Dieter Appelt: career timeline

German · b. 1935 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 28 of 37 lots (76% 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.

Dieter Appelt: 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
1970s	18	16	$5kSign up	Photograph
1980s	8	5	$6.4kSign up	Photograph
2000s	2	2	$5kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1970s 18 works

Sold: 16 of 18
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $6.7kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 14 in (39 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (18)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1977 I don't want to elevate myself above the trees (Variant)Unsold
c. 1977 Schneeloch (from the series: Erinnerungsspur)$1.1kSign up
1977 Der Fleck auf dem Spiegel, den der Atemhauch schafft;$5.6kSign up
c. 1977 Die Befreiung der Finger“, aus der Serie „Erinnerungsspur“, 1977–1979$25.4kSign up
1977 Vergrasung (from the series: Erinnerungsspur)$1.3kSign up
1977 Der Fleck auf dem Spiegel den der Atemhauch Schafft (The Mark on the Mirror Made by Breathing)$6kSign up
c. 1977 Die Befreiung der Finger$9kSign up
1977 Das Zahlensystem der Massai$4.3kSign up
c. 1977 Die Befreiung der Finger (from the series: Erinnerungsspur)$9.5kSign up
1977 Die Befreiung der Finger“, aus der Serie „Erinnerungsspur$6.8kSign up
1977 Der Fleck auf dem Spiegel, den der Atemhauch schafft$20.5kSign up
1978 Untitled (from the series: Erinnerungsspur - Statische Vibration)Unsold

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c. 1978 Vergrasung der Hände (from the series: Erinnerungsspur)$4.3kSign up
1979 Untitled (from the Erinnerungsspur series)$819Sign up
1979 Ohne Titel$1.2kSign up
1979 Untitled (from the series: Erinnerungsspur)$2.3kSign up
1979 Ohne Titel (aus der Serie: Erinnerungsspur) [Untitled (from the series: memory's trace)]$1.8kSign up
1979 Kassette „Erinnerungsspur – Statische <br />$6.5kSign up

1980s 8 works

Sold: 5 of 8
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $8.1kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 11.5 in (30 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (8)
Subjects: —

1980 Tableau Oppedette$14.3kSign up
1980 Kassette „Tableau Oppedette$6.2kSign up
1980 Kassette „Tableau Oppedette$12.2kSign up
1981 Sequenz Ezra PoundUnsold
1982 UntitledUnsold
1984 Double Take$6.4kSign up
1984 AUS TABLEAU: 6 PHOTOS "DOUBLE TAKE"Unsold
1987 Oppedette$1.5kSign up

2000s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $5kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 22.5 in (56 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

2001 Ezra Pound$929Sign up
2002 Wisent Cinema$9kSign up

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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.4kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 11 in (30 × 28 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2005 10 Variationen zum Zahlensystem der Massai$6.2kSign up
sold 2007 OHNE TITEL (AUS DER SERIE: VERGRASUNG DES KOPFES)$3.4kSign up
sold 2009 UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: ERINNERUNGSSPUR)$2.9kSign up
sold 2009 UNTITLED$1.3kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $6kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 11.5 in (39 × 29 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 UNTITLED (FROM THE SERIES: ERINNERUNGSSPUR)$1.9kSign up
sold 2010 LICHTKETTE (FROM THE SERIES: ERINNERUNGSSPUR)$1.9kSign up
sold 2013 Image de la vie et de la mort$14.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $189Sign up
Average: $189Sign up
Typical size: 14 × 10 in (35 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2025 UntitledResult not published
sold 2025 Standing Nude$189Sign 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 Dieter Appelt auction results →