George Hurrell: career timeline
American · 1904–1992 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 52 lots (54% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
| 1930s | 20 | 14 | $571Sign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | $1.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 2 | 1 | $1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $3.3kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1920 Portrait of Erte, 1920sResult not published
1930s 20 works
- Sold
- 14 of 20
- Median
- $571Sign up
- Average
- $762Sign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 14.5 in (37 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (17), Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1930 Portfolio II$1.5kSign up
c. 1930 Joan Crawford$857Sign up
1931 Portrait of Ramon Navarro from film production Mata Hari$123Sign up
c. 1932 Portfolio I$896Sign up
c. 1932 Portfolio I$1.4kSign up
1932 Joan Crawford$435Sign up
1932 Joan Crawford, from Portfolio III$313Sign up
c. 1933 Untitled$275Sign up
c. 1933 Three Selected Images, from Portfolio IIIUnsold
c. 1933 John Barrymore, from Portfolio IIIUnsold
c. 1935 Joan Crawford$128Sign up
1936 Patzcuaro, Mexico (1936)$89Sign up
Show 8 more (1930s)
1937 Carole Lombard$2kSign up
1937 Portrait of Jascha Heifetz playing Violin, image taken 1937, printed later, signed and marked 224/250 in blackResult not published
1938 Marlene Dietrich$1.4kSign up
1938 Joan Crawford und Spencer Tracy (in 'Mannequin')$643Sign up
1938 Marlene Dietrich, original negative 1938 but printed later, signed and editioned XII/XXIII (12/23) inResult not published
1938 Charles Boyer, original negative 1938 but printed later, signed and editioned III/XXIII (3/23) inResult not published
1938 Anna May Wong (From Portfolio III)$500Sign up
1938 Marlene Dietrich (from Portfolio I)Unsold
1940s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 17.5 in (43 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1940 Joan Crawford$1.1kSign up
1941 Veronica Lake (From Portfolio III)$813Sign up
1944 Gene Tierney$1.8kSign up
1944 Gene Tierney$1.2kSign up
1970s 2 works
1980s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $3.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 19.5 in (41 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1980 Hurrell III$3.3kSign up
Creation date not recorded
24 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
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 14 × 11 in (36 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $500Sign up
- Average
- $442Sign up
- Typical size
- 47 × 35 in (119 × 89 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2010 HOLLYWOOD PORTRAITS: FOUR WORKS, each signed or with the photographer's stamp on reverseUnsold
sold 2019 No. 16 from an edition of 60$500Sign up
sold 2019 No. 16 from an edition of 60$600Sign up
sold 2019 Untitled$225Sign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 19 works
- Sold
- 16 of 19
- Median
- $1.9kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 16 in (50 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (16), Other (2), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Selected PortfoliosUnsold
sold 2020 Hurrell Portfolio III (ten celebrity photographs)$2.8kSign up
sold 2021 Hurrell Portfolio III$2.3kSign up
sold 2021 Ann Sheridan$150Sign up
sold 2022 Hurrell Portfolio III$2.3kSign up
sold 2022 Hurrell Portfolio IIIUnsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Hurrell Portfolio III$2.3kSign up
sold 2022 Hurrell III$750Sign up
sold 2023 Hurrell Portfolio III$2.5kSign up
sold 2024 Hurrell Portfolio IIIUnsold
sold 2024 Hurrell Portfolio III$1.5kSign up
sold 2024 Hurrell Portfolio III$4.4kSign up
…and 7 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 George Hurrell auction results →