Erich Heckel

German · 1883–1970 · Painter, Printmaker

Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group Die Brücke which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928… (Wikipedia)

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801lots offered1998–2026years recorded92%sold (732)$8.8kSign up free to seemedian price

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KinderKetterer Kunst · Jun 2022€1,345,000≈ $1,422,741≈ £1,143,866Sign up to see
Blaue IrisKetterer Kunst · Jun 2021€1,045,000≈ $1,243,341≈ £896,425Sign up to see
Figuren am StrandKetterer Kunst · Dec 2022€865,000≈ $913,354≈ £743,470Sign up to see

Erich Heckel’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

$28.5kSign up free to see

median $8.8kfree account

High

$1.4MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

732

of 796 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 562 of 731 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

5 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.

1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	26	25	96%	$339kSign up	$149kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Oil	26	25	96%	$339kSign up	$149kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Works on paper	417	371	89%	$21.3kSign up	$12.8kSign up	$374kSign up
Watercolor	342	306	89%	$22.4kSign up	$13.4kSign up	$374kSign up
Gouache	19	18	95%	$18.5kSign up	$17.9kSign up	$53.5kSign up
Drawing	54	46	85%	$15kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$79.2kSign up
Prints & multiples	349	333	95%	$11kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$535kSign up
Etching	26	26	100%	$3.2kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$15.3kSign up
Drypoint	21	21	100%	$4.1kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$10.6kSign up
Lithograph	94	91	97%	$6.1kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$61.5kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	179	166	93%	$17.1kSign up	$5.1kSign up	$535kSign up
Print (other)	29	29	100%	$3.8kSign up	$2.7kSign up	$22.4kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$787kSign up	$787kSign up	$787kSign up
Other	3	2	67%	$22.9kSign up	$22.9kSign up	$30.8kSign 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	15	$11.1kSign up
2025	50	48	$3kSign up
2024	32	29	$8kSign up
2023	60	53	$9.6kSign up
2022	46	45	$14.5kSign up
2021	25	25	$16.4kSign up
2020	33	26	$6.4kSign up
2019	30	24	$8.2kSign up
2018	31	26	$10kSign up
2017	41	37	$11.5kSign up
2016	42	36	$8.3kSign up
2015	25	20	$8.4kSign up
2014	22	19	$13.1kSign up
2013	43	34	$10.6kSign up
2012	27	27	$12.7kSign up
2011	26	26	$9.2kSign up
2010	12	11	$15.1kSign up
2009	15	13	$14.4kSign up
2008	25	24	$8.9kSign up
2007	31	31	$8kSign up
2006	39	38	$12.4kSign up
2005	32	32	$4.9kSign up
2004	34	34	$3.8kSign up
2003	28	28	$5kSign up
2002	21	21	$2.3kSign up
2001	9	9	$1.8kSign up
1998	1	1	—Sign up