Imogen Cunningham: career timeline

American · 1883–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 63 of 82 lots (77% 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.

Imogen Cunningham: 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
1910s	3	3	$2.5kSign up	Photograph
1920s	38	25	$8.8kSign up	Photograph
1930s	11	8	$7.7kSign up	Photograph
1940s	3	2	$17.8kSign up	Photograph
1950s	4	4	$7.4kSign up	Photograph
1960s	4	4	$1.3kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 5.5 in (20 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

1920s 38 works

Sold: 25 of 38
Median: $8.8kSign up
Average: $32.5kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 8.5 in (24 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (38)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (10), Beach scenes (1)

c. 1920 Sunbath (Alta Hoover on the beach)$19.4kSign up
c. 1920 Magnolia Bud, 1920s$1.1kSign up
c. 1920 Eye of Portia Hume$12.7kSign up
c. 1920 Nude (Portia Hume)$33kSign up
c. 1920 Snake in BucketUnsold
1920 Agave Design I$2.8kSign up
1922 Edward Weston and Margrethe MatherUnsold
1923 Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather$1.3kSign up
1923 Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, Photographers 1Unsold
1923 Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather, Photographers 1Unsold
1925 Magnolia Blossom$8.3kSign up
1925 Magnolia Blossoms$3.3kSign up

Show 12 more (1920s)

1925 Tower of Jewels$10.2kSign up
1925 Magnolia BlossomUnsold
1925 Magnolia BlossomUnsold
1925 Magnolia Blossom$4.3kSign up
1925 Magnolia Blossom$11.3kSign up
1925 Magnolia Blossom ('Formen Einer Blume')$100kSign up
c. 1925 Calla$350kSign up
1925 Magnolia Blossom (Tower of Jewels)Unsold
1925 Magnolia Blossom$163kSign up
c. 1926 FlaxUnsold
c. 1926 Flax$30kSign up
1926 False Hellebore$1.9kSign up

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 11 works

Sold: 8 of 11
Median: $7.7kSign up
Average: $24.9kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (11)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1930 Side$43.8kSign up
c. 1930 Calla with leaf$111kSign up
c. 1930 Datura$7.2kSign up
1931 Frida Kahlo$8.3kSign up
1931 Martha Graham$3.1kSign up
1933 Amaryllis$24.1kSign up
1934 'Nude'$1.3kSign up
1934 'Nude'Unsold
c. 1934 Selected Portraits of Photographers$1.2kSign up
1934 Alfred StieglitzResult not published
1934 Alfred Stieglitz at American PlaceUnsold

1940s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $17.8kSign up
Average: $17.8kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 13 in (25 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Datura$5.6kSign up
c. 1940 DaturaUnsold
1946 Hand Weaving with Hand$30kSign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $7.4kSign up
Average: $7.6kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 13.5 in (26 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1952 Double Portrait of Jonathan Elkus$858Sign up
1957 The Unmade Bed$8.3kSign up
1957 The Unmade Bed$6.4kSign up
1957 The Unmade Bed$15kSign up

1960s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 8.5 in (21 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

1960 The Coffee Gallery, San Francisco$1.2kSign up
1967 Doorway - Haight St.$938Sign up
1968 Dream Walking$1.9kSign up
1969 Nude$1.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

19 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: $1.7kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Other (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2014 Portrait of Gertrude Stein$3.4kSign up
sold 2017 Magnolia Blossom$1.7kSign up
sold 2018 Two Callas$875Sign up
sold 2019 Magnolia Blossom$550Sign up
sold 2019 Agave Design$2.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 14 works

Sold: 11 of 14
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $2.9kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10 in (27 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (13), Etching (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2020 Triangles 2Result not published
sold 2021 Callas$910Sign up
sold 2021 Magnolia Blossom$3.3kSign up
sold 2021 Triangles 2Result not published
sold 2022 UntitledResult not published
sold 2022 Alfred Stieglitz at American Place$2.5kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2023 The Unmade Bed$7.6kSign up
sold 2023 The Unmade Bed$5.7kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled$3.1kSign up
sold 2025 Agave Design 2$1.2kSign up
sold 2025 Davidia$635Sign up
sold 2025 Self-Portrait$445Sign up

…and 2 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 Imogen Cunningham auction results →