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Austrian · 1929–2025 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 523 of 703 lots (74% 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.

Arnulf Rainer: 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
1940s31$53.6kSign upDrawing
1950s5854$52.6kSign upOil
1960s167159$9.5kSign upEtching
1970s126121$8.6kSign upPhotograph
1980s7874$15.2kSign upOil
1990s3528$5.9kSign upEtching
2000s4741$7.8kSign upMixed media
2010s66$14.2kSign upEtching

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1940s 3 works

Sold
1 of 3
Median
$53.6kSign up
Average
$53.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 11.5 in (34 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (3)
Subjects
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1950s 58 works

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54 of 58
Median
$52.6kSign up
Average
$105kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 16.5 in (50 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Oil (28), Mixed media (10), Drawing (7)
Subjects
—
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…and 34 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 167 works

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159 of 167
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$24.4kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 16 in (42 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Etching (41), Oil (29), Mixed media (28)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 143 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 126 works

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121 of 126
Median
$8.6kSign up
Average
$13.4kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 15.5 in (35 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (41), Drypoint (33), Oil (16)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 102 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 78 works

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74 of 78
Median
$15.2kSign up
Average
$34kSign up
Typical size
20.5 × 19.5 in (52 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Oil (22), Photograph (16), Etching (12)
Subjects
Birds (1), Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 12 more (1980s)

…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

1990s 35 works

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28 of 35
Median
$5.9kSign up
Average
$21.7kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 15.5 in (42 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Etching (13), Mixed media (6), Other (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 12 more (1990s)

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

2000s 47 works

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41 of 47
Median
$7.8kSign up
Average
$9kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 16.5 in (42 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (11), Acrylic (9), Etching (8)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

2010s 6 works

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6 of 6
Median
$14.2kSign up
Average
$14.6kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15 in (39 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Etching (4), Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

180 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 22 works

Sold
22 of 22
Median
$6.7kSign up
Average
$13.7kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 12 in (42 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Etching (5), Photograph (4)
Subjects
—
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…and 10 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 50 works

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39 of 50
Median
$5.7kSign up
Average
$13.4kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 12 in (35 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Etching (11), Photograph (10), Mixed media (10)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
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…and 38 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 108 works

Sold
101 of 108
Median
$2.7kSign up
Average
$9.9kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 14 in (40 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Etching (33), Photograph (25), Drypoint (15)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (1), Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 96 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 Arnulf Rainer auction results →