Ilse Bing: career timeline
American · 1899–1998 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 44 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2 | 2 | $1.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 32 | 24 | $6.3kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $635Sign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $1.7kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.5kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 8 in (17 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1929 Untitled$882Sign up
1929 'Laban [Dance] School Frankfurt'$2kSign up
1930s 32 works
- Sold
- 24 of 32
- Median
- $6.3kSign up
- Average
- $7kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 10.5 in (27 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (32)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Markets & villages (4), Harbours & ports (1)
1930 Frankfurt$6.4kSign up
1930 Mappe: „Baustelle Frankfurt/M.$11.3kSign up
1931 Self Portrait with Leica$9kSign up
1931 'Self-Portrait with Leica' (Self-Portrait with Mirrors)$3.1kSign up
1931 Self portrait with Leica$3.3kSign up
1931 Champs de Mars$2.7kSign up
1931 Untitled (Prostitutes, Amsterdam)$3.8kSign up
1931 Champs de Mars, ParisUnsold
1931 Chaises dans la pluie, Champs Elysées, ParisUnsold
1931 Self Portrait with Leica, Paris$6.3kSign up
1931 Self Portrait, Paris$15kSign up
1931 Selbstportrait mit Leica$8.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1930s)
1931 Self Portrait$10.4kSign up
1931 Champ de Mars vu de la Tour Eiffel$6.5kSign up
1932 Puddle, Rue de Valois, Paris$7.6kSign up
1932 Paris“, rue de Valois$11.4kSign up
1932 Quai de Bethune, Paris$6kSign up
1932 Vrai Guignolet, ParisUnsold
1932 Rue de Valois, Paris$4.3kSign up
1932 Rue de Valois, ParisUnsold
1932 The Dancer, Willem Gerard Van Loon, Paris$12.5kSign up
1933 Vendor at the Eiffel TowerUnsold
1933 Le 14 Juillet, Paris$5.5kSign up
1934 Untitled (Brissago)$504Sign up
…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $635Sign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 10.5 in (32 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1945 Self Portrait$635Sign up
1948 Konrad Wolf at Piano$127Sign up
1949 Szymon Goldbergʼs hand in concert$4.7kSign up
1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 20 × 16 in (51 × 41 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1952 Leaves and Twigs, Paris$1.7kSign 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 2010s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $5.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11.5 in (27 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2012 Schiaparelli Lily Perfume$5.5kSign up
sold 2012 Tour Eiffel, Paris$10.3kSign up
sold 2012 Le coup de vent, Tour Eiffel$2.9kSign up
sold 2013 Greta Garbo Poster, Paris$2.8kSign up
sold 2013 Self portrait with Leica$3.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $630Sign up
- Average
- $630Sign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2024 Hands of Jane Weidensaul$630Sign 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 Ilse Bing auction results →