895–1965 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 211 of 218 lots (97% 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.

Dorothea Lange: 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
1920s22$4.2kSign upPhotograph
1930s11783$9.5kSign upPhotograph
1940s2915$7.6kSign upPhotograph
1950s5922$5.1kSign upPhotograph
1960s42$3.8kSign upPhotograph

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1920s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$4.2kSign up
Average
$4.2kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7 in (22 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
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1930s 117 works

Sold
83 of 117
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$25.4kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 7.5 in (22 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (117)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (12), Landscapes (11), Markets & villages (10)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 93 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 29 works

Sold
15 of 29
Median
$7.6kSign up
Average
$10.1kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8 in (22 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (29)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 59 works

Sold
22 of 59
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
9 × 8.5 in (23 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (59)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (8), Markets & villages (6), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 4 works

Sold
2 of 4
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9 in (24 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

7 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
2 of 2
Median
$8.7kSign up
Average
$8.7kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12.5 in (36 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 8 in (22 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

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 Dorothea Lange auction results →