Käthe Kollwitz

German · 1867–1945 · Painter, Printmaker

Käthe Kollwitz was a German artist who worked with painting, printmaking and sculpture. Her most famous art cycles, including The Weavers and The Peasant War, depict the… (Wikipedia)

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837lots offered2001–2026years recorded87%sold (678)$3.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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PietàKornfeld · Jun 2022CHF 1,100,000≈ $1,141,470≈ £930,749≈ €1,088,566Sign up to see
Die FreiwilligenKornfeld · Sep 2024CHF 750,000≈ $885,375≈ £674,983≈ €799,003Sign up to see
Selbstbildnis en faceKornfeld · Sep 2021CHF 730,000≈ $786,721≈ £570,088≈ €667,845Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $3.3kfree account

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Lots sold

678

of 779 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

87%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 562 of 678 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

58 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	1	1	100%	$9.4kSign up	$9.4kSign up	$9.4kSign up
Mixed media	1	1	100%	$9.4kSign up	$9.4kSign up	$9.4kSign up
Works on paper	74	72	97%	$88.5kSign up	$58.1kSign up	$496kSign up
Watercolor	1	1	100%	$138kSign up	$138kSign up	$138kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$100kSign up	$100kSign up	$100kSign up
Drawing	70	69	99%	$88.7kSign up	$56.8kSign up	$496kSign up
Prints & multiples	588	497	85%	$9.4kSign up	$2kSign up	$1.1MSign up
Etching	235	178	76%	$8.3kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$885kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$150Sign up	$150Sign up	$150Sign up
Aquatint	28	23	82%	$6.5kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$80.7kSign up
Drypoint	20	20	100%	$2.8kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$10.1kSign up
Lithograph	228	205	90%	$11.2kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$1.1MSign up
Woodcut / linocut	60	54	90%	$12.1kSign up	$4.3kSign up	$53.8kSign up
Print (other)	16	16	100%	$3.2kSign up	$792Sign up	$36.1kSign up
Sculpture	53	48	91%	$28kSign up	$20.7kSign up	$125kSign up
Other	63	60	95%	$54.5kSign up	$12.3kSign up	$787kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	12	11	$1.4kSign up
2025	84	74	$4kSign up
2024	66	57	$3.9kSign up
2023	49	28	$2kSign up
2022	87	68	$4.1kSign up
2021	36	30	$11.3kSign up
2020	21	20	$3kSign up
2019	39	36	$2.9kSign up
2018	39	37	$9.6kSign up
2017	20	19	$5kSign up
2016	25	23	$4kSign up
2015	20	16	$1.1kSign up
2014	18	17	$3.8kSign up
2013	22	19	$4.3kSign up
2012	31	30	$3.6kSign up
2011	29	23	$4.6kSign up
2010	32	26	$2.3kSign up
2009	16	14	$3.4kSign up
2008	10	10	$8.9kSign up
2007	26	25	$2.1kSign up
2006	24	23	$3.6kSign up
2005	25	25	$2.6kSign up
2004	26	25	$3.3kSign up
2003	9	9	$1.5kSign up
2002	12	12	$1.8kSign up
2001	1	1	$2.4kSign up