Günter Grass: career timeline
German · 1927–2015 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 26 lots (46% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | 3 | $875Sign up | Etching |
| 1980s | 5 | 5 | $386Sign up | Etching |
| 2000s | 1 | 1 | $2.6kSign up | Other |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | $254Sign up | Lithograph |
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1970s 5 works
- Sold
- 3 of 5
- Median
- $875Sign up
- Average
- $892Sign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 15.5 in (32 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (4), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
1972 AUTOPORTRET ZE ŚLIMAKAMIUnsold
1973 Fischkopf, 1973$386Sign up
1974 W drodze, 1974 r.$875Sign up
1974 But i ryba, 1974 r.$1.4kSign up
1976 Mit Sophie in die Pilze gegangenResult not published
1980s 5 works
- Sold
- 5 of 5
- Median
- $386Sign up
- Average
- $340Sign up
- Typical size
- 15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (3), Lithograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
1981 Zwischen Vögeln$195Sign up
1981 Vier Frauen mit Pilzhüten$195Sign up
1982 Bez tytułu, 1982$492Sign up
1983 Sign in the sky, 1983$386Sign up
1986 Bez tytułu, 1986$429Sign up
2000s 1 work
c. 2002 Auktion 404, Los 640$2.6kSign up
2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $254Sign up
- Average
- $254Sign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 12.5 in (36 × 32 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- —
2012 MAŁE TANGO I$254Sign up
Creation date not recorded
14 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 2010s 1 work
- Sold
- 0 of 1
- Median
- —
- Average
- —
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Drypoint (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2015 - ''Was von den Schwaenen Bilieb II''-Unsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 13 works
- Sold
- 12 of 13
- Median
- $458Sign up
- Average
- $574Sign up
- Typical size
- 16.5 × 14.5 in (42 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Lithograph (4), Sculpture (4), Etching (3)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 Sprung in die Luft$147Sign up
sold 2021 Der Gockel$480Sign up
sold 2021 Ausklang$1.3kSign up
sold 2021 Das Huhn$1.8kSign up
sold 2022 "Mit seinem Tagundnachtschatten..."$650Sign up
sold 2022 "Mit seinem Tagundnachtschatten..."Unsold
Show 6 more (2020s)
sold 2022 Der Gockel$508Sign up
sold 2023 Autoportret ze szczurem$436Sign up
sold 2023 Autoportret ze szczurem$320Sign up
sold 2023 Ryby$574Sign up
sold 2023 Wciąż we krwi$339Sign up
sold 2025 "Verrutschtes Symbol"$219Sign up
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
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 Günter Grass auction results →