Marion Post Wolcott: career timeline
American · 1910–1990 · 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 27 lots (74% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 11 | 7 | $889Sign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 9 | 6 | $818Sign up | Photograph |
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1930s 11 works
- Sold
- 7 of 11
- Median
- $889Sign up
- Average
- $2.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11.5 in (21 × 29 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (11)
- Subjects
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1938 'Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina'$768Sign up
c. 1938 Selected ImagesUnsold
1938 Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West VirginiaUnsold
1938 Tenant Farmer's Children, Wadesboro, North Carolina$1.9kSign up
1938 Coal Miner's Child Carrying Home Can of Kerosene, Scotts Run, West VirginiaUnsold
c. 1938 Selected ImagesUnsold
1939 A Member of the Wilkins Family Making Biscuits on Corn Husking Day Near Tallyho, North Carolina 1939$889Sign up
c. 1939 Woodstock, Vermont Has Nine Ski Towns and is Generally Very Crowded With Skiers on Weekends$448Sign up
1939 Migrant Food Line$700Sign up
1939 Vegetable Pickers, Migrants, Waiting After Work to be Paid, Near Homestead, Florida$8.8kSign up
1939 Shoes, Made of Old Automobile Tires, of Henry Mitchell, FSA client, Greene County, Georgia$6kSign up
1940s 9 works
- Sold
- 6 of 9
- Median
- $818Sign up
- Average
- $1.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 10 in (26 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (9)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (3)
1940 Woodstock, VT$445Sign up
1940 Selected Images from the Farm Security Administration$699Sign up
1940 Child in log cabin doorway, Jackson, Kentucky$938Sign up
c. 1940 Cotton pickers with bags of cotton on their backs, Mileston Plantation, Mississippi Delta, MississippiUnsold
1941 Winter visitors picnic on running board of car, Sarasota, Florida$1.8kSign up
1941 Post-Office, Aspen, Colorado$2.4kSign up
1941 A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana$250Sign up
1941 A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, LouisianaUnsold
1941 A Spanish muskrat trapper in the doorway of his marsh home, Delacroix Island, St. Bernard Parish, LouisianaUnsold
Creation date not recorded
7 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 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $550Sign up
- Average
- $550Sign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (27 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (2)
sold 2008 Canal Point$550Sign up
sold 2008 Canal PointUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $567Sign up
- Average
- $636Sign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 11 in (22 × 28 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Rivers & marshes (1)
sold 2022 Figures on Porch$400Sign up
sold 2024 Hot lunches for children of agricultural workers in day nursery of Okeechobee, Migratory Labor camp, Belle Glade, FloridaUnsold
sold 2024 Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner$630Sign up
sold 2024 Fishing in creek near cotton plantations outside Belzoni, Mississippi Delta$1kSign up
sold 2024 Corn Husking Day near Tallyho, N.C.$504Sign 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 Marion Post Wolcott auction results →