Marcel Breuer: career timeline

American · 1902–1981 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 92 of 167 lots (55% 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.

Marcel Breuer: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1920s	32	25	$2.5kSign up	Other
1930s	38	33	$2.6kSign up	Other
1960s	12	10	$2.2kSign up	Other
1970s	7	6	$4.2kSign up	Other
1980s	2	2	$750Sign up	Other

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1920s 32 works

Sold: 25 of 32
Median: $2.5kSign up
Average: $5kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 27 in (75 × 68 cm)
Mediums: Other (30), Sculpture (2)
Subjects: —

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1925 Laccio side tables and coffee table (3)$1.4kSign up
c. 1925 Par de poltronas Wassily, 1925-1927Unsold
c. 1925 Par de poltronas Wassily, modelo nº B3, 1925-1927Result not published
1926 Satztische – Modell: B 9-9c$11.1kSign up
1927 Rare wardrobe, designed 1927Unsold
1927 Table, model B10$2.5kSign up
1927 Rücken-Lehnstuhl“ – Modell: B 6$11.1kSign up
c. 1927 Theater chairs (10)$7.5kSign up
1927 Early swivel chair, model no. B7$10kSign up
c. 1927 Occasional table$429Sign up
c. 1928 'B35', lounge chair, designed 1928-29, this example manufactured post-1945Unsold
c. 1928 Armchair, model B30$1.3kSign up

…and 8 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 38 works

Sold: 33 of 38
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $5.9kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 24 in (74 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Other (37), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1930 B8 stool$1.9kSign up
1930 B91 DESK, 1930S$1.5kSign up
1930 Caféhaustisch mit Glasplatte – Modell: B 57$7kSign up
c. 1930 Konsoltisch – Werksentwurf$7.7kSign up
1930 Bücher- und Aktenständer – Modell: B 22. 1930 / Ausführung 1935$13.2kSign up
c. 1930 desk$2.6kSign up
1932 Aluminium 'Short chair' designed 1932, manufactured by Embru-Werke AG for Wohnbedarf, SwitzerlandUnsold
c. 1933 Chair, model no. WB 301Unsold
1935 'LONG CHAIR', DESIGNED 1935-6 / MANUFACTURED c.1965$2.1kSign up
1935 Prototype single bed$1.7kSign up
1935 Prototype single bed$1.2kSign up
c. 1935 Long chair, designed 1935-1936, produced 1960s$1.3kSign up

Show 12 more (1930s)

c. 1935 Early and rare 'Long Chair', designed 1935-1936, produced circa 1935$30.1kSign up
c. 1935 Long chaise$3.3kSign up
c. 1935 Chaise lounge$1.5kSign up
c. 1935 "Long Chair"Unsold
1936 Chaise Longue$1.2kSign up
1936 OCCASIONAL TABLE, DESIGNED 1936$721Sign up
1936 NEST OF TWO TABLES, DESIGNED 1936$2.5kSign up
1936 Nesting tables, pair$2kSign up
1936 Nest of painted birch plywood tables$2.3kSign up
1936 LONG CHAIR, DESIGNED 1936$1.1kSign up
1936 Chaise LongueUnsold
1936 Set of Three Nesting Tables, designed 1936$14.5kSign up

…and 14 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 12 works

Sold: 10 of 12
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $5.7kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 29 in (73 × 73 cm)
Mediums: Other (9), Sculpture (3)
Subjects: —

c. 1960 Designed Long Chair Attributed to Knoll$600Sign up
c. 1960 Letteratura: Magdalena Droste, manfred Ludewig, Bauhaus Archiv, Marcel Breuer design, Benedikt Taschen, Koln, 1992, pp. 62-63 Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, Dino Gavina Ultrarazionale Ultramobile, Editrice Compositori, Milano, 1998, pp. 172-173$1.6kSign up
c. 1960 'Wassily' Lounge Chairs (2)$1.8kSign up
1960 Group of Eight "Cesca" Chairs, Gavina 1960Unsold
1962 Letteratura: Domus 398 (gennaio 1963), p.d/95$1.5kSign up
c. 1963 Candlestick$2.5kSign up
c. 1963 candlesticks, pair$9.6kSign up
c. 1965 Custom dining table from the Offices of Marcel Breuer, New York$6.3kSign up
1965 CHAISE LONGUE, CIRCA 1965$1kSign up
c. 1968 Coffee table, from the Armstrong Rubber Company Headquarters, New Haven$8.3kSign up
c. 1968 Unique table, from the The Armstrong Rubber Company Headquarters, New HavenUnsold
1969 Delfi table from the Ultrarazionale collection$23.8kSign up

1970s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $4.2kSign up
Average: $7.4kSign up
Typical size: 30.5 × 22.5 in (77 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Other (6), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1970 for Knoll Set of 3 Cesca Armchairs (ca. 1970)$225Sign up
c. 1970 Custom dining table from the Stillman House, Litchfield, CT$14.4kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1970 Cantilever Dining Chairs$2.3kSign up
1970 Vintage Cesca ChairsResult not published
c. 1970 'Cesca' Dining Chairs (8)$1.9kSign up
c. 1970 Dining table$19.6kSign up
c. 1970 Dining table$6.1kSign up

1980s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $750Sign up
Average: $750Sign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 31 in (73 × 79 cm)
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1980 LAMINATE & CHROMED STEEL ETAGERE$500Sign up
c. 1980 Chrome And Grey Leather Wassily Chair, Ca. 1980, Depth 27$1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

75 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $6.9kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2004 A Long Chair$6.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works

Sold: 14 of 17
Median: $1.8kSign up
Average: $2.2kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 27 in (44 × 69 cm)
Mediums: Other (16), Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 Pair of lounge chairs$3.1kSign up
sold 2010 Coffee table$8.6kSign up
sold 2010 Coffee table$3.7kSign up
sold 2012 Vassily Model B3$265Sign up
sold 2012 A SHORT CHAIR$988Sign up
sold 2012 Wassily or Model B3 ChairUnsold

Show 6 more (2010s)

sold 2013 Long chair$3.4kSign up
sold 2014 Lounge chairs (2)$3.1kSign up
sold 2015 Senza titoloResult not published
sold 2015 Pedestal desk$1.4kSign up
sold 2015 Cabinet$1.9kSign up
sold 2015 Suite of furniture (5)$1.9kSign up

…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 57 works

Sold: 43 of 57
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.9kSign up
Typical size: 28.5 × 30.5 in (73 × 78 cm)
Mediums: Other (51), Sculpture (6)
Subjects: —

sold 2020 B35 lounge chairs, pair$4.5kSign up
sold 2020 Long Chair$600Sign up
sold 2021 for Knoll Glass Waterfall Table$550Sign up
sold 2021 Lounge chairs model B35, pair$6kSign up
sold 2021 Wassily lounge chair$875Sign up
sold 2021 Wassily lounge chairs, pair$3.4kSign up

Show 6 more (2020s)

sold 2021 Wassily chairs, pair$2kSign up
sold 2021 Wassily lounge chairs, pair$1.9kSign up
sold 2021 Long Chair$2.5kSign up
sold 2022 Wassily chairs, pair$3.3kSign up
sold 2022 UntitledUnsold
sold 2022 Laccio Coffee Tables for Knoll$660Sign up

…and 45 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 Marcel Breuer auction results →