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Elliott Erwitt: career timeline

American · 1928–2023 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 247 of 285 lots (87% 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.

Elliott Erwitt: 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
1940s1412$2.6kSign upPhotograph
1950s126102$4kSign upPhotograph
1960s4133$1.8kSign upPhotograph
1970s1912$6.3kSign upPhotograph
1980s3130$6.7kSign upPhotograph
1990s77$2kSign upPhotograph
2000s98$4.3kSign upPhotograph

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1940s 14 works

Sold
12 of 14
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$4.3kSign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (31 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (14)
Subjects
—
Show 2 more (1940s)

1950s 126 works

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102 of 126
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 17.5 in (30 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (123), Other (3)
Subjects
Birds (1), Figures & portraits (1), Sea & coast (1)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 102 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 41 works

Sold
33 of 41
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
11 × 11.5 in (28 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (40), Other (1)
Subjects
Beach scenes (2), Figures & portraits (1), Boats (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 17 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 19 works

Sold
12 of 19
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$6.2kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 17.5 in (30 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (19)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1)
Show 7 more (1970s)

1980s 31 works

Sold
30 of 31
Median
$6.7kSign up
Average
$7.2kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 18 in (32 × 46 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (31)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$3.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 12 in (34 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7)
Subjects
—

2000s 9 works

Sold
8 of 9
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 17.5 in (30 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

38 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
0 of 2
Median
—
Average
—
Typical size
17.5 × 19.5 in (45 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold
5 of 10
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 17.5 in (30 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9), Other (1)
Subjects
—
Show 4 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 26 works

Sold
24 of 26
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$2.4kSign up
Typical size
11 × 14 in (28 × 36 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (26)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Cattle & animals (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 14 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 Elliott Erwitt auction results →