Edward Steichen: career timeline
American · 1879–1973 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 100 of 123 lots (81% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 1 | 1 | $5.3kSign up | Etching |
| 1900s | 19 | 18 | $1.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1910s | 8 | 5 | $18.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1920s | 52 | 37 | $21.2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 18 | 12 | $9.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $1.2kSign up | Photograph |
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1890s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $5.3kSign up
- Average
- $5.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 5.5 in (11 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1899 Selected Images$5.3kSign up
1900s 19 works
- Sold
- 18 of 19
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $14.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 8 in (22 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11), Other (4), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (4), Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1)
1901 Franz von Lenbach, Munich$857Sign up
1902 Auguste Rodin – The Thinker', Paris 1902$1.8kSign up
1902 In Memoriam$969Sign up
1903 Moonlight: The Pond$4.8kSign up
1903 Sadakichi Hartmann, writer and critic$1.6kSign up
1903 Poster Lady$1.1kSign up
1903 Eleonora Duse$969Sign up
1903 Clarence H. White$2.5kSign up
c. 1903 Six Portraits of Important Male FiguresUnsold
1904 Moonrise, Mamaroneck, New York, 1904$1.5kSign up
1904 Cover Design$2.6kSign up
1904 Moonlight: The Pond$5.6kSign up
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1904 Richard Strauss, New York$149kSign up
c. 1905 Landscape$30.5kSign up
1905 The Flatiron - Evening$27.5kSign up
1905 The Flatiron-Evening$23.8kSign up
c. 1907 Gertrude Käsebier$508Sign up
1908 Balzac (A. Rodin)$1.1kSign up
1908 Portrait der Lady H$441Sign up
1910s 8 works
- Sold
- 5 of 8
- Median
- $18.1kSign up
- Average
- $117kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2)
c. 1910 Mrs. Eugene Meyer$1.3kSign up
1913 Henri Matisse$525Sign up
1914 Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France$40.3kSign up
1914 Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France$524kSign up
c. 1915 Eduard et Voulangis: The Early Modernist Period, 1915-1923', Lumiere Press, Toronto 2011Unsold
c. 1915 Lotus$18.1kSign up
c. 1915 LotusUnsold
1918 VauxUnsold
1920s 52 works
- Sold
- 37 of 52
- Median
- $21.2kSign up
- Average
- $38.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 8 in (24 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (51), Engraving (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Butterflies (2), Flowers & still life (2)
c. 1920 Girl in the pinewoods$1.6kSign up
1920 Double Sunflower$63.5kSign up
1920 From the series 'Sunflower from seed to seed$2.2kSign up
c. 1920 Delphinium$17.8kSign up
1920 Snow Frost$12.7kSign up
c. 1920 Untitled (Mourning Cloak Butterfly on Cosmos)Unsold
c. 1920 Big and Little Sunflower$48.3kSign up
c. 1920 Backbone and Ribs of a SunflowerUnsold
c. 1920 Backbone and Ribs of a SunflowerUnsold
c. 1920 Backbone and Ribs of a SunflowerUnsold
1920 Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens$12.7kSign up
1920 Wheelbarrow with Flower Pots, France$21.2kSign up
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1920 Tulips$22.6kSign up
c. 1920 Untitled (Mourning Cloak Butterfly on Cosmos)Unsold
c. 1921 Calla Lily$82.5kSign up
c. 1921 Harmonica RiddleUnsold
c. 1921 Magnolia Blossoms, Voulangis, France$60kSign up
1921 The Spiral ShellUnsold
1921 Sunflower, aus der Serie „Sunflowers from Seed to Seed$27.9kSign up
1922 Sunday Papers$3.7kSign up
c. 1922 Diagram of Doom$50.8kSign up
1922 Constantin Brancusi$2kSign up
1922 Laughing Boxes, West 86th St., New York CityUnsold
1922 Laughing Boxes, West 86th St., New York CityUnsold
…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.
1930s 18 works
- Sold
- 12 of 18
- Median
- $9.9kSign up
- Average
- $25.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (18)
- Subjects
- —
1930 Fashion Study with Marion Morehouse (Mrs. e. e. Cummings)$15.1kSign up
c. 1930 6th Ave. and 40th St.$47.5kSign up
1930 Jergens Lotion Advertisement for J. Walter Thompson$4.9kSign up
1931 George Washington Bridge, New York$62.5kSign up
1931 The George Washington Bridge$50kSign up
1931 Eugenie Leontovich in ‘Grand Hotel’$12.3kSign up
1932 Mrs. Peter F. Chambers for Vogue, December 20Unsold
1932 Carlotta Monterey O'Neill, New York City 1932$1.9kSign up
c. 1932 Eugene and Carlotta O'Neill (for Vanity Fair)$320Sign up
1932 Joan CrawfordUnsold
1932 Jack Sharkey, Prizefighter, New YorkUnsold
1932 Noël Coward for Condé Nast, New YorkUnsold
Show 6 more (1930s)
1933 Radio City and Rockefeller Center$102kSign up
1934 Thomas Mann, New York$2.4kSign up
1934 Thomas, Mann, New York$750Sign up
1936 Nude With Lilacs, takenResult not published
1937 Model Jule (Gwili) André für Vogue$7.6kSign up
1937 Givili Andre (Vogue)Unsold
1940s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.2kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 12.5 in (27 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1965 Carl Sandburg ephemera$1.2kSign up
Creation date not recorded
23 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 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $5.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 7 in (22 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (3), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2005 Torso$1.2kSign up
sold 2005 Isadora Duncan at the Parthenon$1.5kSign up
sold 2005 Heavy Roses, Voulangis, France$1.6kSign up
sold 2009 The Maypole – Empire State Building, <br />$17.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $923Sign up
- Average
- $923Sign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 5 in (11 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Other (1), Etching (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2017 Steichen The Photographer$1.6kSign up
sold 2017 Steichen (The Steichen Book)Unsold
sold 2019 Untitled$220Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works
- Sold
- 15 of 16
- Median
- $858Sign up
- Average
- $4.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (12), Engraving (3), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2021 Late Afternoon, Venice$688Sign up
sold 2022 George M. Cohan$63Sign up
sold 2022 J.P. Morgan, New York$813Sign up
sold 2023 Rodin: Balzac Statue (II), Meudon$1.6kSign up
sold 2023 Greta Garbo (from the Edward Steichen 25 Photographs portfolio)$1.4kSign up
sold 2023 Steichen (The Steichen Book)$53.3kSign up
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sold 2024 Celebră fotografie ilustrându-l pe Constantin Brâncuși în halat de lucru, însoțită de certificat de autenticitate$369Sign up
sold 2024 In the Studio portfolio$2.3kSign up
sold 2024 Juxtapositions$693Sign up
sold 2024 Edward Steichen: Twenty-five Photograph Portfolio$4.4kSign up
sold 2024 The Blue Sky Portfolio$2.1kSign up
sold 2025 Balzac, Towards the Light, Midnight (from Camera Work No 34/35)$858Sign up
…and 4 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 Edward Steichen auction results →