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Max Beckmann: career timeline

German · 1884–1950 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 634 of 707 lots (90% 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.

Max Beckmann: 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
1900s77$117kSign upOil
1910s213186$8.3kSign upDrypoint
1920s332305$6.9kSign upDrypoint
1930s2625$913kSign upOil
1940s4743$45.9kSign upLithograph
1950s55$83.4kSign upSculpture

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1900s 7 works

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7 of 7
Median
$117kSign up
Average
$115kSign up
Typical size
20 × 21 in (51 × 53 cm)
Mediums
Oil (4), Drawing (3)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

1910s 213 works

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186 of 213
Median
$8.3kSign up
Average
$23.9kSign up
Typical size
10 × 10 in (25 × 26 cm)
Mediums
Drypoint (115), Lithograph (41), Etching (33)
Subjects
Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (3)
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…and 189 more works from this group in the full results list.

1920s 332 works

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305 of 332
Median
$6.9kSign up
Average
$35.5kSign up
Typical size
12 × 10 in (30 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Drypoint (146), Lithograph (63), Woodcut / linocut (56)
Subjects
Beach scenes (6), Figures & portraits (3)
Show 12 more (1920s)

…and 308 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 26 works

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25 of 26
Median
$913kSign up
Average
$1.2MSign up
Typical size
25.5 × 25 in (65 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Oil (16), Drawing (4), Watercolor (3)
Subjects
Beach scenes (2), Landscapes (1)
Show 12 more (1930s)

…and 2 more works from this group in the full results list.

1940s 47 works

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43 of 47
Median
$45.9kSign up
Average
$972kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 12 in (36 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (19), Drawing (15), Oil (10)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3)
Show 12 more (1940s)

…and 23 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 5 works

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5 of 5
Median
$83.4kSign up
Average
$854kSign up
Typical size
10 × 14.5 in (25 × 37 cm)
Mediums
Sculpture (3), Oil (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)

Creation date not recorded

73 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 44 works

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43 of 44
Median
$4.8kSign up
Average
$9.8kSign up
Typical size
11 × 10 in (29 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Etching (24), Lithograph (12), Drawing (5)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (3), Rivers & marshes (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 32 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 17 works

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16 of 17
Median
$7.2kSign up
Average
$15.1kSign up
Typical size
11 × 12 in (28 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Etching (6), Drawing (4), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1), Landscapes (1)
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…and 5 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2020s 12 works

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7 of 12
Median
$1.6kSign up
Average
$21.6kSign up
Typical size
12 × 9 in (30 × 23 cm)
Mediums
Other (4), Drypoint (3), Etching (2)
Subjects
Figures & portraits (1)
Show 6 more (2020s)

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 Max Beckmann auction results →