Max Peiffer Watenphul: career timeline

German · 1896–1976 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 125 of 158 lots (79% 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 Peiffer Watenphul: 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
1920s53$15.4kSign upOil
1930s1615$13.9kSign upOil
1940s109$10.5kSign upOil
1950s2525$6kSign upOil
1960s5958$736Sign upLithograph
1970s66$1.5kSign upLithograph

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1920s 5 works

Sold
3 of 5
Median
$15.4kSign up
Average
$20.9kSign up
Typical size
24 × 29 in (61 × 74 cm)
Mediums
Oil (5)
Subjects
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1930s 16 works

Sold
15 of 16
Median
$13.9kSign up
Average
$16.8kSign up
Typical size
24.5 × 25.5 in (63 × 64 cm)
Mediums
Oil (10), Watercolor (5), Gouache (1)
Subjects
Landscapes (4), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 4 more (1930s)

1940s 10 works

Sold
9 of 10
Median
$10.5kSign up
Average
$15.1kSign up
Typical size
23.5 × 25 in (60 × 63 cm)
Mediums
Oil (6), Watercolor (4)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (1)

1950s 25 works

Sold
25 of 25
Median
$6kSign up
Average
$11.3kSign up
Typical size
17 × 20 in (43 × 51 cm)
Mediums
Oil (11), Lithograph (10), Watercolor (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (3), Rivers & marshes (3)
Show 12 more (1950s)

…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.

1960s 59 works

Sold
58 of 59
Median
$736Sign up
Average
$3.9kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 13 in (44 × 33 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (40), Oil (9), Watercolor (9)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (6), Landscapes (3)
Show 12 more (1960s)

…and 35 more works from this group in the full results list.

1970s 6 works

Sold
6 of 6
Median
$1.5kSign up
Average
$2.8kSign up
Typical size
17.5 × 10.5 in (44 × 27 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (5), Watercolor (1)
Subjects
Rivers & marshes (2)

Creation date not recorded

33 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 25 works

Sold
25 of 25
Median
$9.5kSign up
Average
$14kSign up
Typical size
19 × 19 in (48 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (12), Oil (8), Lithograph (4)
Subjects
Landscapes (5), Flowers & still life (1)
Show 6 more (2000s)

…and 13 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

Sold
7 of 7
Median
$4.6kSign up
Average
$7.5kSign up
Typical size
19 × 14 in (48 × 35 cm)
Mediums
Watercolor (3), Oil (2), Lithograph (2)
Subjects
Flowers & still life (2), Harbours & ports (1)
Show 1 more (2010s)

Undated, sold in the 2020s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$972Sign up
Average
$972Sign up
Typical size
11.5 × 15.5 in (30 × 39 cm)
Mediums
Other (1)
Subjects
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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 Peiffer Watenphul auction results →