Gisèle Freund: career timeline

German · 1908–2000 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 62 lots (84% 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.

Gisèle Freund: 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	20	12	$1.5kSign up	Photograph
1940s	4	3	$959Sign up	Photograph
1950s	16	13	$1.2kSign up	Photograph
1960s	11	8	$1.4kSign up	Photograph
1970s	1	0	—	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1930s 20 works

Sold: 12 of 20
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10.5 in (27 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (20)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3), Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (2)

c. 1930 Marché aux PucesUnsold
1933 Self portrait (Double exposure with Horst Schade)$2.3kSign up
1933 Ile Saint Louis, ParisUnsold
1933 Paris, von Notre Dame aus gesehenUnsold
1935 Simone de Beauvoir, Paris$4.4kSign up
1935 André Malraux, ParisUnsold
1935 Arbeitsloser, Tyneside, England. Ein Sonntag in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England$1.3kSign up
1935 Une rue à Paris$2.1kSign up
1935 Pantouflor$1.3kSign up
1936 Adrienne Monnier in front of her bookstore, Rue de L'Odéon, ParisUnsold
1938 James Joyce, Rue de l'Odéon, Paris 1938Unsold
1938 James Joyce with Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier in the bookshop "Shakespeare & Co", rue de l'Odéon$1.2kSign up

Show 8 more (1930s)

1938 Walter Benjamin$1kSign up
1938 James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., Paris$6.4kSign up
1939 Jean CocteauUnsold
1939 Virginia Woolf vor einem Fresko von Vanessa Bell, London$1.5kSign up
1939 James JoyceUnsold
1939 Virginia Woolf, London$1.2kSign up
1939 Virginia Woolf$1.4kSign up
1939 James Joyce$1.7kSign up

1940s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $959Sign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 11 in (30 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

1948 Henri Matisse, ParisUnsold
1948 Simone de Beauvoir, Paris 1948$959Sign up
1948 Frida Kahlo, Mexico City$2.3kSign up
1948 Henri Matisse, Paris, 1948$706Sign up

1950s 16 works

Sold: 13 of 16
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (16)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

Show 4 more (1950s)

1955 D‘andré Breton au Marché aux PucesResult not published
1957 André Breton au marché aux pucesUnsold
1958 Rue Boulard, Paris, 14 Juillet$1.8kSign up
1959 Henry Moore$1.4kSign up

1960s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (11)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

c. 1960 Simone de Beauvoir surpris dans la rue par le photographeUnsold
c. 1960 Josef Sudek in seinem Atelier$1.4kSign up
1961 Le Corbusier, Paris$1.3kSign up
1961 Le Corbusier in his studio, ParisUnsold
1964 Alberto Giacometti$1.8kSign up
1964 Samuel Beckett, Paris$1.2kSign up
1964 Alberto Giacometti$1.4kSign up
1964 Jean-Paul Sartre und Simone de Beauvoir bei der Arbeit, Boulevard Raspail 222, Paris$5.5kSign up
1965 Virginia Woolf, son bureau dans sa maison de campagne à RodmellUnsold
1965 Der Arbeitstisch von Virginia Woolf in Monk's House, Sussex$2.1kSign up
1968 Max Ernst, Paris$680Sign up

1970s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 11.5 × 8 in (30 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1974 Le Mur de "La Santé"Unsold

Creation date not recorded

10 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 8 in (30 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

sold 2002 Simone de Beauvoir$607Sign up
sold 2003 Jean Cocteau$1.7kSign up
sold 2004 Marcel Duchamp$2kSign up
sold 2007 JAMES JOYCE WITH ADRIENNE MONNIER AND SYLVIA BEACH IN SHAKESPEARE AND CO. BOOKSHOP, MAY 1938$1.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 11.5 in (24 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2013 Simone de Beauvoir dans son studio à Paris$2.5kSign up
sold 2013 James Joyce, Rue de l'Odéon$2.2kSign up
sold 2013 Ile Saint-Louis, Paris$2.2kSign up
sold 2019 Eugen IonescoUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $396Sign up
Average: $396Sign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 9 in (34 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2025 Portrait of André Malraux$396Sign up
sold 2026 Virginia Woolf colorResult not published

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 Gisèle Freund auction results →