Christian Schad: career timeline

German · 1894–1982 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 54 of 66 lots (82% 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.

Christian Schad: 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
1910s	12	10	$1.7kSign up	Oil
1920s	16	16	$4.2kSign up	Drawing
1930s	6	6	$19.8kSign up	Drawing
1950s	5	5	$20.2kSign up	Watercolor
1960s	9	6	$5.8kSign up	Etching
1970s	5	3	$2.4kSign up	Etching
1980s	1	1	$708Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 12 works

Sold: 10 of 12
Median: $1.7kSign up
Average: $21.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 10 in (31 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Woodcut / linocut (3), Etching (2)
Subjects: —

1915 Orchester (Orchestre)$2.6kSign up
1915 Passions$807Sign up
1916 Bildnis des Leonhard Frank$579Sign up
1917 ResolutionUnsold
1917 ResolutionUnsold
c. 1917 Straßenszene (Vente de coke)$851Sign up
1917 Suzy$66.3kSign up
1917 Tabarin. Genf 1917$433Sign up
1919 Marthe$32.9kSign up
1919 "Peruanerin"$650Sign up
1919 Liegender Akt$53.6kSign up
1919 Chantal$56.1kSign up

1920s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $21.3kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 8 in (27 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Screenprint (3), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1920 Das Licht$127kSign up
1920 Lesbisches. Ende 1920er Jahre$11.1kSign up
1920 Le gène$1.4kSign up
1920 Trépanation indienne$1.4kSign up
1923 Marcella$143kSign up
1925 Zirkusprobe$612Sign up
c. 1927 Dame$6.8kSign up
1927 Auktion 404, Los 507$991Sign up
1927 Selbstbildnis$1.6kSign up
1927 Selbstbildnis 1927$1.1kSign up
1928 Paar$13.7kSign up
1928 Maika II$10.5kSign up

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1928 Maika$596Sign up
1929 Tanzpaar$8kSign up
1929 Knutschologe$968Sign up
1929 Probe im Schauspielhaus$11.6kSign up

1930s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $19.8kSign up
Average: $22.9kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 9.5 in (29 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3), Watercolor (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1930 Lesbisches$8.5kSign up
1930 Am Morgen$34kSign up
c. 1930 Barszene$40.4kSign up
1935 Hochwald$16.9kSign up
c. 1935 Tanne Valepp$15.1kSign up
c. 1935 Berglandschaft mit Tannen$22.7kSign up

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $20.2kSign up
Average: $30kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 15.5 in (50 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Mixed media (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1960s 9 works

Sold: 6 of 9
Median: $5.8kSign up
Average: $7.6kSign up
Typical size: 14 × 13.5 in (35 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Etching (3), Mixed media (2), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

1960 Dona ConcettaUnsold
1961 Kinderbild Dagmar Berhard$10.6kSign up
1961 Kinderbild Yvonne Berhard$10.6kSign up
1966 Minotaurus ludens$578Sign up
1966 Im Dogma$578Sign up
1969 Jutta$22.3kSign up
c. 1969 Alain 1969-70Unsold
c. 1969 Alain 1969-70Unsold
1969 Die Rüstung (Selbstbildnis)$935Sign up

1970s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 13 in (43 × 33 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2), Drypoint (1), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1970 Bettina | KittyUnsold
1970 Lot of two lithographs: Bettina e KittyUnsold
1974 Auktion 329, Los 587$1.1kSign up
1976 Hommage à Dada$3kSign up
1976 11 Bll. in: Hommage à Dada$2.4kSign up

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $708Sign up
Average: $708Sign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Etching (1)
Subjects: —

1981 Selbstportrait$708Sign up

Creation date not recorded

12 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 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $8.2kSign up
Average: $6.9kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 7 in (27 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (5), Etching (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2002 Passions$1kSign up
sold 2003 Pariser Häuser, "Vater Cafard"$8.5kSign up
sold 2003 Abschied$11.3kSign up
sold 2003 Liegender weiblicher Akt$3kSign up
sold 2004 Pariser Stadtlandschaft (Detail der Kirche von Saint Eustache)$9.5kSign up
sold 2006 Mann mit Junge$7.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 4 of 5
Median: $3.9kSign up
Average: $3.8kSign up
Typical size: 13.5 × 11.5 in (35 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Watercolor (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2011 SCHADOGRAPH No. 16$3kSign up
sold 2012 Tunesier (Tunesian Man)$3.7kSign up
sold 2012 Rote Lilie vor Gebirgsmassiv: Valepp (Red Lily against Mountain Massif: Valepp)$4kSign up
sold 2012 Gebirgsblüten (Mountain Flowers)$4.3kSign up
sold 2014 Reto IIUnsold

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 8.5 × 6 in (21 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2025 The scarred womanUnsold

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 Christian Schad auction results →