Margaret Bourke-White: career timeline
American · 1904–1971 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 84 of 97 lots (87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 3 | 3 | $12.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 69 | 47 | $6.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 8 | 3 | $3.9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 4 | 2 | $8.3kSign up | Photograph |
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1920s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $12.5kSign up
- Average
- $12.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 9 in (31 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1929 Study for Birdsall & Ward Nut and Bolt Company$13.9kSign up
1929 Lincoln Electric Welding Company$12.5kSign up
c. 1929 Study for Birdsall & Ward Nut and Bolt Company$10kSign up
1930s 69 works
- Sold
- 47 of 69
- Median
- $6.1kSign up
- Average
- $28kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (68), Etching (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Rivers & marshes (1), Markets & villages (1)
c. 1930 Broadcast Transmitting Tubes$11.6kSign up
1930 Electric Welding, Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, OhioUnsold
1930 Hats in the Garment District, New York$1.2kSign up
c. 1930 Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City$76.2kSign up
c. 1930 Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City$152kSign up
c. 1930 Gargoyle, Chrysler Building, New York City$127kSign up
1930 Aluminum Company of America: Man Polishing Kettles$3.5kSign up
1930 Storage Tanks for Gas, I. G. Farben, Leunewerke, Germany$30kSign up
1930 The World's Largest Dam – DnieperstroiUnsold
c. 1930 A Workers‘ Club in Moscow. Aus: „Eyes on Russia$5.8kSign up
c. 1930 Ludlum Steel Co. Electric Furnace$11.3kSign up
c. 1930 Cable Spool$35kSign up
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c. 1930 Concrete Trestle$60kSign up
c. 1930 Borsig Locomotive Works, Berlin$28.1kSign up
c. 1930 Selected Images, 1930s$163Sign up
c. 1930 Twelve Soviet Photo-PrintsUnsold
1930 Chrysler Building, New York$6.9kSign up
c. 1931 Magnitogorsk, RussiaUnsold
1931 The Kremlin, Moscow, U.S.S.R.$4kSign up
1931 Miloff Helps – along 'The Looming World October'. Five Year Plan, Russia$6.1kSign up
1931 Goodyear Zeppelin, United States Airship Akron$6.9kSign up
1931 Airship Akron$3.1kSign up
c. 1931 George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, N.Y.C.$105kSign up
1931 USS Akron$2.5kSign up
…and 45 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 8 works
- Sold
- 3 of 8
- Median
- $3.9kSign up
- Average
- $2.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 11 in (27 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8)
- Subjects
- —
1940 Esercitazioni di guerra - Indossare la maschera antigasUnsold
1940 Esercitazioni di guerraUnsold
1941 Bombardment of MoscowUnsold
1943 Collecting Water, Naples$715Sign up
1945 The Living Dead at BuchenwaldUnsold
1945 Buchenwald PrisonersResult not published
1946 Toward Mecca (Muslims Praying at Jami Masjid, Delhi, India)$4.1kSign up
1947 A Moneylender's House, India$3.9kSign up
1950s 4 works
- Sold
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $8.3kSign up
- Average
- $8.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 11.5 in (24 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1952 Weeping Women, South Korea$2.9kSign up
1952 Migrating Snow Geese$13.8kSign up
1953 Veduta aerea - PaesaggioUnsold
1953 Veduta aerea - PaesaggioUnsold
Creation date not recorded
13 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
- $3.8kSign up
- Average
- $3.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 9.5 in (34 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (1)
sold 2006 Terminal Tower at Night$3.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works
- Sold
- 5 of 12
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7), Other (5)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Soviet Fotho-Prints [Álbum] | Chain Belt Movement, MoscouResult not published
sold 2020 Soviet Fotho-Prints [Álbum] | Chain Belt Movement, MoscouResult not published
sold 2020 Cofee Picker, Fazenda São Martinho, BrasilResult not published
sold 2020 Soviet Fotho-Prints [Álbum] | Chain Belt Movement, MoscouResult not published
sold 2020 Fort Peck Dam$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Margaret Bourke-White (American$416Sign up
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sold 2022 Washington Monument, Washington, D.C.$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 USS Akron silver gelatinResult not published
sold 2024 Gandhi and His Spinning WheelResult not published
sold 2025 Hats in the Garment District$950Sign up
sold 2025 Bodies of the Mayor of Leipzig Family$1.4kSign up
sold 2026 State Farm #2, Verblurd, U.S.S.R silver gelatinResult 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 Margaret Bourke-White auction results →