Max Beckmann
German · 1884–1950 · Painter, Printmaker
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Selbstbildnis gelb-rosaGrisebach · €23,225,000≈ $24,279,415≈ £19,907,687Sign up to see
Weiblicher Kopf in Blau und Grau (Die Ägypterin)Grisebach · €5,530,000≈ $6,469,547≈ £4,848,645Sign up to see
Quappi mit grünem SonnenschirmGrisebach · €5,398,000≈ $5,690,572≈ £4,492,793Sign up to see
Max Beckmann’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).
Lots sold
642
of 710 offered · 2001–2026
Sell-through
90%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
Showing 556 of 642 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 42 | 42 | 100% | $1.9MSign up | $936kSign up | $24MSign up |
| Oil | 42 | 42 | 100% | $1.9MSign up | $936kSign up | $24MSign up |
| Works on paper | 66 | 59 | 89% | $75.3kSign up | $17.1kSign up | $1.4MSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 5 | 83% | $476kSign up | $169kSign up | $1.4MSign up |
| Gouache | 1 | 1 | 100% | $145kSign up | $145kSign up | $145kSign up |
| Drawing | 58 | 52 | 90% | $35.1kSign up | $14kSign up | $212kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 585 | 528 | 90% | $15.8kSign up | $6.8kSign up | $325kSign up |
| Etching | 109 | 87 | 80% | $7.9kSign up | $4.2kSign up | $120kSign up |
| Drypoint | 269 | 248 | 92% | $18.5kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $325kSign up |
| Lithograph | 139 | 131 | 94% | $16.8kSign up | $7.6kSign up | $283kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 58 | 54 | 93% | $15.1kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $139kSign up |
| Print (other) | 10 | 8 | 80% | $7.4kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $26.2kSign up |
| Sculpture | 4 | 4 | 100% | $155kSign up | $140kSign up | $268kSign up |
| Other | 13 | 9 | 69% | $99kSign up | $13.2kSign up | $667kSign 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 | 14 | 10 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2025 | 98 | 88 | $6.2kSign up |
| 2024 | 33 | 26 | $10.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 37 | 27 | $5.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | $5.9kSign up |
| 2021 | 23 | 22 | $11.9kSign up |
| 2020 | 17 | 14 | $8.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 31 | 25 | $6.7kSign up |
| 2018 | 49 | 43 | $10.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 22 | 16 | $9kSign up |
| 2016 | 19 | 16 | $12kSign up |
| 2015 | 30 | 27 | $7kSign up |
| 2014 | 24 | 23 | $34kSign up |
| 2013 | 50 | 45 | $11.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 15 | 14 | $5.4kSign up |
| 2011 | 26 | 26 | $16.8kSign up |
| 2010 | 27 | 27 | $5.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 21 | 21 | $14.4kSign up |
| 2008 | 26 | 26 | $13kSign up |
| 2007 | 36 | 36 | $34.3kSign up |
| 2006 | 11 | 10 | $8.2kSign up |
| 2005 | 21 | 21 | $6.2kSign up |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2003 | 21 | 21 | $4kSign up |
| 2002 | 11 | 10 | $3.7kSign up |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | $628Sign up |