Nicholas Nixon: career timeline

American · b. 1947 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 24 of 35 lots (69% 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.

Nicholas Nixon: 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
1970s	17	15	$3.8kSign up	Photograph
1980s	2	2	$788Sign up	Photograph
1990s	1	1	$1.9kSign up	Photograph
2000s	4	2	$730Sign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 17 works

Sold: 15 of 17
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $4.5kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (17)
Subjects: Markets & villages (2), Harbours & ports (1), Birds (1)

1975 View of Boston from Commercial Wharf$768Sign up
1975 'View of Battery Park, New York'$563Sign up
c. 1975 View of the Federal Reserve Bank Building, Boston; View of terminal area, Logan Airport, Boston$1.3kSign up
1975 View South from 48th Street, New York$3.8kSign up
1975 North view from Battery Park, New York$4kSign up
1975 View of First National City Bank Building from Battery Plaza and View Towards Midtown from Wall StreetUnsold
c. 1975 Selected Images of the Brown Sisters$8.1kSign up
c. 1975 Selected Images of the Brown Sisters$17.5kSign up
1975 The Brown Sisters, New Canaan, Connecticut$5.6kSign up
1975 View of Boston and Cambridge from Boston University$1.8kSign up
1975 The Brown Sisters. „Heather Brown McCann, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon, Laurie Brown, New Canaan, Connecticut$7.9kSign up
1976 Parrot Street, Troy, Michigan$445Sign up

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1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $788Sign up
Average: $788Sign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1984 Bebe and Sam, Cambridge$325Sign up
1986 Cambridge$1.3kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 17 in (35 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1992 Clementine and Sam, Cambridge$1.9kSign up

2000s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $730Sign up
Average: $730Sign up
Typical size: 16 × 14.5 in (40 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

2001 J.A. E.A. DorchesterUnsold
2002 View of the Expressway at North End, Boston$1.3kSign up
c. 2003 Waverly St., Brookline (3) and BrooklineUnsold
2009 Self, Brookline$200Sign up

Creation date not recorded

11 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: 2 of 2
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 10 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 CAMBRIDGE$1.6kSign up
sold 2009 BOSTON COMMON$1.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Other (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

sold 2010 REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS$1.5kSign up
sold 2011 NAHANT AVENUE, REVERE, MASSACHUSETTS$1.9kSign up
sold 2011 HYDE PARK, MASSACHUSETTS$1.7kSign up
sold 2013 The Brown Sisters (Heather Brown, Mimi Brown, Bebe Brown Nixon and Laurie Brown, Harwich Port, Massachusetts)$3.2kSign up
sold 2017 Clementine, Clementine and I$2.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $699Sign up
Average: $715Sign up
Typical size: 18 × 22.5 in (46 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3)

sold 2026 View of Central Park, New York$762Sign up
sold 2026 West View from 53rd Street and Third Avenue, New York$635Sign up
sold 2026 North View from Pine Street, New York$635Sign up
sold 2026 View of Midtown from 48th Street, New York$826Sign 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 Nicholas Nixon auction results →