Karl Struss: career timeline
American · 1886–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 24 lots (83% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 3 | 0 | — | Photograph |
| 1910s | 11 | 8 | $1.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1920s | 5 | 3 | $264Sign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 1 | 0 | — | Photograph |
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1900s 3 works
- Sold
- 0 of 3
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 4 × 3.5 in (11 × 10 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (1), Sea & coast (1)
1909 Waves and Beach, Arverne, Long IslandUnsold
c. 1909 UntitledUnsold
1909 The Cliffs, Sorrento, ItalyUnsold
1910s 11 works
- Sold
- 8 of 11
- Median
- $1.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 4.5 × 4.5 in (11 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1), Harbours & ports (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
1910 Columbia University, New York (Earle Hall)$1kSign up
1910 Reflections, Moonlight, Arverne, Long Island$16.3kSign up
c. 1910 Riverside Drive, New York CityUnsold
1911 New York City ParadeUnsold
1911 Riverside Drive from Across the Hudson$15kSign up
1911 In the Harbor, San Pedro, n.d.; UntitledUnsold
1911 Lake Cottage, Chester, Nova Scotia, 1911$1.2kSign up
1912 'Boardwalk, Long Beach, L.I.'$1.9kSign up
1912 Columbia University$1.1kSign up
c. 1912 Mercedes Autobus, 5th Avenue at 38th Street$875Sign up
1918 Two works from The Female Figure series$630Sign up
1920s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $264Sign up
- Average
- $1.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 10 in (23 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (2), Sunsets & night (1)
1921 Pismo Beach$264Sign up
1921 Pismo BeachUnsold
1922 San Luis Obispo$5.3kSign up
1926 Meet the Prince (Metropolitan, 1926)$132Sign up
1926 Sunrise, Lake ArrowheadUnsold
1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 5.5 × 8 in (14 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1939 UntitledUnsold
Creation date not recorded
4 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 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 6 × 7 in (15 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2010 LOWER EAST SIDE - TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE$3.8kSign up
sold 2013 The Dawn of ColorUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $851Sign up
- Average
- $851Sign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11 in (22 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Print (other) (1), Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2023 Bombing Formation$693Sign up
sold 2023 New York$1kSign 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 Karl Struss auction results →