Marc Riboud: career timeline

French · 1923–2016 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 55 of 60 lots (92% 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.

Marc Riboud: 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
1950s	29	21	$3.5kSign up	Photograph
1960s	20	11	$6kSign up	Photograph
1970s	4	4	$3kSign up	Photograph
1980s	1	1	$2kSign up	Photograph
1990s	1	1	$1.5kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 29 works

Sold: 21 of 29
Median: $3.5kSign up
Average: $4.7kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 14.5 in (38 × 37 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (28), Other (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3)

1953 Painter of the Eiffel Tower$3.1kSign up
1953 Painter on the Eiffel Tower, Paris$7kSign up
1953 Le Peintre de la Tour Eiffel, ParisUnsold
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower$5.7kSign up
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$3.9kSign up
1953 Le Peintre de la Tour Eiffel’, Paris 1953$2.4kSign up
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$7.6kSign up
1953 Le peintre de la tour Eiffel, ParisUnsold
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, FranceUnsold
1953 Le Peintre de La Tour EiffelUnsold
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$11.3kSign up
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$6.6kSign up

Show 12 more (1950s)

1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$7.8kSign up
1953 Painter on the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$10kSign up
1953 The Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, FranceUnsold
1953 Painter of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France$12.5kSign up
1953 Le peintre de la Tour Eiffel$3.9kSign up
1956 After bathing in the Ganges, Bénarès 1956$3.5kSign up
1956 Camel market, Nagaur, Rajasthan, India$1.2kSign up
1956 Camel market, Nagaur, Rajasthan, IndiaUnsold
1957 Province of Gansu$1.2kSign up
c. 1957 Selected Images$2.4kSign up
1957 Canteen of a Factory in Anshan$1.6kSign up
1957 Anshan, Chine Nord$1.6kSign up

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 20 works

Sold: 11 of 20
Median: $6kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 14 in (27 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (20)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (4), Markets & villages (1)

1960 Nigeria Independance$3.9kSign up
1962 "Scorching" by sabotage, Algeria, 1962Unsold
1963 New Babushka, 1963Unsold
1963 NEW LOOK on Red Square, 1963Unsold
1964 Yves Saint Laurent, ParisUnsold
1964 Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris$6.8kSign up
1964 Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris$7.3kSign up
1965 The Antique Dealer's Show Windows, Beijing$3.1kSign up
1965 The Antique Dealer’s Windows, Beijing$4.4kSign up
1965 The Antique Dealer’s Shop Windows, Beijing$10.2kSign up
1965 A street in old Beijing, seen from an antique dealer's shop, China 1965$6kSign up
1965 Peasants visiting the birth house of Mao, Shaoshan 1965$2.4kSign up

Show 8 more (1960s)

1965 Antiquary Windows, Beijing, China$9.8kSign up
1967 March against the Vietnam War, Washington D.C. 1967Unsold
1967 WashingtonUnsold
1967 Young girl holding a flower, Washington$6.3kSign up
1967 WashingtonUnsold
1967 Washington$2.2kSign up
1969 Ho Chi Minh with his prime minister, Pham Van Dong, Hanoi 1969Unsold
1969 Ho Chi Minh with his prime minister, Pham Van Dong, Hanoi 1969Unsold

1970s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3kSign up
Average: $3.2kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 19.5 in (60 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2)

1971 The Great Wall, Hebei Province, China 1971$4.8kSign up
1974 Prayer in the Rub'al Khali, Saudi Arabia 1974$2kSign up
1975 Yves Saint-Laurent, Paris$3.1kSign up
1979 Women supporters of Ayatollah Khomeini, Tehran 1979$3kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 23.5 × 20 in (60 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1984 Mr and Mrs Bouglogne, Villeurbanne highrise housing complex, France 1984$2kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 14 in (25 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1990 Cambodge$1.5kSign up

Creation date not recorded

5 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $3.6kSign up
Average: $3.6kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 18.5 in (30 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 BEIJING ANTIC SHOP WINDOW$3.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $1.3kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10 in (27 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Other (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

sold 2021 Photographer's Rally, Karuizawa, Japan$2.2kSign up
sold 2021 Camel Market, Afghanistan$350Sign up
sold 2023 A Rare Photograph of Susan RocesUnsold
sold 2024 A Rare Photograph of Susan RocesUnsold

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 Marc Riboud auction results →