Robert Capa: career timeline
American · 1913–1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 57 of 63 lots (90% 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 | 15 | 12 | $2.6kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 36 | 32 | $2.8kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 6 | 1 | $1.8kSign up | Photograph |
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1930s 15 works
- Sold
- 12 of 15
- Median
- $2.6kSign up
- Average
- $16.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 13.5 in (26 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (15)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1936 The Falling Soldier$2.4kSign up
1936 Members of the International Brigades, Madrid, Spain 1936$1.1kSign up
1936 Women protesting against war, Paris 1936$3kSign up
1936 Republican volunteers, Spanish Civil War, Barcelona 1936$3.7kSign up
1936 The Falling Soldier’ (Loyalist Militiaman at the Moment of Death), Córdoba front, September 5th$4.1kSign up
1936 Death of a Loyalist Soldier$163kSign up
1936 The falling soldier$2.8kSign up
1937 Looking towards German bombers flying over the Gran Via, Bilbao, Spain 1937Unsold
c. 1937 Untitled (From Spanish Civil War)$968Sign up
c. 1937 Untitled (Second Sino-Japanese War)$1.4kSign up
1937 SPAIN Murcia February 1937Unsold
1938 The Coming Generation, China$1.6kSign up
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1938 CHINA Near the Xuzhou Front April 1938Unsold
1938 Spanish Civil War, 7. November 1938$16.3kSign up
1939 FRANCE Le Barcares March 1939$1.8kSign up
1940s 36 works
- Sold
- 32 of 36
- Median
- $2.8kSign up
- Average
- $4.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11 × 12.5 in (28 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (36)
- Subjects
- Beach scenes (7), Figures & portraits (3)
1942 Invasion of allied troops in North Africa, Algeria 1942$2.5kSign up
1943 Liberation of Naples by US troops, Italy, September 1943$2.8kSign up
1943 US troops in Naples, Chiunzi Pass, Italy, September 1943$1.6kSign up
c. 1943 Selected Images of World War IIUnsold
1943 Mothers of Naples lament their sons, Italy 1943$1.7kSign up
1944 D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944$1.9kSign up
1944 D-Day, Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944$2.1kSign up
1944 Thanksgiving Day$330Sign up
1944 US troops landing on D-Day, Normandy, 6th June 1944$4.1kSign up
1944 No-man's land before the Cassino battle', Italy, February 1944$2.1kSign up
1944 Girl of the Résistance hunting German snipers, Paris, August 1944$1.3kSign up
1944 D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy$3.8kSign up
Show 12 more (1940s)
1944 Liberation of Paris, August 26$5.4kSign up
1944 D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy$3.5kSign up
1944 Giorgio VI re d'Inghilterra in visita in Francia decora il General Maggiore R.L.F. KellerUnsold
1944 Normandy$3.8kSign up
1944 D-Day Landing, Omaha Beach, Normandy$43.8kSign up
1944 FRANCE Paris August 25th 1944$2.8kSign up
1944 FRANCE Normandy June 6th 1944$2.8kSign up
1944 Paris, September 1944, Pablo Picasso verlässt sein Atelier$6.5kSign up
1944 Die Landung, Omaha Beach, Colleville-sur-Mer, 6. Juni 1944$8kSign up
1945 Organ grinder in the Russian zone, Berlin 1945$1.2kSign up
1945 American airborne landings East of the Rhine, Germany, March 1945$2.1kSign up
1945 The Last Man killed$3.9kSign up
…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.
1950s 6 works
- Sold
- 1 of 6
- Median
- $1.8kSign up
- Average
- $1.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 12 in (27 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (6)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
1950 ISRAEL Near Haifa 1950$1.8kSign up
1954 Along the Road from Namdinh to Thaibinh, Red River Delta, IndochinaUnsold
1954 VIETNAM Nam Dinh May 21 1954Unsold
1954 VIETNAM May 25 1954Unsold
1954 JAPAN 1954Unsold
1954 OSAKA April, 1954Unsold
Creation date not recorded
6 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
- $1.3kSign up
- Average
- $1.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 7 in (21 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 FUNERAL, ISRAEL$1.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $1.4kSign up
- Average
- $2.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 7.5 × 9.5 in (19 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1)
sold 2023 Village for Blind Immigrants and their Families, near Gedera, Israel$1.3kSign up
sold 2023 Pablo Picasso and Françoise Gilot, France$3.5kSign up
sold 2023 Death of a Loyalist Militiaman near Espejo, Córdoba Front, Spain$3.3kSign up
sold 2024 Pablo Picasso and his son Claude at the beach, Golfe-Juan, France$1.4kSign up
sold 2024 Ernest Hemingway hunting for pheasants with his dog, Sun Valley, Idaho$1.2kSign 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 Robert Capa auction results →