Kurt Schwitters
German · 1887–1948 · Painter, Printmaker
Kurt Hermann Eduard Karl Julius Schwitters was a German artist. He was born in Hanover, Germany, but lived in exile from 1937. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Relief mit gelbem Viereck 2 (Merz-Relief mit schrägem Gelb)Lempertz · €1,428,000≈ $1,899,240≈ £977,981Sign up to see
MerzzeichnungKetterer Kunst · €587,500≈ $689,843≈ £514,194Sign up to see
Das Gustav FinzlerbildLempertz · €496,000≈ $553,090≈ £439,903Sign up to see
Kurt Schwitters’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Coming up at auction
1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 45 | 41 | 91% | $150kSign up | $37.5kSign up | $1.9MSign up |
| Oil | 28 | 26 | 93% | $152kSign up | $13.8kSign up | $1.9MSign up |
| Mixed media | 17 | 15 | 88% | $145kSign up | $125kSign up | $690kSign up |
| Works on paper | 27 | 19 | 70% | $43.9kSign up | $37.3kSign up | $101kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 2 | 67% | $63.1kSign up | $63.1kSign up | $79.8kSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.9kSign up | $2.9kSign up | $2.9kSign up |
| Drawing | 6 | 6 | 100% | $28.8kSign up | $13.7kSign up | $100kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 13 | 12 | 92% | $30.9kSign up | $14.1kSign up | $139kSign up |
| Lithograph | 5 | 5 | 100% | $40.9kSign up | $17.8kSign up | $139kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 4 | 3 | 75% | $2.9kSign up | $951Sign up | $7.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 4 | 4 | 100% | $39.3kSign up | $35.5kSign up | $85.9kSign up |
| Photography | 1 | 1 | 100% | $135kSign up | $135kSign up | $135kSign up |
| Photograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $135kSign up | $135kSign up | $135kSign up |
| Other | 8 | 2 | 25% | $24.2kSign up | $24.2kSign up | $30.7kSign 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 | 4 | 4 | $28.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 11 | 9 | $25.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | $15.9kSign up |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | $101kSign up |
| 2022 | 7 | 6 | $33.9kSign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 5 | $60.5kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $30.7kSign up |
| 2019 | 7 | 6 | $100kSign up |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | $100kSign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | $430kSign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | $8.6kSign up |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | $121kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $16.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | $15.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | $8.4kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $10.4kSign up |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | $7.6kSign up |
| 2007 | 6 | 6 | $53kSign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | $246kSign up |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | $80.8kSign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $1.9MSign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $5.8kSign up |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | $36.4kSign up |