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Lyonel Feininger: career timeline

American · 1871–1956 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 755 of 900 lots (84% 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.

Lyonel Feininger: 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
1900s3026$14.9kSign upDrawing
1910s318292$7.7kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1920s138131$8.1kSign upWoodcut / linocut
1930s9787$38.2kSign upWatercolor
1940s5654$46.4kSign upWatercolor
1950s110102$20.9kSign upWatercolor

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1900s 30 works

Sold
26 of 30
Median
$14.9kSign up
Average
$42kSign up
Typical size
6 × 7 in (16 × 18 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (21), Watercolor (3), Oil (3)
Subjects
Markets & villages (4)
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…and 6 more works from this group in the full results list.

1910s 318 works

Sold
292 of 318
Median
$7.7kSign up
Average
$36.1kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8 in (16 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (191), Etching (42), Drawing (39)
Subjects
Beach scenes (17), Sea & coast (15), Harbours & ports (7)
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…and 294 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 138 works

Sold
131 of 138
Median
$8.1kSign up
Average
$63.6kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (59), Watercolor (31), Drawing (22)
Subjects
Beach scenes (5), Sea & coast (5), Boats (3)
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…and 114 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 97 works

Sold
87 of 97
Median
$38.2kSign up
Average
$112kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 12 in (24 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (54), Drawing (27), Oil (6)
Subjects
Sea & coast (6), Beach scenes (5), Boats (5)
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…and 73 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 56 works

Sold
54 of 56
Median
$46.4kSign up
Average
$76.4kSign up
Typical size
10.5 × 15 in (27 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (41), Oil (7), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Sea & coast (6), Boats (6), Markets & villages (4)
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…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 110 works

Sold
102 of 110
Median
$20.9kSign up
Average
$32.3kSign up
Typical size
9.5 × 9.5 in (24 × 24 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (70), Drawing (16), Lithograph (15)
Subjects
Sea & coast (9), Rivers & marshes (2), Figures & portraits (2)
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…and 86 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

145 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 97 works

Sold
97 of 97
Median
$5.1kSign up
Average
$34.9kSign up
Typical size
6.5 × 8.5 in (16 × 21 cm)
Mediums
Drawing (43), Print (other) (21), Watercolor (14)
Subjects
Markets & villages (6), Sea & coast (5), Beach scenes (4)
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…and 85 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 25 works

Sold
16 of 25
Median
$8.5kSign up
Average
$38.6kSign up
Typical size
10 × 8.5 in (26 × 22 cm)
Mediums
Woodcut / linocut (7), Watercolor (4), Print (other) (4)
Subjects
Sea & coast (2), Boats (2), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 23 works

Sold
17 of 23
Median
$4.4kSign up
Average
$5.2kSign up
Typical size
7 × 8 in (18 × 20 cm)
Mediums
Other (8), Woodcut / linocut (7), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Boats (2), Landscapes (1), Sea & coast (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

…and 11 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 Lyonel Feininger auction results →