August Sander: career timeline
German · 1876–1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 161 of 203 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 4 | 2 | $9kSign up | Photograph |
| 1910s | 16 | 13 | $7.5kSign up | Photograph |
| 1920s | 87 | 71 | $4.1kSign up | Photograph |
| 1930s | 51 | 34 | $2kSign up | Photograph |
| 1940s | 2 | 2 | $3.2kSign up | Photograph |
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1900s 4 works
- Sold
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $9kSign up
- Average
- $9kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 7.5 in (22 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2), Print (other) (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1905 Untitled (Portrait of a Family)$1.1kSign up
c. 1906 Witwer mit seinen Söhnen (Widower with his Sons)Unsold
1907 Karl und Ida Ermert, Herdorf$16.9kSign up
c. 1908 VolksschulklasseUnsold
1910s 16 works
- Sold
- 13 of 16
- Median
- $7.5kSign up
- Average
- $87.3kSign up
- Typical size
- 10.5 × 9.5 in (27 × 24 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (16)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3)
c. 1910 Young couple$1.9kSign up
c. 1910 Portrait of a young woman$1.8kSign up
c. 1910 Familie aus dem Westerwald (Family from Westerwald)$4.5kSign up
1911 KonfirmandinUnsold
1912 Porträts aus „Menschen des 20. Jahrhunderts$1MSign up
1912 Bauer Aus Schabernack, Westerwald$12.5kSign up
1913 The Sage$2.7kSign up
c. 1913 Portrait of a Family, Kettenhausen, Westerwald$4.2kSign up
1914 Young farmers, Westerwald, from 'People of the 20th century', Germany 1914$13.9kSign up
1914 Jungbauern (Young Farmers), Westerwald$16.4kSign up
1914 Jungbauern (Young Farmers), Westerwald$10.7kSign up
1914 Jungbauern (Young Farmers), Westerwald$7.5kSign up
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1914 Jungbauern (Young Farmers), Westerwald$12.5kSign up
1915 Westerwälder BauernfamilieUnsold
1915 KaisergeburtstagsfeierUnsold
c. 1919 Family portraits from Hilgenroth/Westerwald$1.6kSign up
1920s 87 works
- Sold
- 71 of 87
- Median
- $4.1kSign up
- Average
- $6.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (85), Other (2)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (12)
1920 Master Housepainter$3.7kSign up
1920 Master HousepainterUnsold
c. 1920 Untitled (Siblings)$891Sign up
1920 Bauernpaar$1.9kSign up
c. 1920 Untitled (Two children from Kroppach/Westerwald)$3.9kSign up
c. 1920 Untitled (Family, Westerwald)$1.9kSign up
c. 1920 UntitledUnsold
c. 1920 Portrait of a boy$2.3kSign up
c. 1920 Familienportrait$10.1kSign up
1920 Untitled (Portrait of a young lady)Unsold
c. 1920 Ehepaar aus dem Westerwald (Married Couple from Westerwald)$1.8kSign up
c. 1920 Untitled (Hahnenbräu)$829Sign up
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c. 1921 Family portraits from Puderbach/WesterwaldUnsold
1921 Dorfschullehrer$1.1kSign up
1921 DorfschullehrerUnsold
1921 Dorfschullehrer$5.9kSign up
c. 1922 Portrait Ilse Garthmann$3.8kSign up
1922 Selbstbildnis (Self portrait), Cologne$48.2kSign up
1923 Großkaufmann mit Gattin (Merchant and wife)$8.3kSign up
c. 1924 KünstlerportraitsUnsold
1924 Ruth and Ina Göbel, Dierdorf$1.2kSign up
c. 1924 Selected images from Portraits of Artists$8.1kSign up
c. 1924 Künstlerportraits (Artists' Portraits)$5.2kSign up
1924 2 Bll.: Der Maler Jankel Adler. Der Maler Franz Wilhelm Seiwert$394Sign up
…and 63 more works from this group in the full results list.
1930s 51 works
- Sold
- 34 of 51
- Median
- $2kSign up
- Average
- $3.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 7 × 9 in (17 × 22 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (51)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Markets & villages (2), Figures & portraits (2)
1930 Portrait of the Cologne Town Missionary Jakob Harth and his family$1.7kSign up
c. 1930 City hall tower and Hohenzollern bridge, Cologne 1930s$870Sign up
1930 Portrait of the family of Jakob Harth, CologneUnsold
1930 Blinde Kinder’ (Blind children), Düren 1930$2.9kSign up
c. 1930 Wilhelm und Alma Schumacher, OberölfenUnsold
c. 1930 Untitled$2.2kSign up
c. 1930 Winter im Stadtwald$2.3kSign up
c. 1930 Cinema Capitol, Cologne$18.1kSign up
c. 1930 Mauerpfeffer, Sede Acre$1.6kSign up
c. 1930 Untitled (View on Rhine at Uedorf)$2.2kSign up
c. 1930 Untitled (Twins)$2.2kSign up
c. 1930 Blick vom Ölberg auf das SiegtalUnsold
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c. 1930 NürburgringUnsold
1930 Blick auf das Siebengebirge vom Victoriaberg bei Remagen$3.9kSign up
c. 1930 UntitledUnsold
c. 1930 Untitled (View on Rhine at Uedorf)Unsold
c. 1930 Mauerpfeffer, Sede AcreUnsold
c. 1930 Lärche auf der Wolkenburg$2kSign up
c. 1930 Figuren am Rathaus (Sculptures, town hall)$829Sign up
1931 Hans, Fritz und Ursula Schumacher, Oberölfen$1.7kSign up
1931 Ursula Schumacher, OberölfenUnsold
1931 Zwei Bauernportraits: Rheinischer Bauer / Bauer aus dem Vorgebirge. 1910-1914 bzw$6.5kSign up
c. 1931 Hotelier$955Sign up
1932 Lackierer, Köln (Varnisher, Cologne)$7kSign up
…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.
1940s 2 works
- Sold
- 2 of 2
- Median
- $3.2kSign up
- Average
- $3.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 8 × 5.5 in (20 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1942 Ohne Titel (Familienporträt)$2.3kSign up
1942 Ohne Titel (Familienporträt)$4.1kSign up
Creation date not recorded
42 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 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $4.3kSign up
- Average
- $10kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 8.5 in (21 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (5)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2008 FAMILY PORTRAIT$4.6kSign up
sold 2008 UNTITLED (ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS)$4.3kSign up
sold 2009 DER KÖLNER DOM IN FESTBELEUCHTUNG$2.9kSign up
sold 2009 VILLAGE PHILOSOPHERS$34.9kSign up
sold 2009 YOUNG FARMERS$3.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2010s 34 works
- Sold
- 34 of 34
- Median
- $2.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 9 × 7.5 in (23 × 19 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (31), Other (3)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (6), Rivers & marshes (3), Markets & villages (1)
sold 2010 HAGEN/WESTPHALIA IN SPRING$1.3kSign up
sold 2010 UNTITLED (VILLAGE BAND)$1.5kSign up
sold 2010 UNTITLED (GRADUATING CLASS, KÖLN-LINDENTHAL)$1.5kSign up
sold 2010 PORTRAIT NELLY HÜTTEN$1.6kSign up
sold 2010 PORTRAIT WILHELM FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF AN OLD LADY. PORTRAIT WILHELM AND LUISE FISCHER. PORTRAIT OF TWO MEN.$5.3kSign up
sold 2011 Peasants, Westerwald$2.1kSign up
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sold 2011 LUMPENBALL$3.8kSign up
sold 2011 GROUP OF MAYORS$13.1kSign up
sold 2011 THE HERING FAMILY, LAUTZERT$3.3kSign up
sold 2012 Mauerpfeffer, sedum acre (Stonecrop, sedum acre)$3kSign up
sold 2012 Motiv im Mischwald (Mixed Forest)$1.9kSign up
sold 2012 Der Rhein bei Boppard (Rhine river near Boppard)$1.4kSign up
…and 22 more works from this group in the full results list.
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $4.6kSign up
- Average
- $3.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 8.5 in (29 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Photograph (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Mittel-Irsen$1.2kSign up
sold 2024 Farm Children$5.3kSign up
sold 2025 Künstlerporträts$4.6kSign 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 August Sander auction results →