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William Eggleston: career timeline

American · b. 1939 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 298 of 343 lots (87% 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.

William Eggleston: 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
1960s4234$18.3kSign upPhotograph
1970s164138$20.8kSign upPhotograph
1980s4634$6.3kSign upPhotograph
1990s2318$6.8kSign upPhotograph
2000s2015$4.1kSign upPhotograph

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1960s 42 works

Sold
34 of 42
Median
$18.3kSign up
Average
$56.1kSign up
Typical size
12 × 17 in (30 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (42)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (5), Markets & villages (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 164 works

Sold
138 of 164
Median
$20.8kSign up
Average
$44.6kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 18 in (32 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (159), Print (other) (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (13), Landscapes (7), Rivers & marshes (4)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 140 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 46 works

Sold
34 of 46
Median
$6.3kSign up
Average
$9.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 15 in (31 × 38 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (43), Print (other) (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (2), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 23 works

Sold
18 of 23
Median
$6.8kSign up
Average
$12.2kSign up
Typical size
17 × 17.5 in (44 × 45 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (18), Print (other) (4), Other (1)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 11 more (1990s)

2000s 20 works

Sold
15 of 20
Median
$4.1kSign up
Average
$133kSign up
Typical size
18 × 24 in (46 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (10), Print (other) (10)
Subjects
Markets & villages (1)
Show 8 more (2000s)

Creation date not recorded

44 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 7 works

Sold
4 of 7
Median
$92.4kSign up
Average
$97.6kSign up
Typical size
11.5 × 17 in (30 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (3), Markets & villages (1)
Show 1 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 37 works

Sold
31 of 37
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$29.8kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 19 in (39 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (35), Print (other) (1), Other (1)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Sunsets & night (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

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 William Eggleston auction results →