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Josef Albers: career timeline

German · 1888–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 667 of 771 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.

Josef Albers: 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
1910s32$2.3kSign upLithograph
1920s32$204kSign upOther
1930s77$5.6kSign upPhotograph
1940s1818$9.1kSign upOil
1950s3028$118kSign upOil
1960s389359$4.4kSign upScreenprint
1970s216201$5.3kSign upScreenprint

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1910s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$2.3kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 6 in (21 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (2), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects
—

1920s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$204kSign up
Average
$204kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 6 in (24 × 15 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Photograph (1)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1)

1930s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$5.6kSign up
Average
$13kSign up
Typical size
6 × 7 in (15 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (3), Gouache (2), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects
—

1940s 18 works

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18 of 18
Median
$9.1kSign up
Average
$70.4kSign up
Typical size
12.5 × 17.5 in (32 × 44 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Woodcut / linocut (5), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (1940s)

1950s 30 works

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28 of 30
Median
$118kSign up
Average
$207kSign up
Typical size
16 × 16 in (41 × 41 cm)
Mediums
Oil (18), Print (other) (6), Engraving (2)
Subjects
—
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 389 works

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359 of 389
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$38.4kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (254), Lithograph (75), Oil (24)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (5)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 365 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 216 works

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201 of 216
Median
$5.3kSign up
Average
$13.9kSign up
Typical size
15 × 15.5 in (38 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (196), Other (9), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
—
Show 12 more (1970s)

…and 192 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

104 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 11 works

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11 of 11
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$83.2kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15.5 in (40 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (6), Oil (3), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—
Show 5 more (2000s)

Undated, sold in the 2010s 38 works

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31 of 38
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$3kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 20 in (44 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Other (24), Screenprint (14)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 55 works

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37 of 55
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$7.4kSign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (31 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Screenprint (46), Other (3), Print (other) (2)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 43 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 Josef Albers auction results →