Werner Bischof: career timeline
Swiss · 1916–1954 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 35 of 37 lots (95% 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 | 1 | 1 | $152Sign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 3 | 3 | $1.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 31 | 28 | $2.2kSign up | Photograph |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $152Sign up
- Average
- $152Sign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 8 in (26 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1939 Devotees, (Bombay)$152Sign up
1940s 3 works
1950s 31 works
- Sold
- 28 of 31
- Median
- $2.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 14.5 × 16.5 in (37 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (31)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (2), Harbours & ports (1), Markets & villages (1)
1950 Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy 1950$2.2kSign up
1951 Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo$3.1kSign up
1951 Bharat-Natyam dancer Anjali Hora getting ready for a performance, Bombay 1951$4.2kSign up
1951 Courtyard of the Meiji shrine, Tokyo, Japan 1951$3.3kSign up
1951 Unloading corn at the Port of Calcutta, India 1951$1.7kSign up
1951 Corn comes to the village, Bihar, India 1951$2.2kSign up
1951 Pilgrim in front of the Kyomizu Temple, Kyoto, Japan 1951Unsold
1951 Famine in Bihar Province, India 1951$3.3kSign up
1951 Priests of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951$2.2kSign up
1951 Shinto priests in the courtyard of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo 1951$8.6kSign up
1951 Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan$4.5kSign up
c. 1951 Japan$1.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1950s)
1951 The dancer Anjali Hora, Bombay, India$2kSign up
1951 India$775Sign up
1952 The train 'La Rafale' between Saigon and Nha TrangUnsold
1952 Rice farmer in Gian Coc, Red River Delta, July 1952$2.2kSign up
1952 Villager at a military outpost, Red River Delta, July 1952$1.1kSign up
1952 Shinto-Priester im Hof des Meiji-Tempels, Tokyo, Japan$4.8kSign up
1952 Prisoner of war camp on Geoje-do Island, South Korea 1952$2.2kSign up
1952 Refugee with G.I.s at Pusan train station, South Korea 1952$2.2kSign up
1952 In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$2kSign up
1952 In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$4.2kSign up
1952 In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$5.8kSign up
1952 In the Court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$5kSign up
…and 7 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
2 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
- $4.7kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 16.5 in (36 × 42 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$5.6kSign up
sold 2012 In the court of the Meiji Temple, Tokyo, Japan$3.8kSign 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 Werner Bischof auction results →