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Karl Fred Dahmen: career timeline

German · 1917–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 187 of 225 lots (83% 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 Fred Dahmen: 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
1950s4240$7.8kSign upMixed media
1960s5757$7.4kSign upMixed media
1970s7872$2.6kSign upMixed media
1980s99$2.3kSign upOil

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1950s 42 works

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40 of 42
Median
$7.8kSign up
Average
$10kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 22.5 in (60 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (21), Oil (15), Gouache (3)
Subjects
Abstract (2), Landscapes (2)
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…and 18 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 57 works

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57 of 57
Median
$7.4kSign up
Average
$10.4kSign up
Typical size
27 × 19.5 in (68 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (34), Other (14), Etching (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Abstract (1)
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…and 33 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 78 works

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72 of 78
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
27 × 22 in (69 × 57 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (30), Etching (20), Other (17)
Subjects
Landscapes (7)
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…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

1980s 9 works

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9 of 9
Median
$2.3kSign up
Average
$4.1kSign up
Typical size
20 × 15.5 in (51 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Mixed media (3), Gouache (2)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

38 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 25 works

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25 of 25
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$6.4kSign up
Typical size
26 × 24 in (66 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Oil (7), Mixed media (6), Gouache (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 13 works

Sold
13 of 13
Median
$5.8kSign up
Average
$8.5kSign up
Typical size
28.5 × 23.5 in (72 × 60 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (11), Etching (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 1 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 Karl Fred Dahmen auction results →