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American · 1890–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 421 of 647 lots (65% 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.

Man Ray: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1910s44$3.3kSign upWatercolor
1920s11663$7.5kSign upPhotograph
1930s7545$10kSign upPhotograph
1940s2418$6.5kSign upPhotograph
1950s139$5.9kSign upPhotograph
1960s7262$1.6kSign upLithograph
1970s11798$2.1kSign upLithograph

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1910s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$8.7kSign up
Typical size
5.5 × 5.5 in (14 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (1), Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1920s 116 works

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63 of 116
Median
$7.5kSign up
Average
$21.6kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (68), Sculpture (20), Other (15)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (14), Flowers & still life (5)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 92 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 75 works

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45 of 75
Median
$10kSign up
Average
$30kSign up
Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (48), Etching (24), Other (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 51 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 24 works

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18 of 24
Median
$6.5kSign up
Average
$20.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 6.5 in (25 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (16), Drawing (3), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (8)
Show 12 more (1940s)

1950s 13 works

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9 of 13
Median
$5.9kSign up
Average
$10.7kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 8 in (29 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (6), Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (2), Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 1 more (1950s)

1960s 72 works

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62 of 72
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$7.8kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (25), Etching (16), Other (8)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (6), Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (2)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 48 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 117 works

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98 of 117
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$5.8kSign up
Typical size
17 × 13 in (43 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (26), Etching (22), Screenprint (17)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Flowers & still life (2), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 93 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

223 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 23 works

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21 of 23
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$3.3kSign up
Typical size
15 × 9.5 in (38 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8), Lithograph (6), Sculpture (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 64 works

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57 of 64
Median
$2kSign up
Average
$4.4kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Other (27), Photograph (12), Sculpture (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Abstract (1), Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 52 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 136 works

Sold
97 of 136
Median
$1.3kSign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 8 in (29 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Other (48), Print (other) (25), Photograph (20)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (14), Markets & villages (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 124 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 Man Ray auction results →