William Klein: career timeline

American · 1926–2022 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 123 of 139 lots (88% 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 Klein: 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
1950s	77	64	$5.7kSign up	Photograph
1960s	36	31	$5.8kSign up	Photograph
1970s	1	0	—	Photograph
1980s	3	3	$12.7kSign up	Photograph
1990s	6	6	$10kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 77 works

Sold: 64 of 77
Median: $5.7kSign up
Average: $8.5kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 14.5 in (45 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (75), Other (2)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (13), Markets & villages (4), Figures & portraits (4)

1952 Turning black egg, Paris$10.7kSign up
c. 1952 Black traces + 4 yellow pastilles$38.8kSign up
1953 Blurred squares, ParisUnsold
1954 Ynette, NYUnsold
c. 1954 New York 54/55$24.1kSign up
1954 Wall Street from below, New York$3.8kSign up
1955 'Gun 1, 103rd & Broadway, New York'$4.9kSign up
1955 First Avenue (from the portfolio 'New York 54/55')$1kSign up
1955 'Elsa Maxwell's Toy Ball, Waldorf, New York'$1.4kSign up
1955 Atom Bomb Sky, New York$5.8kSign up
1955 Selected Images of New York City$4.8kSign up
1955 Big face in crowd, New York$4.1kSign up

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1955 'Boy + gun + girl, New York'$2.8kSign up
1955 Dance in Brooklyn, New York$3.2kSign up
1955 Dance in Brooklyn, New YorkUnsold
1955 Atomic Bomb Sky, New York$6.1kSign up
1955 Big Face in Crowd, New York$3.2kSign up
1955 Gun 1, New York$19.3kSign up
1955 'Rolled Up Flag, New York'$192Sign up
1955 First Avenue, JanuaryUnsold
1955 Boy on swing + simpering girl', New York 1955$4.8kSign up
1955 Atom Bomb Sky, New York$19kSign up
c. 1955 Selected Images$5.1kSign up
1955 Atom Bomb Sky, New York$7.6kSign up

…and 53 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 36 works

Sold: 31 of 36
Median: $5.8kSign up
Average: $8.7kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 14.5 in (45 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (34), Other (2)
Subjects: Markets & villages (1)

Show 12 more (1960s)

1960 Simone + Painting + Coffee, Rome$13.7kSign up
1960 Simone + Nina, Piazza di Spagna, Rome (Vogue)$11.8kSign up
1960 Simone + Marines, Pont Alexandre III, Paris$8.8kSign up
1960 Piazza di Spagna, Simone + Nina, Rome (Vogue)$25kSign up
1960 Groupe Surréaliste, Vogue, Paris$2.3kSign up
1961 Cine Poster', Tokyo 1961$2.8kSign up
1961 Antonia and Simone and Barber Shop, New York 1961 (Vogue)$3kSign up
1961 Dana Happening, Tokyo$19kSign up
1961 Pachinko doorman’, Tokyo 1961Unsold
1961 Alexandra Yablochkina (Russian Sarah Bernhardt)$3.5kSign up
1961 Bowing Ceremony, Tokyo$7kSign up
1961 Anouk Aimée, Paris (Vogue)$3.5kSign up

…and 12 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 14 × 11 in (35 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

1977 Holy Family on Moto, RomeUnsold

1980s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $12.7kSign up
Average: $12.7kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 23.5 in (50 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1980 Coney Island, New York$16.5kSign up
1982 Rolling Stones Concert, Paris$12.7kSign up
1984 Gainsbourg, couverture de l'album "Love on the Beat"$8.9kSign up

1990s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $10kSign up
Average: $11.2kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 20.5 in (40 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: —

1990 Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris$19.4kSign up
1990 Allegro Fortissimo Club, Paris$5.3kSign up
1990 Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris$18.9kSign up
1990 Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris$3.8kSign up
1990 Club Allegro Fortissimo, Paris$5.8kSign up
1992 Maquillage Backstage, Paris$14.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

16 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 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.8kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 13.5 in (23 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 DANCE IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK$2kSign up
sold 2009 GUN 2$1.7kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.7kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 10.5 in (20 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Other (5)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2010 Broadway by Light, New York“ <br />$5.8kSign up
sold 2012 Pachinko Doorman, Tokyo$2.2kSign up
sold 2013 Gun 1, New York$3.5kSign up
sold 2013 Gun 2, New York$1.3kSign up
sold 2013 Bikini, Moscow$1.7kSign up
sold 2018 Hat and 5 Roses$4.7kSign up

Show 4 more (2010s)

sold 2018 Moves and Pepsi$2kSign up
sold 2018 Club Allegro Fortissimo$3.3kSign up
sold 2019 Citizen Sidel portfolio$813Sign up
sold 2019 Selwyn$1.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 12.5 × 13 in (32 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2022 Untitled$1.8kSign up
sold 2024 Four Heads, New York$2.1kSign up
sold 2026 Snowman, New York$1.3kSign up
sold 2026 Smoke + Veil, Paris$4.1kSign 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 William Klein auction results →