Eliot Porter: career timeline
American · 1901–1990 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 34 lots (59% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 3 | 1 | $4.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 11 | 7 | $10.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 3 | 1 | $6.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 3 | 3 | $3.5kSign up | Photograph |
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1940s 3 works
1950s 11 works
- Sold
- 7 of 11
- Median
- $10.1kSign up
- Average
- $10.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10), Other (1)
- Subjects
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1953 Selected Images (comprising 'Pool in a Brook, Pond Brook, Near Whiteface, New Hampshire, October 4, 1953' and 'Amphitheater. Davis Gulch, Escalante Basin, May 12, 1965'), 1953/1965Unsold
c. 1953 In Wildness$7kSign up
c. 1956 Intimate Landscapes$8.3kSign up
c. 1956 Intimate Landscapes$10.1kSign up
c. 1956 Intimate Landscapes$18.8kSign up
c. 1956 Intimate Landscapes$15kSign up
1957 Aspens in Spring, New Mexico$2kSign up
1957 Foxtail GrassUnsold
c. 1957 Selected Images$13.8kSign up
1959 Sunflower and Sanddune', Colorado 1959, from the portfolio 'In WildnessUnsold
1959 Sunflower & Sand Dune, Colorado, 1959 Dye transferResult not published
1960s 3 works
1970s 3 works
Creation date not recorded
14 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
- $600Sign up
- Average
- $600Sign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 11 in (34 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2007 Woodland View with Flowering Trees$600Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works
- Sold
- 6 of 6
- Median
- $5.5kSign up
- Average
- $10.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 10.5 in (34 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Birds (1)
sold 2010 Color of Trees$500Sign up
sold 2010 Trunks of Maple and Birch with Oak Leaves$500Sign up
sold 2014 Intimate Landscapes$31.3kSign up
sold 2015 Birds in Flight$10kSign up
sold 2017 In Wildness$17.5kSign up
sold 2018 Two works of art$1.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 7 works
- Sold
- 5 of 7
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 11 in (37 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2020 Rock Eroded Stream Bed, Coyote Gulch, UtahUnsold
sold 2022 winter wooded landscape scene$650Sign up
sold 2022 In Wildness$8.2kSign up
sold 2022 All Under Heaven: The Chinese World Bound book and dye transferResult not published
sold 2023 Three works from the Glen Canyon portfolio$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 In Wildness$4.8kSign up
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sold 2026 Blackberry Bushes, Adirondack Park, New York$1.2kSign 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 Eliot Porter auction results →