Peter Behrens: career timeline

German · 1868–1940 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 20 of 27 lots (74% 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.

Peter Behrens: 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
1890s	9	5	$2.4kSign up	Woodcut / linocut
1900s	7	6	$731Sign up	Other
1910s	3	3	$1.5kSign up	Other
1930s	1	1	$1.1kSign up	Sculpture

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)Medium

1890s 9 works

Sold: 5 of 9
Median: $2.4kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (8), Other (1)
Subjects: —

1898 Der Kuss$1.3kSign up
1898 Der KussUnsold
1898 Der KussUnsold
1898 Der Ku_ (The Kiss)$476Sign up
1898 Pair of wine glasses, designed 1898Unsold
1898 Der Kuss$8.8kSign up
1898 Der KussUnsold
1898 Der Kuss$2.5kSign up
1898 Der Kuss$2.4kSign up

1900s 7 works

Sold: 6 of 7
Median: $731Sign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 11 × 9.5 in (28 × 24 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Sculpture (2), Woodcut / linocut (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1900 Jugendstil dressing table mirror$732Sign up
1900 JUGENDSTIL PITCHER, CIRCA 1900$731Sign up
1900 Der Kuss$1.1kSign up
1900 Der KussUnsold
c. 1902 stein$500Sign up
c. 1908 Fan$500Sign up
1908 Die Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft 1883–1908“ – Festschrift der AEG zu ihrem 25-jährigen Bestehen$8.4kSign up

1910s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 39 × 24 in (99 × 62 cm)
Mediums: Other (1), Lithograph (1), Print (other) (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1910 Pair of Osiris pewter vases$224Sign up
1914 Plakat für die deutsche Werkbund-Ausstellung in Köln 1914$1.5kSign up
1914 Deutsche Werkbund-Austellung Tentoonstelling Keulen Staatsspoorwegen Kortste Route$1.5kSign up

1930s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $1.1kSign up
Average: $1.1kSign up
Typical size: 2.5 × 12 in (6 × 30 cm)
Mediums: Sculpture (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1935 Wall clock$1.1kSign up

Creation date not recorded

7 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: $1.5kSign up
Average: $1.5kSign up
Typical size: 10.5 × 8.5 in (27 × 22 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2002 Der Kuss$1.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $3.2kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (4)
Subjects: —

sold 2013 wine glass$3.5kSign up
sold 2015 Wine glass$2.2kSign up
sold 2016 Wine glass$3kSign up
sold 2017 Wine glass$3.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Other (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2022 Armchair Attributed to Peter BehrensUnsold
sold 2026 PetroleumlampUnsold

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 Peter Behrens auction results →