Jürgen Schadeberg: career timeline

German · 1931–2020 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 54 lots (52% 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.

Jürgen Schadeberg: 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
1940s	2	1	$2.3kSign up	Photograph
1950s	16	12	$1.4kSign up	Photograph
1960s	3	2	$1.2kSign up	Photograph
1990s	5	5	$4.6kSign up	Photograph
2000s	2	2	$178Sign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 17.5 in (30 × 44 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1948 Hans Prignitz makes a handstand on the Hamburg Michel 1948Unsold
1948 Hans Prignitz makes a Handstand on the Hamburg Michel$2.3kSign up

1950s 16 works

Sold: 12 of 16
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 10 in (30 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (14), Print (other) (2)
Subjects: —

Show 4 more (1950s)

1955 Avoiding the Pass. Johannesburg 1955Unsold
1955 Miriam Makeba, Johannesburg 1955$7.8kSign up
1956 Treason Trial, Johannesburg, 1956$1.1kSign up
1958 Nelson Mandela During the Treason Trial, Pretoria 1958Unsold

1960s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 17.5 in (31 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

1961 Peeping cop, Berlin$1.6kSign up
c. 1968 School Playground, London 1968$764Sign up
1968 A Scottish Pub 1968Unsold

1990s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $4.6kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 14 in (24 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

1994 Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island$1.5kSign up
1994 Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island (Revisit)$3.7kSign up
1994 Nelson Mandela in his Cell on Robben Island, 1994$6.3kSign up
1994 Nelson Mandela in his cell on Robben Island (revisit)$4.6kSign up
1994 Mandela in his Cell, Robben Island 1994$5.4kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $178Sign up
Average: $178Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 13.5 in (33 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

c. 2000 Cigar Bar - Johannesburg$170Sign up
2001 Soweto 2001, three$186Sign up

Creation date not recorded

26 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $2.9kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 20 in (34 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2008 G.I. PATROL, FRIEDRICHSTRASSE, BERLIN$2.9kSign up
sold 2008 THE BERLIN WALL$3kSign up
sold 2009 BUILDING THE WALL, BERLIN$2.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 20 works

Sold: 12 of 20
Median: $2.3kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 10 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (20)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1)

sold 2012 Hans Prignitz macht einen Handstand auf dem Hamburger Michel (Hans Prignitz doing a handstand on top of Hamburger Michel)$2.5kSign up
sold 2013 Johannesburg (Manual Labourers Digging Trench)Unsold
sold 2013 Sophiatown Removels (The Night of Removels) (sic)Unsold
sold 2013 LondonUnsold
sold 2013 Sophiatown (Waiting for the Truck)Unsold
sold 2013 Sophiatown (We Won't Move)$2.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2013 Sophiatown (The Gambling Quartet)Unsold
sold 2013 Sophiatown (Barber Shop)Unsold
sold 2013 Sophiatown (A Birth in Sophiatown)Unsold
sold 2013 Johannesburg (Blacks had to Carry Passes)$2.2kSign up
sold 2013 Nelson Mandela in his law office$11.4kSign up
sold 2013 Show on the Piano$6.6kSign up

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $587Sign up
Average: $587Sign up
Typical size: 10 × 10 in (26 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 SophiatownUnsold
sold 2022 Drum Poster$662Sign up
sold 2023 Sophiatown$512Sign 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 Jürgen Schadeberg auction results →