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Walker Evans: career timeline

American · 1903–1975 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 163 of 196 lots (83% 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.

Walker Evans: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s84$11.2kSign upPhotograph
1930s12478$6.9kSign upPhotograph
1940s1510$8.8kSign upPhotograph
1950s11$5.1kSign upPhotograph
1960s22$2.6kSign upPhotograph
1970s1312$3.3kSign upPhotograph

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1920s 8 works

Sold
4 of 8
Median
$11.2kSign up
Average
$11.4kSign up
Typical size
7 × 6.5 in (17 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (8)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)

1930s 124 works

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78 of 124
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$11.6kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 8 in (19 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (123), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (17), Figures & portraits (10), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1930s)

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1940s 15 works

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10 of 15
Median
$8.8kSign up
Average
$12.6kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8 in (17 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (15)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 3 more (1940s)

1950s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$5.1kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9 in (23 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

1960s 2 works

Sold
2 of 2
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$2.6kSign up
Typical size
9 × 11.5 in (23 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1970s 13 works

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12 of 13
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
3 × 3 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (12), Other (1)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1)
Show 1 more (1970s)

Creation date not recorded

33 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 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$3.6kSign up
Average
$3.6kSign up
Typical size
8 × 7 in (21 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$1.9kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 7.5 in (24 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Other (4)
Subjects
—
Show 3 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 20 works

Sold
17 of 20
Median
$1.1kSign up
Average
$1.2kSign up
Typical size
11 × 11 in (28 × 28 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (19), Other (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

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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 Walker Evans auction results →