Karl Blosfeldt: career timeline

German · 1865–1932 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 27 lots (74% 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.

Karl Blosfeldt: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1890s	1	1	$192Sign up	Photograph
1900s	2	2	$19.2kSign up	Photograph
1910s	10	10	$22.9kSign up	Photograph
1920s	5	3	$1.9kSign up	Photograph
1930s	2	2	$400Sign up	Etching

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1890s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $192Sign up
Average: $192Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 7.5 in (25 × 19 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1895 Königsfarn (Osmunda), Wedel in der Entfaltung, 1895/1930$192Sign up

1900s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $19.2kSign up
Average: $19.2kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 7 in (19 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

1900 Equisetum Hiemale, Winterschachtelhalm$37.7kSign up
1900 Papaver orientalis (Mohn)$690Sign up

1910s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $22.9kSign up
Average: $26.2kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (10)
Subjects: —

1915 Hamamelis japonica, Zaubernuss$5.3kSign up
c. 1915 Silphium Laciniatum (Rosin-Weed, Compass-Plant)$20.5kSign up
c. 1915 Acer pensylvanicum (Striped maple)$25.2kSign up
c. 1915 Centaurea kotschyana$9.3kSign up
1915 Konvolut$52.5kSign up
c. 1915 Aconitum anthora (Eisenhut)$51.7kSign up
1915 Celosia cristata, Hahnenkamm, Teil eines Blütenknäuels$6.9kSign up
1915 Astrantia major, Große Sterndolde$10.3kSign up
1915 Chrysanthemum segetum, Wucherblume$49.1kSign up
c. 1915 Cotula Coronopifolia, Laugenblume. 1915 –1925$30.6kSign up

1920s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 11.5 × 9.5 in (30 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

c. 1920 Pflanzenformen. Pflanzenformen II$1.9kSign up
c. 1920 Salvia argentea (Sage)Unsold
c. 1920 Hamamelis japonicaUnsold
1922 Urformen der Kunst I$6.3kSign up
1928 Seven works from Urformen der Kunst$1.1kSign up

1930s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $400Sign up
Average: $400Sign up
Typical size: 11 × 17 in (28 × 43 cm)
Mediums: Etching (2)
Subjects: —

1932 Dipsacus Fullonum [Fuller's Teasel, Capitulum]$373Sign up
1932 Three from Wundergarten der Natur [Triptych]$428Sign up

Creation date not recorded

7 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 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $710Sign up
Average: $682Sign up
Typical size: 11 × 8.5 in (27 × 21 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4), Etching (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Untitled (3)$1kSign up
sold 2013 Silene conica (sand catchfly)$789Sign up
sold 2013 Pterocarya Fraxinifolia (walnut)$710Sign up
sold 2014 Pflanzenformen$284Sign up
sold 2015 9 Plates, from Wunder in der Natur$625Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 9.5 in (25 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Collection of sixty-three works$3.5kSign up
sold 2025 Pflanzenformen II$611Sign up

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 Karl Blosfeldt auction results →