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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: career timeline

German · 1884–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 696 of 801 lots (87% 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 Schmidt-Rottluff: 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
1900s4947$6.8kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1910s196193$11.2kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1920s10798$18.2kSign upWatercolor
1930s6969$37.5kSign upWatercolor
1940s5049$26.3kSign upWatercolor
1950s7373$24.1kSign upWatercolor
1960s136135$24.2kSign upWatercolor
1970s87$14.8kSign upDrawing

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1900s 49 works

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47 of 49
Median
$6.8kSign up
Average
$74.9kSign up
Typical size
10 × 12 in (25 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (19), Lithograph (9), Watercolor (8)
Subjects
—
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…and 25 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 196 works

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193 of 196
Median
$11.2kSign up
Average
$80.1kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 15.5 in (39 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (145), Drawing (10), Print (other) (10)
Subjects
Landscapes (6), Beach scenes (2), Harbours & ports (1)
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…and 172 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 107 works

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98 of 107
Median
$18.2kSign up
Average
$113kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 19.5 in (49 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (36), Woodcut / linocut (31), Oil (11)
Subjects
Landscapes (6), Beach scenes (3), Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 83 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 69 works

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69 of 69
Median
$37.5kSign up
Average
$60.4kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 27 in (50 × 69 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (48), Oil (9), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Beach scenes (2)
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…and 45 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 50 works

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49 of 50
Median
$26.3kSign up
Average
$35.8kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 21 in (50 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (28), Drawing (14), Oil (3)
Subjects
—
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…and 26 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 73 works

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73 of 73
Median
$24.1kSign up
Average
$68.6kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 24 in (50 × 61 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (30), Drawing (23), Oil (14)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1)
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…and 49 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 136 works

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135 of 136
Median
$24.2kSign up
Average
$32.8kSign up
Typical size
21 × 20 in (54 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (79), Drawing (50), Oil (5)
Subjects
Landscapes (11), Beach scenes (1), Sea & coast (1)
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…and 112 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$14.8kSign up
Average
$17.1kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 21.5 in (40 × 54 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (7), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
—

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 67 works

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67 of 67
Median
$11.9kSign up
Average
$19.6kSign up
Typical size
18 × 19.5 in (46 × 50 cm)
Mediums
Print (other) (25), Watercolor (15), Drawing (8)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Beach scenes (2), Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 55 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 27 works

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26 of 27
Median
$9.7kSign up
Average
$28.3kSign up
Typical size
19.5 × 19.5 in (49 × 49 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (10), Watercolor (9), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Sea & coast (1), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2010s)

…and 15 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 10 works

Sold
7 of 10
Median
$11kSign up
Average
$11.4kSign up
Typical size
15 × 16 in (38 × 40 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (5), Drawing (2), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects
Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1)
Show 4 more (2020s)

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 Schmidt-Rottluff auction results →