Herbert Bayer
Austrian · 1900–1985 · Painter, Printmaker
Herbert Bayer was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He served as a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Der SelbstauslöserGrisebach · €61,000≈ $75,164≈ £49,104Sign up to see
(Austrian 1900-1985)Bonhams · $71,250≈ £39,452≈ €56,832Sign up to see
Messages Through AtmospherePhillips · $63,500≈ £50,130≈ €60,121Sign up to see
Herbert Bayer’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).
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- Unsold / did not meet reserve
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. MX$10,000–15,000
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $300–500
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $300–500
Also offered, result not published (18)
Lots by Herbert Bayer that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Herbert Bayer paintings (24)Herbert Bayer oil paintings (9)Herbert Bayer acrylic paintings (13)Herbert Bayer works on paper (23)Herbert Bayer watercolors (3)Herbert Bayer gouaches (5)Herbert Bayer drawings (7)Herbert Bayer prints (52)Herbert Bayer lithographs (13)Herbert Bayer screenprints (22)Herbert Bayer photographs (10)
Herbert Bayer signature
49 catalogued lots by Herbert Bayer record a signature line. The most common placement is lower right (72% of lots that state a placement). Most often: signed.
Placement
Form
Signed and dated "bayer 1959" lower right
— Moon and Structure, Phillips, Nov 20, 2024Signed and dated "herbert bayer 42" lower right; signed, titled and dated "herbert bayer 1942 MESSAGES THROUGH ATMOSPHERE" on the stretcher
— Messages Through Atmosphere, Phillips, Nov 20, 2024Signed and dated on the lower right: Bayer 45
— Butterfly between mountains, im Kinsky, Apr 5, 2022
About Herbert Bayer
Herbert Bayer was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. He served as a design consultant to and then Chairman of the Department of Design at the Container Corporation of America. He helped design the campus of The Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colorado, where his earthwork Grass Mound (1955) is located. He was also instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company's corporate art collection until his death in 1985.
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