Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

German · 1880–1938 · Painter, Printmaker

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner was a German expressionist painter and printmaker. He was one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the… (Wikipedia)

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1,381lots offered1995–2026years recorded90%sold (1,235)$17.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Das blaue Mädchen in der SonneKetterer Kunst · Dec 2022€4,750,000≈ $5,015,525≈ £4,082,641Sign up to see
Zwei mit Katzen spielende Mädchen. 1907. Frauen- und MännerkopfKetterer Kunst · Jun 2013€1,740,000≈ $2,307,240≈ £1,481,279Sign up to see

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner’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

$77.9kSign up free to see

median $17.4kfree account

High

$7.6MSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

1,235

of 1,376 offered · 1995–2026

Sell-through

90%

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 578 of 1,234 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

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	63	58	92%	$967kSign up	$601kSign up	$7.6MSign up
Oil	61	57	93%	$983kSign up	$605kSign up	$7.6MSign up
Mixed media	1	1	100%	$47.3kSign up	$47.3kSign up	$47.3kSign up
Works on paper	747	688	92%	$30.9kSign up	$17kSign up	$591kSign up
Watercolor	137	132	96%	$53.6kSign up	$39kSign up	$261kSign up
Gouache	11	9	82%	$152kSign up	$91.6kSign up	$591kSign up
Pastel	13	11	85%	$138kSign up	$50.2kSign up	$538kSign up
Drawing	583	533	91%	$20.9kSign up	$13.8kSign up	$569kSign up
Prints & multiples	476	408	86%	$36.4kSign up	$15.3kSign up	$976kSign up
Etching	57	46	81%	$25.8kSign up	$10.7kSign up	$264kSign up
Drypoint	38	34	89%	$13.1kSign up	$8.7kSign up	$47kSign up
Lithograph	111	99	89%	$44.2kSign up	$20.4kSign up	$788kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	233	197	85%	$41.5kSign up	$16.2kSign up	$976kSign up
Print (other)	37	32	86%	$21.4kSign up	$11.5kSign up	$64.1kSign up
Photography	1	1	100%	$2.8kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$2.8kSign up
Photograph	1	1	100%	$2.8kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$2.8kSign up
Sculpture	7	4	57%	$68.5kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$251kSign up
Other	82	76	93%	$61.6kSign up	$9.9kSign up	$965kSign 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	26	23	$15kSign up
2025	126	112	$11.2kSign up
2024	118	85	$24.1kSign up
2023	99	77	$20.2kSign up
2022	94	87	$29.1kSign up
2021	83	78	$18.1kSign up
2020	91	82	$23kSign up
2019	85	74	$12.7kSign up
2018	90	76	$17kSign up
2017	71	64	$16.7kSign up
2016	45	43	$17.2kSign up
2015	12	9	$26.2kSign up
2014	46	45	$15.5kSign up
2013	60	51	$15.3kSign up
2012	35	35	$26.5kSign up
2011	50	50	$14.5kSign up
2010	51	51	$12.1kSign up
2009	37	37	$24.9kSign up
2008	28	28	$16.8kSign up
2007	34	34	$13.8kSign up
2006	23	22	$22.1kSign up
2005	21	21	$11.2kSign up
2004	21	21	$15.2kSign up
2003	14	14	$14.9kSign up
2002	15	15	$10.4kSign up
1995	1	1	—Sign up