Carl Buchheister: career timeline

German · 1890–1964 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 41 of 45 lots (91% 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.

Carl Buchheister: 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
1920s	3	3	$67.1kSign up	Oil
1930s	3	2	$77.2kSign up	Oil
1940s	1	1	$5.3kSign up	Watercolor
1950s	26	25	$3.8kSign up	Mixed media
1960s	7	7	$6.2kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $67.1kSign up
Average: $72kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 10 in (40 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1923 Komposition Schwebende Formen im Raum I$13.1kSign up
1925 Composition: Fuge, grün, ocker$67.1kSign up
1928 Dreiformvariation$136kSign up

1930s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $77.2kSign up
Average: $77.2kSign up
Typical size: 24.5 × 22.5 in (62 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: —

1931 Bild mit schwarzem Keil$70.8kSign up
1934 Diagonalkomposition 534$83.5kSign up
1938 HerrenporträtUnsold · sold 2×

1940s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.3kSign up
Average: $5.3kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 10.5 in (35 × 27 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: —

1949 Lamellen-Komposition$5.3kSign up

1950s 26 works

Sold: 25 of 26
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $5.5kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 12.5 in (39 × 32 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (14), Oil (8), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

1951 Komposition P 32/51 (Kafka Komposition Nr. 2)Unsold
1951 Komposition P 15/51 (farbiges Spiel)“ („Komposition mit farbigen Kleinformen“)$8kSign up
1951 Komposition P 19/51$1.9kSign up
1951 Komposition Fluc$1.6kSign up
1952 Dreiebenenbild in Blau$8.7kSign up
1952 "Komposition Rei"$10.8kSign up
1952 Komposition Verwa$3.3kSign up
1952 Komposition P63$2.9kSign up
1953 Komposition Be-er-ge (=b-lau, r-ot. g-elb)$8.7kSign up
1953 Komposition Nepa II$4.4kSign up
c. 1954 "Komposition Ma 5"$6.7kSign up
1954 2 Blätter: Ohne Titel$1.8kSign up

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…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $6.2kSign up
Average: $11.3kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 23.5 in (59 × 60 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Etching (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

1961 Komposition Bruma$76Sign up
c. 1961 "Komposition Rewi"$9.9kSign up
1961 Komposition Desbu (Schi 3)$307Sign up
1961 Komposition Nemalos$53kSign up
1962 Komposition Schwa$9.6kSign up
1962 Komposition Jaewe$174Sign up
1963 Komposition Elbem$6.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $4.9kSign up
Average: $4.3kSign up
Typical size: 26 × 20.5 in (66 × 52 cm)
Mediums: Mixed media (2), Lithograph (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

sold 2001 Komposition Schi 2$209Sign up
sold 2003 Unwirkliche Raumkomposition mit roten Akzenten$6.9kSign up
sold 2007 Unvollendet IV$5kSign up
sold 2009 Komposition Volle (Composition Volle)$4.9kSign 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 Carl Buchheister auction results →