Robert Frank: career timeline

American · 1924–2019 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 170 of 173 lots (98% 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.

Robert Frank: 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
1940s	17	10	$23.2kSign up	Photograph
1950s	135	81	$33kSign up	Photograph
1960s	4	2	$6.7kSign up	Photograph
1970s	9	6	$9.8kSign up	Photograph
1980s	2	1	$10.6kSign up	Photograph
1990s	1	1	$43.8kSign up	Photograph
2000s	2	2	$906Sign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1940s 17 works

Sold: 10 of 17
Median: $23.2kSign up
Average: $31.8kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 12.5 in (30 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (17)
Subjects: Markets & villages (3)

1947 White Tower$23.9kSign up
c. 1948 San Gennaro Festival, New York CityUnsold
1948 34th Street, New York CityUnsold
1948 PeruUnsold
1948 Pérou (Ford billboard)Unsold
1948 Macy Parade, NYC$52.9kSign up
1948 Street Line, 34th Street, New York City$113kSign up
1948 NYC$40kSign up
1948 Times Square$30kSign up
1948 PeruUnsold
1949 New York City$8.9kSign up
1949 San Gennaro Festival$6.3kSign up

Show 5 more (1940s)

1949 Benny on 11th Street, NYC$7.5kSign up
1949 Paris$12.9kSign up
1949 ParisUnsold
1949 Paris$22.5kSign up
1949 ParisUnsold

1950s 135 works

Sold: 81 of 135
Median: $33kSign up
Average: $61.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 11.5 in (24 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (134), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Beach scenes (5), Markets & villages (3), Rivers & marshes (2)

1950 Valencia, SpainUnsold
1950 Tulip, Paris$20.3kSign up
c. 1950 NYC (Exile on Main Street)Unsold
c. 1950 ParisUnsold
1950 Mary + Pablo, ParisUnsold
1950 Fête Foraine, Paris$18.8kSign up
1951 Near Victoria Station, LondonUnsold
1951 Idyll in the Woods, Spain$14kSign up
1951 Mary & Pablo, N.Y.C.$18.9kSign up
c. 1951 LondonUnsold
1951 Mary and Pablo, N.Y.C.Unsold
1951 London$27.5kSign up

Show 12 more (1950s)

1951 London$52.5kSign up
1951 London$50kSign up
c. 1952 LondonUnsold
1952 London$18.9kSign up
1952 AtlanticResult not published
1952 Untitled (London)$2kSign up
1953 Pablo, Times Square$47.9kSign up
1953 Ben James, Welsh MinerUnsold
1953 Welsh Miners, Ben JamesUnsold
1953 Caereau, Wales$27.5kSign up
1954 NYC (photo studio portraits)Unsold
1954 Fourth of July – Jay, New York$88.2kSign up

…and 111 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $6.7kSign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 12 in (22 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Peep Show (Times Square, New York City)$3.3kSign up
c. 1960 Peep Show (Times Square, New York City)Unsold
1960 New York City$10kSign up
1961 New York (Cadillac)Unsold

1970s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $9.8kSign up
Average: $15.2kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 12.5 in (34 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (9)
Subjects: —

1972 The Lines of My Hand$504Sign up
1973 New York, Pablo's Bottle - Monica's CarUnsold
1977 Mabou, Electric Dog$7.6kSign up
1977 Footage MABOU$9kSign up
1977 Mabou, Electric DogUnsold
1977 Mabou WindowUnsold
1978 Sick of Goodby's$35.6kSign up
1979 Look Out For Hope, Mabou and New York City$27.7kSign up
1979 Pablo, March$10.6kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $10.6kSign up
Average: $10.6kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 13.5 in (35 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1980 Pour la Fille$10.6kSign up
1981 Allen Ginsberg with Peter and Julius OrlovskyUnsold

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $43.8kSign up
Average: $43.8kSign up
Typical size: 5 × 6.5 in (12 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

1993 New York City, 7 Bleecker Street, September$43.8kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $906Sign up
Average: $906Sign up
Typical size: 6.5 × 4.5 in (17 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (1), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

2000 Mabou$411Sign up
2008 Ohne Titel (für Parkett 83)$1.4kSign up

Creation date not recorded

3 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 2020s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $64.8kSign up
Average: $64.8kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 13.5 in (23 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2023 ParisUnsold
sold 2025 Platte River, Tennessee$15.2kSign up
sold 2026 New Orleans (Trolley)$114kSign 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 Frank auction results →