Anselm Kiefer: career timeline
German · b. 1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 108 of 117 lots (92% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | $8.6kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 13 | 12 | $57kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 24 | 18 | $82.7kSign up | Photograph |
| 1990s | 9 | 9 | $445kSign up | Oil |
| 2000s | 40 | 36 | $229kSign up | Oil |
| 2010s | 19 | 14 | $99.1kSign up | Oil |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | $100kSign up | Photograph |
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1960s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $8.6kSign up
- Average
- $8.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 22 × 17 in (57 × 43 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1965 Untitled (Portrait Baron Leonel de Moutier)$8.6kSign up
1970s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $57kSign up
- Average
- $115kSign up
- Typical size
- 13 × 15.5 in (33 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Photograph (4), Mixed media (2)
- Subjects
- —
1970 Ohne Titel$62.7kSign up
1976 Das Rheingold$28kSign up
1977 Johannisnacht$97.1kSign up
1977 Wege der Weltweisheit$249kSign up
1977 Ohne Titel$6.2kSign up
1977 Ohne Titel$8.5kSign up
1978 Die Donauquelle (The Source of the Danube)$36.1kSign up
1978 Die Donauquelle (The Source of the Danube)Unsold
1978 Die Donauquelle$51.3kSign up
1978 Auktion 401, Los 207$38.1kSign up
1978 Wege Der Weltweisheit - Die Herrmannsslacht$523kSign up
1978 Die Donauquelle (The source of the Danube)$85.7kSign up
Show 1 more (1970s)
1979 Urd, Werdandi, Skuld$189kSign up
1980s 24 works
- Sold
- 18 of 24
- Median
- $82.7kSign up
- Average
- $260kSign up
- Typical size
- 25.5 × 33 in (65 × 84 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (13), Acrylic (5), Oil (2)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1980 Gilgamesch im ZedernwaldUnsold
1980 Das Alwis Lied$19.5kSign up
1980 des Malers Atelier$58.3kSign up
1980 Ohne Titel$13.4kSign up
1981 Bilderstreit$36.1kSign up
1981 Die Meistersinger$38.1kSign up
1981 Gilgamesch$99.4kSign up
c. 1981 Die Meistersinger$2.5MSign up
1981 Dein blondes Haar, Margarete$390kSign up
1981 Dein golene haar MargareteResult not published
1982 Des Malers AtelierUnsold
1982 Margarete$40kSign up
Show 12 more (1980s)
1984 Komet$45.1kSign up
c. 1984 Untitled Work on Paper - Pittsburgh Electric Pole and Hillside, Ravine Street, 1984-85Result not published
c. 1984 Das Goldene Kalb$69.3kSign up
1984 Aaron$52.1kSign up
1984 Aaron's rod turning into a snakeUnsold
1984 Pittsburgh$96.1kSign up
c. 1987 Isis und Osiris$272kSign up
1987 AlexandriaUnsold
1989 Saint Just$294kSign up
1989 Schwarze Galle$176kSign up
1989 Ragnarök$216kSign up
1989 Für Paul Celan$255kSign up
1990s 9 works
- Sold
- 9 of 9
- Median
- $445kSign up
- Average
- $464kSign up
- Typical size
- 67.5 × 71 in (172 × 180 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Photograph (2), Acrylic (2)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1990 Lilith$68.8kSign up
1990 Laokoon$67.2kSign up
1991 Right wing, left wing$689kSign up
1995 Traigo todas Ias Indias en mi mano$73.6kSign up
1996 Die Sefiroth$445kSign up
c. 1996 Geheimnis der Farne$694kSign up
1997 Die Ungeborenen$154kSign up
1997 Odi Navali$769kSign up
c. 1999 Laßt 1000 Blumen blühen (Let 1000 Flowers bloom)$1.2MSign up
2000s 40 works
- Sold
- 36 of 40
- Median
- $229kSign up
- Average
- $489kSign up
- Typical size
- 58.5 × 50 in (148 × 127 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (14), Photograph (8), Acrylic (6)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
2000 Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom$185kSign up
2001 Skylla Charybdis$225kSign up
2001 For Robert Fludd, the Secret Life of Plants$197kSign up
2001 Star Book$233kSign up
c. 2001 Hero + LeanderUnsold
2001 Blutblume$154kSign up
c. 2001 The Secret Life of Plants$558kSign up
c. 2002 Untitled (from the serie: Sefer Hechaloth)$57.1kSign up
c. 2002 Unfruchtbare Landschaften II$131kSign up
2002 Die Ungeborenen$86.5kSign up
2002 Merkaba Hechaloth - Die sieben Himmelspaläste$171kSign up
2002 Merkaba$970kSign up
Show 12 more (2000s)
c. 2002 SapphoUnsold
2002 Sefer HecalothResult not published
2003 Hexen$134kSign up
2003 Jakobsleiter$254kSign up
2004 Blutblume$225kSign up
2004 Jakobs Traum$169kSign up
2004 für Velimir Chlebnikow$1MSign up
2004 Voyage au Bout de la Nuit$639kSign up
c. 2004 Für Velimir Khlebnikov: Die Lehre vom Krieg: Seeschlachten$3.2MSign up
2004 Für Paul Celan$1.3MSign up
2004 Leonardo Pisano”$134kSign up
2004 Leonardo Pisano / liber quadratorum / liber abaci / pratica geometriae$158kSign up
…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.
2010s 19 works
- Sold
- 14 of 19
- Median
- $99.1kSign up
- Average
- $363kSign up
- Typical size
- 25 × 20 in (63 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Sculpture (5), Other (4)
- Subjects
- Rivers & marshes (1)
2011 Auktion 411, Los 176$150kSign up
2011 Der Wolken heitere Stimmung$797kSign up
2011 The heavenly Jerusalem$512kSign up
2011 Samson and DelilahUnsold
2013 La belle de la Seine (The Beauty of the Seine)Unsold
2013 Freia's Garden$1.2MSign up
2014 Die Argonauten (The Argonauts)$13.9kSign up
2014 UntitledUnsold
2014 Die ArgonautenUnsold
2014 Die Argonauten$32.4kSign up
2014 Die Argonauten$72.1kSign up
2014 Die Argonauten$47kSign up
Show 7 more (2010s)
2014 The Argonauts$21.3kSign up
2014 Die Argonauten$16.8kSign up
2014 Die Argonauten (The Argonauts)$19.3kSign up
c. 2015 Für Gérard de Nerval$818kSign up
2016 Walhalla$1.3MSign up
2016 Erzvater grub, Erzmutter molk das Schicksal nährend für ein ganzes Volk$126kSign up
2016 AuroraUnsold
2020s 1 work
Creation date not recorded
9 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
Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 1 of 4
- Median
- $22.8kSign up
- Average
- $22.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 32.5 in (58 × 83 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Other (1), Mixed media (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2010 Für gerd: Die meistersinger!Result not published
sold 2012 Für gerd: Die meistersinger!Result not published
sold 2015 Alexander in EgyptenUnsold
sold 2015 "des Malers Atelier"$22.8kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $7.1kSign up
- Average
- $278kSign up
- Typical size
- 31.5 × 26.5 in (80 × 68 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (1), Sculpture (1), Print (other) (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Untitled$7.1kSign up
sold 2023 Für Paul Celan$825kSign up
sold 2024 Johannis-Nacht$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 Anselm Kiefer auction results →