Max Yavno: career timeline
American · 1911–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 31 of 56 lots (55% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 21 | 15 | $1.3kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 1 | 1 | $1.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1970s | 8 | 6 | $755Sign up | Photograph |
| 1980s | 1 | 1 | $441Sign up | Photograph |
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1940s 21 works
- Sold
- 15 of 21
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 13.5 in (30 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (21)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (3), Sunsets & night (3), Figures & portraits (3)
1944 Street Talk Boy$655Sign up
c. 1946 Street Talk$945Sign up
1947 View from Twin Peaks, San Francisco$1.3kSign up
1947 View from Twin Peaks, San FranciscoUnsold
1947 Night View from Coit Tower, San Francisco$1kSign up
1947 Spreckels Mansion from Jackson Street, San FranciscoUnsold
c. 1947 Two Young Men, Los AngelesUnsold
1947 View from Twin Peaks$2.1kSign up
1947 Garage Doors, San Francisco$1.5kSign up
1947 San Francsico at Night$750Sign up
1947 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge at Night$813Sign up
1947 Keyboard Houses, San Francisco$750Sign up
Show 9 more (1940s)
1947 Two Chinese Men in Doorway$830Sign up
1948 Muscle Beach$6kSign up
1948 Young Boy in WindowUnsold
1949 Muscle Beach, Los Angeles$1.5kSign up
1949 The Heiress (Première at Carthay Circle)$1.5kSign up
1949 The Leg, Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles (Silk Stocking)$1.7kSign up
1949 The Leg, Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles (Silk Stocking)Unsold
1949 Leg, Olympic Boulevard, Hollywood$1.3kSign up
1949 Santa Monica BeachUnsold
1950s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $1.6kSign up
- Average
- $1.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 15.5 in (49 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1950 The Leg, Hollywood$1.6kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 6 of 8
- Median
- $755Sign up
- Average
- $1.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 13.5 in (33 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (8)
- Subjects
- —
1975 The White House, Canyon de Chelly$953Sign up
1975 The White House, Canyon de ChellyUnsold
1977 Knockout$635Sign up
1977 Watts, CA$567Sign up
1978 Kickoff$3.4kSign up
1979 The Sphinx and Great Pyramid$441Sign up
1979 The Sphinx and Great Pyramid$875Sign up
1979 The Sphinx and Great PyramidUnsold
1980s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
25 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 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $1.7kSign up
- Average
- $1.7kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2012 Garage Doors$1.5kSign up
sold 2012 Wailing Wall, Women's Section$1.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works
- Sold
- 23 of 23
- Median
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $2.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 13.5 in (28 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (23)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (3), Markets & villages (3), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2022 Garage Doors$1.2kSign up
sold 2022 Wailing Wall, Woman's Section$1.5kSign up
sold 2023 Muscle Beach, Los Angeles$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Children in San Francisco)$1.1kSign up
sold 2023 Powell Street$1.5kSign up
sold 2023 Première at Carthay Circle$1.6kSign up
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2023 The Leg, Olympic Boulevard in West Los Angeles$3kSign up
sold 2023 Untitled (Dancers)$315Sign up
sold 2023 Muscle Beach, Los Angeles$8.2kSign up
sold 2023 Première at Carthay Circle$4.6kSign up
sold 2023 View from Twin Peaks, San Francisco$3.8kSign up
sold 2023 Powell Street, San Francisco$10.1kSign up
…and 11 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 Max Yavno auction results →