Sally Mann: career timeline

American · b. 1951 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 140 of 144 lots (97% 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.

Sally Mann: 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	1	1	$1.9kSign up	Photograph
1980s	59	49	$11.7kSign up	Photograph
1990s	71	60	$13.8kSign up	Photograph
2000s	7	6	$6.2kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 8 × 5 in (20 × 13 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1973 Larry$1.9kSign up

1980s 59 works

Sold: 49 of 59
Median: $11.7kSign up
Average: $26.2kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 12.5 in (26 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (58), Other (1)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (3), Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1981 The Ditch$11.3kSign up
1982 Juliet in White Chair$8.1kSign up
c. 1983 Untitled (Leah and her Father) (from 'At Twelve')$4.1kSign up
c. 1983 Leah and her Father from At Twelve$5.8kSign up
c. 1983 Sherry and the BabyUnsold
1983 Sherry and Sherry’s Grandmother, Both at Twelve Years$8.1kSign up
1983 Sherry and Sherry’s Grandmother, Both at Twelve Years Old$7.5kSign up
c. 1983 Untitled (Ianna and Doom), from At Twelve SeriesUnsold
c. 1983 Untitled from At TwelveUnsold
1983 Ohne Titel, aus der Serie „At twelve$6.5kSign up
1984 Damaged Child$25kSign up
1984 Damaged Child$13.8kSign up

Show 12 more (1980s)

1985 Composition I$9.3kSign up
1985 Dirty Jessie$8.7kSign up
1985 Gooseneck Loosestrife$19.6kSign up
1985 Untitled (girl, couple and dog)$6kSign up
1985 Jessie Bites$30kSign up
1985 Jessie Bites$11.7kSign up
1987 The Wet Bed$21.4kSign up
1987 Jessie at 5$27.5kSign up
1987 The Last Time Emmett modeled Nude$43.8kSign up
1987 Jessie at 5$43.8kSign up
1987 Blowing Bubbles$16.3kSign up
1987 At the Preacher's HouseUnsold

…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 71 works

Sold: 60 of 71
Median: $13.8kSign up
Average: $16.8kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 22.5 in (47 × 58 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (70), Other (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (3), Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1990 Last Night$12kSign up
1990 Last LightUnsold
1990 The Perfect Tomato$10.7kSign up
1990 Modest Child #2Unsold
1990 The Perfect Tomato$27.5kSign up
1990 Virginia at 5$5.6kSign up
1990 Jessie as Jessie and Jessie as Madonna$18.8kSign up
1990 Virginia at Five$3.8kSign up
1991 'One Big Snake' (from 'Immediate Family')$7.7kSign up
1991 'Sunday Funnies' (from 'Immediate Family')$38.4kSign up
1991 'John's Pond'$5.1kSign up
1991 One Big Snake$12.6kSign up

Show 12 more (1990s)

1991 Untitled (Virginia with Trumpet Vine)$7.6kSign up · sold 2×
1991 White Boy Peeing$1.4kSign up
1991 John's Pond$5.1kSign up
1991 At Water Springs$14kSign up
1991 Three Generations$8.7kSign up
1991 Luncheon in the Grass$32.8kSign up
1991 Trumpet Flowers$13.8kSign up
1991 Under Blueberry Hill$13.8kSign up
1991 Dog ScratchesResult not published
1991 At My Mother’s House$9.4kSign up
1991 Luncheon in the Grass$12.5kSign up
1991 Sunday Funnies$32.5kSign up

…and 47 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $6.2kSign up
Average: $9.9kSign up
Typical size: 38 × 48 in (97 × 122 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (7)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

2000 Battlefields, Antietam #11 (Smoke)$12.7kSign up
2000 Untitled (Torso) (from 'Body Farm')$3.6kSign up · sold 2×
2000 Battlefields, Antietam #11 (Smoke)Unsold
2000 Untitled (Skull) (from 'Body Farm')$2.8kSign up
2000 Untitled from Antietam$28.5kSign up
2001 Untitled (Two Skeletons) (from 'Body Farm')$3.3kSign up
2002 Untitled (Cold Harbor #27)$8.8kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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: $6.3kSign up
Average: $6.3kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 15 in (34 × 38 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 Yard Eggs$6kSign up
sold 2013 Untitled$6.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $13kSign up
Average: $13kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 8 in (25 × 20 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Virginia at six$13kSign up
sold 2025 The Perfect TomatoResult not published

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 Sally Mann auction results →