Harold Eugene Edgerton: career timeline

American · 1903–1990 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 32 of 53 lots (60% 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.

Harold Eugene Edgerton: 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
1930s1313$4.3kSign upPhotograph
1940s33$2.5kSign upPhotograph
1950s54$3kSign upPhotograph
1960s96$1.4kSign upPhotograph
1980s22$12.8kSign upPhotograph

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1930s 13 works

Sold
13 of 13
Median
$4.3kSign up
Average
$4.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (13)
Subjects
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Show 1 more (1930s)

1940s 3 works

Sold
3 of 3
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$2.5kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3)
Subjects
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1950s 5 works

Sold
4 of 5
Median
$3kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 13.5 in (29 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5)
Subjects
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1960s 9 works

Sold
6 of 9
Median
$1.4kSign up
Average
$3.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 12 in (25 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9)
Subjects
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1980s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$12.8kSign up
Average
$12.8kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 17 in (37 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

21 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 2010s 8 works

Sold
8 of 8
Median
$2.5kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 11.5 in (22 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7), Other (1)
Subjects
—
Show 2 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works

Sold
12 of 13
Median
$696Sign up
Average
$750Sign up
Typical size
11 × 13 in (29 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (12), Other (1)
Subjects
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Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 1 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 Harold Eugene Edgerton auction results →