Hans Coper: career timeline
German · 1920–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 212 of 227 lots (93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 58 | 48 | $40.3kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1960s | 75 | 73 | $56.9kSign up | Sculpture |
| 1970s | 79 | 77 | $77kSign up | Sculpture |
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1950s 58 works
- Sold
- 48 of 58
- Median
- $40.3kSign up
- Average
- $88.2kSign up
- Typical size
- 14 × 8.5 in (36 × 21 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (53), Other (5)
- Subjects
- Abstract (4), Figures & portraits (2)
1950 Untitled$1.1kSign up
c. 1950 Large dish$40.9kSign up
c. 1952 Early narrow bottleUnsold
c. 1952 Early bowl with shaped lip$29.2kSign up
c. 1952 Three early vases$13.9kSign up
c. 1952 Early and large 'Thistle' form$131kSign up
c. 1952 Early large vase$28.5kSign up
c. 1952 Important early pot$230kSign up
c. 1952 Early and large globular pot with handles and abstract designUnsold
c. 1952 Early and large vase with abstract designUnsold
c. 1953 Portrait of Lucie Rie$61.6kSign up
c. 1953 Early footed pot$11.5kSign up
Show 12 more (1950s)
c. 1953 An Early and Rare Pot$7.4kSign up
1953 Early and large globular pot with abstract design$197kSign up
c. 1953 Large early oval bowl with abstract design in the well$16.3kSign up
c. 1954 Early pot$21.2kSign up
c. 1954 Early vase$4.8kSign up
c. 1954 Early globular potUnsold
c. 1954 Early bowl$24.6kSign up
c. 1954 Composite vase$115kSign up
c. 1954 Large vase with central volume$554kSign up
c. 1954 Globular pot with linear design$128kSign up
c. 1954 Cup$21.3kSign up
1954 Important globular pot on foot, from the X Triennale, Milan$92.8kSign up
…and 34 more works from this group in the full results list.
1960s 75 works
- Sold
- 73 of 75
- Median
- $56.9kSign up
- Average
- $121kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 5.5 in (22 × 14 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (71), Other (4)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (2)
c. 1960 Early single 'Tripot' on base$115kSign up
c. 1960 Tall vase$17.6kSign up
c. 1960 "Digswell" composite form with disc$10.6kSign up
c. 1960 "Digswell" composite form with flattened central volume$100kSign up
c. 1960 vase$12kSign up
c. 1962 Bottle with disc top$33.9kSign up
c. 1962 Small cylindrical vase with central collar$12.3kSign up
c. 1962 Cup on stand with central disc$36.9kSign up
c. 1963 'Digswell' composite form with disc$11.6kSign up
c. 1963 'Digswell' form$84.7kSign up
c. 1963 "Digswell" composite form$56.3kSign up
c. 1963 ‘Digswell Form’$19.3kSign up
Show 12 more (1960s)
c. 1964 Vessel$40.6kSign up
c. 1965 "Poppy Head" pot$23.2kSign up
c. 1965 Bottle with disc top$18.6kSign up
c. 1965 Ovoid pot with disc$27.6kSign up
c. 1965 Rare black 'Cycladic' form$139kSign up
c. 1965 Hourglass form$61.6kSign up
c. 1965 'Spade' form$108kSign up
c. 1965 Large 'Spade' form$277kSign up
c. 1965 Large ovoid pot with disc top$323kSign up
c. 1965 Cup on stand with central disc$56.9kSign up
c. 1965 'Poppy head' pot$61.6kSign up
c. 1965 Small vase with bulbous foot$40kSign up
…and 51 more works from this group in the full results list.
1970s 79 works
- Sold
- 77 of 79
- Median
- $77kSign up
- Average
- $134kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 4.5 in (21 × 12 cm)
- Mediums
- Sculpture (78), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1970 'Spade' form$59.7kSign up
c. 1970 'Torso' bottle with disc top$100kSign up
c. 1970 Large flattened form with disc top$326kSign up
c. 1970 Rare evolved 'Spade' form$340kSign up
c. 1970 Ovoid vessel$187kSign up
1970 'Hourglass' form, circa 1970$45.8kSign up
1970 Cycladic arrow form$204kSign up
1970 Cycladic arrow form$134kSign up
c. 1970 A Bottle Vase$4kSign up
c. 1970 "Thistle" form$75kSign up
c. 1970 "Spade" form$50kSign up
c. 1972 "Cycladic" pot with spherical volume and oval lip$76.2kSign up
Show 12 more (1970s)
c. 1972 Large 'Spade' form$82.6kSign up
c. 1972 White 'Cycladic Arrow' form$77kSign up
c. 1972 White 'Cycladic Arrow' form$493kSign up
c. 1972 'Sack and Disc' form$73.9kSign up
c. 1972 'Sack and Disc' form$73.9kSign up
c. 1972 'Spade' form$215kSign up
c. 1972 'Sack and Disc' form$73.9kSign up
c. 1972 Large ovoid vase with vertical impressions$222kSign up
c. 1972 Composite form with vertical impressions$269kSign up
c. 1972 Bottle with disc top$392kSign up
c. 1972 Large squeezed vase with four indents$72.5kSign up
c. 1972 "Cycladic" pot$202kSign up
…and 55 more works from this group in the full results list.
Creation date not recorded
15 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 7 works
- Sold
- 7 of 7
- Median
- $23.6kSign up
- Average
- $37.1kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Other (5), Sculpture (2)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2011 An early angular stoneware vase$9.6kSign up
sold 2016 Early vase$3.8kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$93.8kSign up
sold 2016 Untitled$81.3kSign up
sold 2016 Digswell form$7.6kSign up
sold 2017 Black Spherical Pot with Disk Top$23.6kSign up
Show 1 more (2010s)
sold 2017 White Spherical Pot with Disk Top$40.1kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works
- Sold
- 7 of 8
- Median
- $83kSign up
- Average
- $68.2kSign up
- Typical size
- —
- Mediums
- Sculpture (7), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2021 vase$42.3kSign up
sold 2021 Hans Coper (German$2.2kSign up
sold 2022 'Sack and Disk' Form Vessel$91.1kSign up
sold 2023 Pot on Foot$83kSign up
sold 2023 Pot on Cylindrical Foot$140kSign up
sold 2023 Early Thistle Form Vase$16.6kSign up
Show 2 more (2020s)
sold 2023 Large and Early Thistle Form Vase$102kSign up
sold 2024 UntitledUnsold
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 Hans Coper auction results →