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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: career timeline

German · 1886–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 87 of 330 lots (26% 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.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: 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
1920s5453$4.7kSign upOther
1930s2220$5kSign upOther
1940s11$20.5kSign upDrawing
1950s33$3.2kSign upOther
1960s32$4kSign upSculpture
1970s44$2.8kSign upOther

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Enter what you know about a work by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1920s 54 works

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53 of 54
Median
$4.7kSign up
Average
$11.5kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 20.5 in (45 × 52 cm)
Mediums
Other (27), Photograph (15), Sculpture (12)
Subjects
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…and 30 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 22 works

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20 of 22
Median
$5kSign up
Average
$7kSign up
Typical size
12 × 13 in (31 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Other (14), Drawing (7), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—
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1940s 1 work

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1 of 1
Median
$20.5kSign up
Average
$20.5kSign up
Typical size
14 × 17 in (36 × 43 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (1)
Subjects
—

1950s 3 works

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3 of 3
Median
$3.2kSign up
Average
$3.4kSign up
Typical size
16.5 × 49.5 in (41 × 126 cm)
Mediums
Other (2), Sculpture (1)
Subjects
—

1960s 3 works

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2 of 3
Median
$4kSign up
Average
$4kSign up
Typical size
24.5 × 77 in (62 × 196 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (2), Other (1)
Subjects
—

1970s 4 works

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4 of 4
Median
$2.8kSign up
Average
$2.7kSign up
Typical size
—
Mediums
Other (4)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

242 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 8 works

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7 of 8
Median
$4.2kSign up
Average
$4.8kSign up
Typical size
30 × 30 in (76 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (4), Other (4)
Subjects
—
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Undated, sold in the 2010s 51 works

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46 of 51
Median
$3.5kSign up
Average
$3.8kSign up
Typical size
30.5 × 30 in (78 × 76 cm)
Mediums
Other (36), Sculpture (15)
Subjects
—
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…and 39 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 183 works

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173 of 183
Median
$2.6kSign up
Average
$3.1kSign up
Typical size
30 × 29.5 in (76 × 75 cm)
Mediums
Other (105), Sculpture (77), Multiple (1)
Subjects
—
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 171 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 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe auction results →