Max Pechstein

German · 1881–1955 · Painter, Printmaker

Hermann Max Pechstein was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and a member of the Die Brücke group. He fought on the Western Front during World War I and his art was… (Wikipedia)

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745lots offered2001–2026years recorded92%sold (681)$14.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Self-portrait, reclining (Selbstbildnis, liegend)Lempertz · Dec 2023€3,036,000≈ $3,301,650≈ £2,612,272Sign up to see
Inder und Frauenakt / Früchte (Rückseite)Ketterer Kunst · Dec 2025€2,643,000≈ $3,077,774≈ £2,306,485Sign up to see
Russisches BallettGrisebach · Jun 2022€2,425,000≈ $2,592,810≈ £2,065,984Sign up to see

Max Pechstein’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).

Average price

$83.8kSign up free to see

median $14.5kfree account

High

$3.3MSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

681

of 739 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

92%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 555 of 681 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

6 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	125	119	95%	$396kSign up	$206kSign up	$3.3MSign up
Oil	125	119	95%	$396kSign up	$206kSign up	$3.3MSign up
Works on paper	362	336	93%	$24kSign up	$15.9kSign up	$239kSign up
Watercolor	174	160	92%	$31.9kSign up	$23.5kSign up	$239kSign up
Gouache	23	20	87%	$36.7kSign up	$29.5kSign up	$87.8kSign up
Pastel	6	5	83%	$17.6kSign up	$8.5kSign up	$42.9kSign up
Drawing	159	151	95%	$14.2kSign up	$10.5kSign up	$101kSign up
Prints & multiples	246	220	89%	$7.9kSign up	$4.2kSign up	$154kSign up
Etching	26	21	81%	$3.4kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$12.6kSign up
Aquatint	2	2	100%	$3kSign up	$3kSign up	$3.9kSign up
Drypoint	21	20	95%	$3.1kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$16.8kSign up
Lithograph	89	74	83%	$10.5kSign up	$6.6kSign up	$154kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	82	77	94%	$9.1kSign up	$5.5kSign up	$81.3kSign up
Print (other)	26	26	100%	$4.8kSign up	$3.6kSign up	$18.7kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$56.7kSign up	$56.7kSign up	$56.7kSign up
Other	5	5	100%	$9.6kSign up	$9.2kSign up	$18.8kSign 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	15	15	$11.9kSign up
2025	37	35	$11.7kSign up
2024	28	26	$10.8kSign up
2023	30	29	$51.6kSign up
2022	33	28	$22.6kSign up
2021	23	23	$16.9kSign up
2020	28	26	$20.1kSign up
2019	35	28	$15.5kSign up
2018	35	31	$17.5kSign up
2017	48	40	$12.6kSign up
2016	47	43	$12.8kSign up
2015	28	20	$30.3kSign up
2014	35	35	$12.4kSign up
2013	35	30	$28.6kSign up
2012	26	25	$12kSign up
2011	32	31	$40.2kSign up
2010	18	16	$18.7kSign up
2009	25	22	$19.5kSign up
2008	31	29	$14.8kSign up
2007	43	42	$12.3kSign up
2006	21	21	$4.9kSign up
2005	18	18	$8.4kSign up
2004	20	20	$7.1kSign up
2003	24	24	$5.9kSign up
2002	18	18	$6.6kSign up
2001	6	6	$5.6kSign up