Henry Wessel, Jr.: career timeline

American · 1942–2018 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 42 lots (86% 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.

Henry Wessel, Jr.: 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
1960s	2	2	$19.4kSign up	Photograph
1970s	19	18	$4kSign up	Photograph
1980s	6	4	$4.8kSign up	Photograph
1990s	9	6	$5.3kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1960s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $19.4kSign up
Average: $19.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 14 in (24 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1968 Albuquerque, New Mexico$2.1kSign up
c. 1968 Icons$36.6kSign up

1970s 19 works

Sold: 18 of 19
Median: $4kSign up
Average: $4.9kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 15 in (25 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (19)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

1971 Walapai, Arizona$8.3kSign up
1971 Walapai, Arizona$8.8kSign up
1973 Buena Vista Colorado$2.6kSign up
1973 Buena Vista, Colorado$5.1kSign up
1973 Buena Vista, Colorado$4.4kSign up
1974 Tucson, Arizona$4.1kSign up
1974 Tucson, Arizona$2.5kSign up
1974 Pismo Beach, California$8.8kSign up
1975 Nevada$2.2kSign up
1975 Nevada$6kSign up
1976 Tucson, Arizona$5.3kSign up
1976 Tucson, Arizona$11.3kSign up

Show 7 more (1970s)

1976 Tucson, Arizona$4kSign up
1977 Santa Barbara, California$1.3kSign up
1977 San Francisco, California$2.2kSign up
1977 Nevada$3.8kSign up
1977 Santa Barbara$3kSign up
1977 Santa Barbara, California$3.8kSign up
1977 Santa Barbara, CaliforniaUnsold

1980s 6 works

Sold: 4 of 6
Median: $4.8kSign up
Average: $4.2kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 16.5 in (38 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: Beach scenes (1)

1985 City Beach, WaikikiUnsold
1985 Southern California$4.8kSign up
1985 Southern California$5kSign up
1985 Southern CaliforniaUnsold
1989 Santa Monica, CA$2.2kSign up
1989 Santa Monica, California$4.8kSign up

1990s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 13 in (32 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (5)

c. 1990 Real Estate Photographs$5.9kSign up
c. 1990 Selected Real Estate PhotographsUnsold
1993 Santa Monica, California$2.5kSign up
1993 Santa Monica, California$5.3kSign up
c. 1995 Selected Images from Night Walk, Los Angeles$8.9kSign up
1995 Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 28Unsold
1995 Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 28$5.3kSign up
1995 Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 43Unsold
1997 Night Walk, Los Angeles, No. 45$5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

6 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 15 in (30 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 Desert$1.5kSign up
sold 2025 Southern California$1.9kSign up
sold 2025 Southern California$2kSign up
sold 2025 Tucson, Arizona$2kSign up
sold 2026 Waikiki$699Sign up
sold 2026 California$635Sign 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 Henry Wessel, Jr. auction results →