Louise Dahl-Wolfe: career timeline
American · 1895–1989 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 17 of 20 lots (85% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 14 | 8 | $3.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 3 | 3 | $1.3kSign up | Photograph |
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1940s 14 works
- Sold
- 8 of 14
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 10.5 in (28 × 26 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (14)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1940 Carson McCullers, Paris (for 'Harper's Bazaar')Unsold
1940 Gertrude Lawrence with her Highland Terrier 'Makintosh' (for 'Harper's Bazaar')Unsold
c. 1940 Ann 'Nose Dive Annie' Bonfoey Taylor (for 'Harper's Bazaar')$2.2kSign up
1940 Rubber bathing suit, CaliforniaUnsold
1941 Veronica Lake for Harper's BazaarUnsold
1941 Nude in the Water$4.4kSign up
1942 Diana Vreeland$3kSign up
c. 1943 Lauren Bacall in Claire McCardell Pajamas (for 'Harper's Bazaar')Unsold
1946 Vivien Leigh$1.9kSign up
c. 1948 'Millicent Rogers'Unsold
1948 Nude in Desert, California, Arizona Border$6.3kSign up
1948 Nude in Desert, California Arizona Border$8.3kSign up
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1950s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 13.5 in (27 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Boats (1)
c. 1950 Bergdorf Goodman, New York City$1.3kSign up
c. 1954 Mary Jane Russell, Balenciaga 1954 Wide-Sailing Regatta Collar$1.1kSign up
1954 Japanese Bath$8.9kSign up
Creation date not recorded
3 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 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $3kSign up
- Average
- $3kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 9 in (25 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2016 Nude in the Desert$3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
- Sold
- 0 of 2
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 California desertResult not published
sold 2024 California desertResult not published
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 Louise Dahl-Wolfe auction results →