Willy Ronis: career timeline
French · 1910–2009 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 37 of 47 lots (79% 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 | 0 | — | Photograph |
| 1940s | 11 | 9 | $3.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1950s | 22 | 16 | $3.4kSign up | Photograph |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $500Sign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 2 | 1 | $429Sign up | Photograph |
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1930s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 17.5 in (31 × 45 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
1935 Nuit au châletUnsold
1940s 11 works
- Sold
- 9 of 11
- Median
- $3.7kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 13.5 × 12 in (34 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (10), Other (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (2)
1946 Rue Ambuteau, Paris$2.2kSign up
1946 Marchands de frites, rue Rambuteau, Paris$5kSign up
1947 Chez Maxe’, Jointville Le Pont, Nogent 1947Unsold
1947 Partie de pétanque, Aubagne$6.4kSign up
1948 Carrefour, Sèvres-Babylone, Paris$3.9kSign up
1948 Carrefour, Servres-Babylone, Paris$1.1kSign up
1949 Le Nu Provençal, Gordes$2kSign up
1949 Le nu provençal', Gordes, France 1949$3.4kSign up
1949 Le Nu provencal, GordesUnsold
1949 Le Nu Provencal$5.6kSign up
1949 Le Nu provencal, Gordes$3.7kSign up
1950s 22 works
- Sold
- 16 of 22
- Median
- $3.4kSign up
- Average
- $3.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 11.5 in (29 × 30 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (19), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1)
c. 1950 AuriolUnsold
1951 Fosse 10 de Courrières, LensUnsold
1952 Le Petit Parisien, Paris$6.2kSign up
1952 Le Petit Parisien$3.6kSign up
1952 Le Petit Parisien$4.2kSign up
1953 'Quai Malaquai'$768Sign up
1954 Le nu Provençal, Gordes (Mockup for the Cover of Camera Magazine, Sept. 1954)$635Sign up
1954 Lac du Bois de Boulogne, Paris$4.3kSign up
1954 Lac du Bois de Boulogne, ParisUnsold
1955 Nu Banlieue Sud Paris (Deena de dos)Unsold
1955 Deena de dosUnsold
1957 Les Amoureux de la Bastille$6.4kSign up
Show 10 more (1950s)
1957 Pont Alexandre III, Paris$3.9kSign up
1957 Les Amoureux de la Bastille, Paris$5.6kSign up
1957 Les amoureux de la Bastille, Paris$3.1kSign up
1957 Les amoureux de la Bastille, ParisUnsold
1957 Les Amoureux de la Bastille$2.5kSign up
1957 Les Amoureux de la Bastille$2.5kSign up
1958 Domnine$1.9kSign up
1959 Fondamenta Nuove, Venise$2.3kSign up
1959 Calle della Bissa, Venise$1.7kSign up
1959 Fondamenta Nuove, Venise$6.7kSign up
1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $500Sign up
- Average
- $500Sign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 8.5 in (16 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (1)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
c. 1960 Man Walking along the Seine$500Sign up
1990s 2 works
- Sold
- 1 of 2
- Median
- $429Sign up
- Average
- $429Sign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 8.5 in (32 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1990 la chevelure 1990$429Sign up
1990 La Chevelure, ParisUnsold
Creation date not recorded
10 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 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $4kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 10 in (32 × 25 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (7), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2012 Deena de dos$2.4kSign up
sold 2012 Carrefour Sèvres-Babylone, Paris$2.1kSign up
sold 2015 MÉNILMONTAUT (DEVANT CHEZ MESTRE)$3.4kSign up
sold 2016 Willy Ronis$15kSign up
sold 2019 Les Amoreaux de la Bastille, ParisUnsold
sold 2019 Deena de Dos$2kSign up
Show 2 more (2010s)
sold 2019 La péniche aux enfant$1.6kSign up
sold 2019 La Petite Parisien$1.9kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works
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 Willy Ronis auction results →