Karl Hugo Schmölz: career timeline

German · 1917–1986 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 52 of 62 lots (84% 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 Hugo Schmölz: 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
1930s	4	3	$1.8kSign up	Photograph
1940s	12	11	$1.4kSign up	Photograph
1950s	30	30	$1.8kSign up	Photograph
1960s	6	5	$1.2kSign up	Photograph

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1930s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 10 in (40 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (4)
Subjects: —

1938 Südliches Seitenschiff - Nach Nordwest, Kölner Dom$1.8kSign up
c. 1938 Kölner Dom - Westfassade$845Sign up
c. 1938 Der Dom von Westen aus gesehen$2kSign up
1939 Die drei Obergeschosse der Westfassade des Kölner DomsUnsold

1940s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $1.4kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 8.5 in (22 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (12)
Subjects: —

1950s 30 works

Sold: 30 of 30
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 7.5 × 8.5 in (19 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (29), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Siemens, Stuttgart$1.8kSign up
c. 1950 Vereinigte Glanzstoff-Fabriken AG, Wuppertal$2.6kSign up
c. 1950 Studio of Hugo Schmölz, Klingelpütz 29, Cologne$1.9kSign up
c. 1950 Untitled$3.1kSign up
1950 Klinik in der Königstr. 37, Eingangstüre mit Treppenaufgang$4.1kSign up
1950 Auktion 404, Los 509$8.4kSign up
c. 1950 Untitled$612Sign up
c. 1950 Konditorei (Café)$664Sign up
c. 1950 Cinema Primus, Cologne-Ehrenfeld$1.5kSign up
c. 1950 Cinema Primus, Cologne Ehrenfeld$1.5kSign up
1951 Buchhandlung im Kölner Hauptbahnhof$497Sign up
1951 Deutsche Centralbodenkredit A.G., Köln$896Sign up

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1960s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.3kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 10 in (27 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5), Other (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Untitled (Kess Brewery)$2.1kSign up
c. 1960 UntitledUnsold
c. 1960 Untitled$984Sign up
1963 Brücke in Düsseldorf (Bridge in Dusseldorf)$1.2kSign up
1964 Sitzgruppe mit Trompete für Wilkhan$1.2kSign up
1964 Sitzgruppe mit Telefon für Wilkhahn$1.2kSign up

Creation date not recorded

10 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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $904Sign up
Average: $2.8kSign up
Typical size: 9 × 6 in (23 × 15 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 HAUPTGEBÄUDE GERLING KÖLN$904Sign up
sold 2009 AM RHEIN$6.9kSign up
sold 2009 STAIRWAY TO THE UPPER FLOOR, FOYER WDR$748Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 6 works

Sold: 6 of 6
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.4kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 8.5 in (18 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (6)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 DRAHTHAUS, DÜSSELDORF$1.9kSign up
sold 2010 FORD-WERKE, KÖLN$1.9kSign up
sold 2011 Tea set, design by Heinrich Löffelhardt$654Sign up
sold 2011 Forum Coloniense$1.4kSign up
sold 2011 UNTITLED$1.6kSign up
sold 2018 Kirche in Bilderstöckchen, Köln$1.1kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $822Sign up
Average: $822Sign up
Typical size: 9 × 5.5 in (23 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Museum Ludwig, Köln$822Sign 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 Hugo Schmölz auction results →