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German · 1887–1948 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 72 of 94 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.

Kurt Schwitters: 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
1900s11$2.9kSign upGouache
1910s1310$13kSign upOil
1920s2926$59.4kSign upMixed media
1930s129$24.8kSign upOil
1940s1712$34.7kSign upMixed media

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1900s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$2.9kSign up
Average
$2.9kSign up
Typical size
3.5 × 5.5 in (9 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Gouache (1)
Subjects
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1910s 13 works

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10 of 13
Median
$13kSign up
Average
$95.7kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 9.5 in (20 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Oil (7), Drawing (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects
—
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1920s 29 works

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26 of 29
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$59.4kSign up
Average
$81.6kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 5.5 in (17 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (13), Lithograph (5), Oil (5)
Subjects
Sunsets & night (1)
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…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 12 works

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9 of 12
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$24.8kSign up
Average
$42.3kSign up
Typical size
13 × 9.5 in (33 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Mixed media (3), Other (2)
Subjects
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1940s 17 works

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12 of 17
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$34.7kSign up
Average
$89kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 7.5 in (25 × 19 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (9), Oil (7), Print (other) (1)
Subjects
—
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Creation date not recorded

22 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 11 works

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11 of 11
Median
$44.5kSign up
Average
$266kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 5.5 in (16 × 14 cm)
Mediums
Mixed media (5), Oil (5), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Birds (1), Landscapes (1)
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

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1 of 2
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$11.8kSign up
Average
$11.8kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 4.5 in (19 × 12 cm)
Mediums
Other (1), Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects
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Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

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5 of 9
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$5.4kSign up
Average
$11kSign up
Typical size
7.5 × 5 in (19 × 12 cm)
Mediums
Other (6), Woodcut / linocut (2), Oil (1)
Subjects
—
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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 Kurt Schwitters auction results →