Erwin Blumenfeld: career timeline

American · 1897–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 51 of 55 lots (93% 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.

Erwin Blumenfeld: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1930s	19	9	$12.5kSign up	Photograph
1940s	26	19	$8.9kSign up	Photograph
1950s	6	5	$8.4kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 19 works

Sold: 9 of 19
Median: $12.5kSign up
Average: $25.3kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (19)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

c. 1930 VICTORY OF SAMOTHRACE, LOUVRE, PARIS, c.1930sUnsold
1932 Untitled, Amsterdam$8.8kSign up
c. 1933 AmsterdamUnsold
1933 Black and White, Amsterdam$12.5kSign up
1936 Manina$15kSign up
1936 Untitled (Monsavon au Lait)Unsold
c. 1937 Young EyesUnsold
c. 1937 Young EyesUnsold
1937 Akt, Paris$11.7kSign up
c. 1937 Nude behind Screen, ParisUnsold
1937 Portraits of Manina, ParisUnsold
1937 Manina, Paris$136kSign up

Show 7 more (1930s)

c. 1937 Nude Under Wet Silk, Paris$12.6kSign up
1937 Lisette, ParisUnsold
1938 Back, Paris$23.2kSign up
1938 Nude in the Mirror, Paris$2kSign up
1938 Back, ParisUnsold
1938 Maillol, Paris (Markierungen auf einer Skulptur)$5.6kSign up
1938 Draped Woman, ParisUnsold

1940s 26 works

Sold: 19 of 26
Median: $8.9kSign up
Average: $9.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (22), Print (other) (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1940 Nude Distortion,1940s$250Sign up
c. 1940 Blumenfeld Color$12.3kSign up
c. 1940 Untitled (Face with Shadow), 1940s$536Sign up
c. 1940 Nude Distortion, 1940s$485Sign up
1940 Blumenfeld Color“. 1940er/50er–Jahre$14kSign up
1942 Legs a la Seurat, New YorkUnsold
1942 Legs a la Seurat, New YorkUnsold
1942 Profil - Front, New York$4.4kSign up
c. 1942 Porträt, New York$13.3kSign up
c. 1943 Lisette Behind Fluted Glass, New York (from 'Blumenfeld Color')$2kSign up
c. 1943 Solarized nude$15.8kSign up
1944 Untitled (Miss Leonardine da Vinci)$16.3kSign up

Show 12 more (1940s)

1945 Model and MannequinUnsold
1945 Model and Mannequin, New YorkUnsold
c. 1946 Hat Fashion, Dior, New York$30kSign up
1946 City Lights, New YorkUnsold
1946 Female Face$16.1kSign up
1947 Auktion 104, Los 42$3.3kSign up
c. 1947 Line on Face, New York (from the portfolio 'Blumenfeld Color')$2.3kSign up
c. 1947 Porträt mit Schleier$5.2kSign up
1947 Mirror (Tedi Thurman)Unsold
c. 1947 Untitled (Profile silhouette)$17.5kSign up
1947 Line on face, New York$6.2kSign up
1948 Tedi Thurman, New York$8.9kSign up

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $8.4kSign up
Average: $9.2kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1950 Nude With Camelia, N.Y.Result not published
1950 Décolleté, Cover Study, New York. 1950er Jahre$8.4kSign up
1952 Vogue$1.6kSign up
1955 Grace Kelly$3.6kSign up
c. 1958 Ohne Titel (Selbstportrait mit Maske), <br />$19kSign up
c. 1958 Masque (Selbstportrait)$13.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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: $10.7kSign up
Average: $10.7kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 Markierungen auf einer Skulptur von <br />$10.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $17.5kSign up
Average: $19.6kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 10 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 UNTITLED$17.5kSign up
sold 2013 Color$36.1kSign up
sold 2013 Décolleté$5.1kSign 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 Erwin Blumenfeld auction results →