Emil Nolde

German · 1867–1956 · Painter, Printmaker

Emil Nolde was a German painter and printmaker. He was one of the first Expressionists, a member of Die Brücke, and was one of the first oil painting and watercolor painters of… (Wikipedia)

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1,034lots offered1998–2026years recorded92%sold (947)$57.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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NadjaKetterer Kunst · Jun 2007€2,537,000≈ $3,385,627≈ £1,715,023Sign up to see
Meer (I)Grisebach · Dec 2021€2,770,000≈ $3,140,903≈ £2,358,212Sign up to see
BuchsbaumgartenKetterer Kunst · Dec 2021€2,185,000≈ $2,463,151≈ £1,865,034Sign up to see

Emil Nolde’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Average price

$130kSign up free to see

median $57.6kfree account

High

$3.4MSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

947

of 1,028 offered · 1998–2026

Sell-through

92%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 571 of 947 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

4 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	59	57	97%	$921kSign up	$809kSign up	$3.4MSign up
Oil	59	57	97%	$921kSign up	$809kSign up	$3.4MSign up
Works on paper	583	550	94%	$112kSign up	$89.7kSign up	$872kSign up
Watercolor	546	517	95%	$117kSign up	$95.8kSign up	$872kSign up
Gouache	5	5	100%	$64kSign up	$66kSign up	$95.6kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$42.9kSign up	$42.9kSign up	$42.9kSign up
Drawing	30	26	87%	$27.1kSign up	$24.2kSign up	$65.7kSign up
Prints & multiples	365	321	88%	$17.6kSign up	$9.8kSign up	$432kSign up
Etching	155	130	84%	$11kSign up	$9.2kSign up	$30.9kSign up
Aquatint	10	10	100%	$9.9kSign up	$8.4kSign up	$20.4kSign up
Drypoint	18	17	94%	$10.9kSign up	$7.7kSign up	$49.9kSign up
Lithograph	94	82	87%	$35.7kSign up	$13.8kSign up	$432kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	80	75	94%	$12.5kSign up	$9.9kSign up	$66kSign up
Print (other)	8	7	88%	$8.6kSign up	$7.3kSign up	$25.7kSign up
Sculpture	3	3	100%	$9.2kSign up	$10.4kSign up	$11.6kSign up
Other	18	16	89%	$188kSign up	$20.4kSign up	$1.6MSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	16	16	$34.9kSign up
2025	68	65	$36.7kSign up
2024	25	24	$71.4kSign up
2023	46	38	$73.5kSign up
2022	62	54	$53.1kSign up
2021	57	52	$84.6kSign up
2020	60	49	$35.2kSign up
2019	60	52	$55.6kSign up
2018	52	45	$117kSign up
2017	69	62	$54.6kSign up
2016	53	45	$68.6kSign up
2015	29	25	$35.5kSign up
2014	40	39	$49.9kSign up
2013	53	46	$22.5kSign up
2012	40	40	$79kSign up
2011	36	36	$67.8kSign up
2010	46	46	$54.6kSign up
2009	31	31	$57.6kSign up
2008	46	44	$107kSign up
2007	47	47	$104kSign up
2006	21	21	$87.3kSign up
2005	18	18	$71.8kSign up
2004	23	23	$16kSign up
2003	17	17	$53.8kSign up
2002	10	10	$4.9kSign up
2001	2	2	$7.5kSign up
1998	1	0	—Sign up