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Austrian · 1900–1985 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 122 of 142 lots (86% 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.

Herbert Bayer: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1920s55$4.9kSign upLithograph
1930s1313$6.9kSign upPhotograph
1940s77$11.6kSign upOil
1950s99$2.9kSign upDrawing
1960s4742$599Sign upScreenprint
1970s3827$3.8kSign upScreenprint
1980s22$29.5kSign upAcrylic

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1920s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$4.9kSign up
Average
$18.9kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Photograph (2), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1)

1930s 13 works

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13 of 13
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$10.6kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 13.5 in (34 × 34 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (5), Watercolor (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1), Flowers & still life (1), Landscapes (1)
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1940s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$11.6kSign up
Average
$19.5kSign up
Typical size
27 × 30.5 in (69 × 78 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5), Gouache (1), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1), Butterflies (1), Landscapes (1)

1950s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$7.3kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 14.5 in (40 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (2), Other (2), Photograph (2)
Subjects
—

1960s 47 works

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42 of 47
Median
$599Sign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 20 in (60 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (16), Print (other) (15), Lithograph (8)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1), Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 38 works

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27 of 38
Median
$3.8kSign up
Average
$5.2kSign up
Typical size
32 × 32 in (81 × 81 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (16), Acrylic (12), Other (6)
Subjects
Abstract (2)
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 2 works

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2 of 2
Median
$29.5kSign up
Average
$29.5kSign up
Typical size
40 × 40 in (102 × 102 cm)
Mediums
Acrylic (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

20 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 2000s 5 works

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4 of 5
Median
$15.5kSign up
Average
$27.6kSign up
Typical size
34 × 33 in (87 × 83 cm)
Mediums
Oil (2), Acrylic (1), Tempera (1)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

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6 of 7
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$5.5kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 21.5 in (49 × 55 cm)
Mediums
Other (3), Screenprint (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 8 works

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3 of 8
Median
$708Sign up
Average
$2.2kSign up
Typical size
30 × 29.5 in (76 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (5), Other (2), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 2 more (2020s)

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 Herbert Bayer auction results →