Eve Arnold: career timeline

American · 1912–2012 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 44 of 49 lots (90% 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.

Eve Arnold: 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
1950s	16	13	$3.7kSign up	Photograph
1960s	25	15	$3.9kSign up	Photograph
1970s	1	1	$3.7kSign up	Photograph
1980s	1	1	$4.1kSign up	Photograph
1990s	1	1	$750Sign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 16 works

Sold: 13 of 16
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 18.5 in (36 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (16)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

Show 4 more (1950s)

1955 Paul Newman at Lee Strasberg's Studio, New YorkUnsold
1955 Resting After a Plane Journey 1955Unsold
1955 Paul Newman at Lee Strasberg's Studio, New York$4.3kSign up
1959 Museum of Modern Art, New York City 1959$2kSign up

1960s 25 works

Sold: 15 of 25
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $4.6kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 16.5 in (48 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (24), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

Show 12 more (1960s)

1960 Marilyn Monroe Dancing with Arthur Miller, Nevada on Location for The Misfits, 1960$2.5kSign up
1961 Malcolm X, Washington D.C. 1961$2kSign up
1961 Malcolm X, Washington D.C. 1961Unsold
1961 Provini dello shooting sul set di Misfits, 1961Unsold
1961 Malcolm X, Chicago$4.5kSign up
1961 Malcolm X, Chicago$5kSign up
1961 Malcolm X, Chicago$4.3kSign up
1962 London (from the portfolio 'Ten Photographers')$1.4kSign up
1964 The Royal Toxophilite Society, London 1964$2kSign up
1964 The Royal Toxophilite Society, London 1964$2.2kSign up
1964 Andy Warhol, New York 1964Unsold
1966 Orson WellesUnsold

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.7kSign up
Average: $3.7kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 58.5 in (100 × 148 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1975 Press Meeting at the Ritz for the Prince and the Showgirl$3.7kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $4.1kSign up
Average: $4.1kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 38 in (64 × 96 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1983 Lafayette, Louisiana$4.1kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $750Sign up
Average: $750Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1990 Francis Bacon in His Studio in Kensington, 1978$750Sign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 2020s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $305Sign up
Average: $431Sign up
Typical size: 9 × 13.5 in (23 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 Marilyn MonroeResult not published
sold 2024 Untitled$231Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$379Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled$163Sign up
sold 2025 Marilyn Monroe on the Set of 'The Misfits', Nevada$953Sign 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 Eve Arnold auction results →