Rudolf Schlichter: career timeline

German · 1890–1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 87 of 95 lots (91% 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.

Rudolf Schlichter: 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
1910s	15	13	$22kSign up	Watercolor
1920s	45	36	$8.9kSign up	Drawing
1930s	18	17	$11.9kSign up	Oil
1940s	2	0	—	Drawing
1950s	5	5	$36.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 15 works

Sold: 13 of 15
Median: $22kSign up
Average: $36.6kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 16.5 in (43 × 42 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (6), Drawing (5), Gouache (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1916 Wild West$5.9kSign up
c. 1916 Die Explosion (Apokalyptische Stadt)$17.6kSign up
1916 Wild-West (,Indianerspiel')$26.4kSign up
1916 Der Sturm$38.2kSign up
c. 1916 Landschaft mit Fabelwesen und Figurine$41.2kSign up
c. 1916 Indianerüberfall, Kindermord$7.1kSign up
1917 Zerrissene Welt (Abstraktion)$200kSign up
1917 Abstraktion 1917Unsold
1918 Rumble“ (Le Vicômte de Halifax)$22kSign up
c. 1918 Ohne Titel (Dadaistische Zeichnung)$32.3kSign up
1918 Um eine Kuh (Republik)$45.9kSign up
1919 "Liebespaar"Unsold

Show 3 more (1910s)

c. 1919 Zereisset eure Ketten Weisse Schwarze Gelbe!$12.5kSign up
1919 Die Verbitterte$11.1kSign up
c. 1919 Die Geilheit$16.1kSign up

1920s 45 works

Sold: 36 of 45
Median: $8.9kSign up
Average: $48.5kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 18 in (58 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (25), Watercolor (11), Lithograph (6)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1920 Ohne Titel (Spaziergänger)$179Sign up
1920 Spaziergänger$539Sign up
1920 SpaziergängerUnsold
1920 Portrait einer Dame. 1920er Jahre$1.7kSign up
1920 Auktion 329, Los 123$24.5kSign up
1920 Stehende Frau$2.1kSign up
c. 1922 Das Attentat im Salon$10.3kSign up
1922 Im Café“ (Verona-Diele)$11.8kSign up
1922 Der Bräutigam$155Sign up
1922 Zwei Gespielinnen$6.6kSign up
1923 Verona-Diele$8.2kSign up
c. 1923 Wa-ta-wah. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut)$9.5kSign up

Show 12 more (1920s)

c. 1923 Junges Mädchen in Hemd und StrümpfenUnsold
1923 Liegende mit Knöpfstiefeln$35.3kSign up
1923 Im CaféUnsold
c. 1923 Gruß aus Lesbos$35.9kSign up
1923 2 Bll.: Im Café. Liebesunterhaltung$1.2kSign up
1924 Hereinspaziert. (Zu Walter Mehring. In Menschenhaut)$6.6kSign up
1924 Lustmord$7.3kSign up
1924 Zirkuskinder$14.7kSign up
c. 1924 FrauenporträtUnsold
1924 "Zu Menschenhaut" (Der Morgen danach)$5.4kSign up
c. 1924 Kampfszene$3.4kSign up
1924 Zirkuskinder$5.6kSign up

…and 21 more works from this group in the full results list.

1930s 18 works

Sold: 17 of 18
Median: $11.9kSign up
Average: $49.8kSign up
Typical size: 25 × 21.5 in (64 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Drawing (5), Watercolor (3)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (3)

c. 1930 Sitzende (Speedy)$8.8kSign up
c. 1930 Porträt einer Frau (Die Hochmütige)$7.2kSign up
c. 1930 Liebende$11.9kSign up
1930 Frau mit Halskette - Portrait Speedy$10.4kSign up
1931 Portrait Speedy ("Meine Frau")$5.7kSign up
1932 Speedy's portrait 1932Unsold
c. 1933 Speedy Halbakt$39.4kSign up
1934 Eugenie Perrot$76.3kSign up
1934 Killertal bei Jungingen$17.6kSign up
c. 1934 Madonna$5.2kSign up
1934 Madonna mit Kind$98.5kSign up
1934 Speedy als Madonna$319kSign up

Show 6 more (1930s)

1934 Junge Frau mit Blumen$4.2kSign up
1934 Mittelgebirgslandschaft$21.6kSign up
c. 1935 Speedy$7.4kSign up
1936 Selbstbildnis$66.2kSign up
c. 1938 Speedy in roter Bluse$137kSign up
1939 Wassergestein$9.4kSign up

1940s 2 works

Sold: 0 of 2
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: —
Mediums: Drawing (1), Gouache (1)
Subjects: —

1943 Helles LandUnsold
1947 Klamm mit reißendem BachUnsold

1950s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $36.9kSign up
Average: $38.8kSign up
Typical size: 24 × 29.5 in (61 × 74 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (2)
Subjects: —

Creation date not recorded

8 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 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $6.7kSign up
Average: $16.1kSign up
Typical size: 22.5 × 18.5 in (57 × 47 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: —

sold 2002 Dienstmädchen$10.6kSign up
sold 2004 Heliogabal$49.1kSign up
sold 2004 Nijin, der Sibire$1.9kSign up
sold 2004 Nijin, der Sibire$2.8kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $34.9kSign up
Average: $34.9kSign up
Typical size: 19 × 13.5 in (49 × 35 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2012 Selbstbildnis$34.9kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 1 of 3
Median: $5.1kSign up
Average: $5.1kSign up
Typical size: 17.5 × 21 in (45 × 54 cm)
Mediums: Other (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2021 Rudolf SchilichterUnsold
sold 2021 Rudolf SchilichterUnsold
sold 2025 Liegende Speedy$5.1kSign up

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 Rudolf Schlichter auction results →