Edward Weston: career timeline

American · 1886–1958 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 185 of 210 lots (88% 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.

Edward Weston: 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
1910s44$1.5kSign upPhotograph
1920s6142$5.2kSign upPhotograph
1930s10273$9kSign upPhotograph
1940s1713$3.8kSign upPhotograph
1950s11$1.4kSign upLithograph

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1910s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$1.8kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

1920s 61 works

Sold
42 of 61
Median
$5.2kSign up
Average
$46.8kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (61)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1920s)

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1930s 102 works

Sold
73 of 102
Median
$9kSign up
Average
$18kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (101), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (10), Rivers & marshes (5), Sea & coast (4)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 78 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 17 works

Sold
13 of 17
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$9.8kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (17)
Subjects
Sea & coast (1)
Show 5 more (1940s)

1950s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (25 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
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Creation date not recorded

25 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 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$3.2kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7 in (23 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 8 works

Sold
7 of 8
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$6.7kSign up
Typical size
5.5 × 6 in (13 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Other (3)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 16 works

Sold
16 of 16
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
9 × 7.5 in (23 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (15), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

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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 Weston auction results →