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Käthe Kollwitz: career timeline

German · 1867–1945 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 645 of 835 lots (77% 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.

Käthe Kollwitz: 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
1890s7856$2.1kSign upEtching
1900s158127$2.1kSign upEtching
1910s10081$3.3kSign upEtching
1920s213192$3.5kSign upLithograph
1930s8474$7.8kSign upLithograph
1940s1211$17.5kSign upSculpture

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1890s 78 works

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56 of 78
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$24.6kSign up
Typical size
9 × 9 in (23 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Etching (54), Drawing (7), Aquatint (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 54 more works from this group in the full results list.

1900s 158 works

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127 of 158
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$35.5kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 13 in (36 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Etching (81), Lithograph (30), Drawing (16)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
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…and 134 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 100 works

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81 of 100
Median
$3.3kSign up
Average
$30.4kSign up
Typical size
13 × 11.5 in (33 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Etching (50), Lithograph (22), Drawing (18)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
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…and 76 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 213 works

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192 of 213
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$21.3kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 13 in (34 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (99), Woodcut / linocut (53), Drawing (18)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
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…and 189 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 84 works

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74 of 84
Median
$7.8kSign up
Average
$17.5kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 11.5 in (34 × 29 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (41), Sculpture (33), Drawing (4)
Subjects
—
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…and 60 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 12 works

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11 of 12
Median
$17.5kSign up
Average
$29.7kSign up
Typical size
7 × 7 in (18 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (10), Lithograph (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

189 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 40 works

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39 of 40
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
13 × 13 in (32 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Etching (8), Sculpture (4)
Subjects
—
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…and 28 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 56 works

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49 of 56
Median
$1.7kSign up
Average
$12.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 12.5 in (36 × 32 cm)
Mediums
Etching (15), Other (13), Lithograph (12)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
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…and 44 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 93 works

Sold
49 of 93
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$15.8kSign up
Typical size
12 × 12 in (30 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Etching (47), Other (27), Lithograph (11)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (4)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 81 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 Käthe Kollwitz auction results →