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Mary Ellen Mark: career timeline

American · 1940–2015 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 27 of 32 lots (84% 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.

Mary Ellen Mark: 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
1970s98$2.3kSign upPhotograph
1980s118$1.8kSign upPhotograph
1990s64$1.2kSign upPhotograph
2000s11$1.6kSign upPhotograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Mary Ellen Mark to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1970s 9 works

Sold
8 of 9
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 17 in (34 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (9)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Markets & villages (1)

1980s 11 works

Sold
8 of 11
Median
$1.8kSign up
Average
$1.7kSign up
Typical size
14 × 15 in (35 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (11)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)

1990s 6 works

Sold
4 of 6
Median
$1.2kSign up
Average
$1.9kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10.5 in (25 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (6)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Cattle & animals (1)

2000s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$1.6kSign up
Typical size
24 × 20 in (61 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

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 2010s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$3.4kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 14.5 in (37 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$985Sign up
Average
$1.4kSign up
Typical size
11 × 12 in (28 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3), Other (1)
Subjects
Cattle & animals (1)

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 Mary Ellen Mark auction results →