T. Lux Feininger: career timeline

American · 1910–2011 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 38 of 46 lots (82% 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.

T. Lux Feininger: 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
1920s	16	16	$7.8kSign up	Photograph
1930s	6	5	$3.8kSign up	Oil
1940s	5	3	$2.2kSign up	Photograph
1950s	4	1	$960Sign up	Watercolor
1960s	1	1	$9.1kSign up	Oil
1970s	1	0	—	Oil
1980s	4	4	$6.9kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1920s 16 works

Sold: 16 of 16
Median: $7.8kSign up
Average: $9kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 3.5 in (11 × 9 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (16)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1920 Untitled (Portrait of a young woman, Bauhaus Dessau)$1.9kSign up
c. 1926 Bauhaus Dessau$9.7kSign up
1927 Oskar Schlemmer's 'Figurales Kabinett', Bauhaus Bühne, Dessau$3.2kSign up
c. 1927 Kiefern am Meisterhaus Feininger, Sicht nach oben, in starker Verkürzung (Bauhausbaum)$4.4kSign up
1927 Der Bau als Bühne, Bauhaus Dessau$13.6kSign up
1927 Bauhaus-Kapelle, Dessau$6.7kSign up
c. 1927 Masken (Bauhaus Dessau)$19.4kSign up
1927 Webereiklasse hinter einem Webstuhl, Bauhaus Dessau (vorn v.l.n.r.: Lotte Stam-Beese, Anni Fleischmann-Albers, Ljuba Monastirskaja, Rosa Berger, Gunta Stölzl, Otti Berger, Werkmeister Walter Warnke; h$20.9kSign up
1928 Olga-Olga, Bauhaus Dessau$3.7kSign up
c. 1928 Xanti Schawinsky auf einem Balkon des Atelierhauses$7.9kSign up
c. 1928 Clemens Röseler auf der Brüstung vor der Bauhauskantineu)$6.7kSign up
c. 1928 Xanti Schawinsky auf einem Balkon des Ateliergebäudes des Bauhauses$5.2kSign up

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c. 1928 Mitglieder der Bauhaus-Kapelle mit Oskar Schlemmer, Dessau$15.5kSign up
1928 Members of the Bauhaus band$9.7kSign up
c. 1928 Untitled (Two students at the Bauhaus canteen)$8.3kSign up
c. 1929 Mitglieder der Bauhaus-Kapelle$7.8kSign up

1930s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $3.8kSign up
Average: $20.8kSign up
Typical size: 18.5 × 22 in (46 × 56 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

1930 Outward Bound for the Rio Grande$3.8kSign up
1930 Clippership "Black Lord" 1874$1.7kSign up
1932 Die auslaufende Flotte - The Outward Bound FleetUnsold · sold 2×
1932 Französische, Englische, Amerikanische und Belgische Schiffe (vor dem Wind segelnd) / Zusammentreffen auf See$45.4kSign up
1934 Hafeneinfahrt (Elbe Port)$51.5kSign up
1937 The old-timer, fast & weatherly$1.7kSign up

1940s 5 works

Sold: 3 of 5
Median: $2.2kSign up
Average: $3.9kSign up
Typical size: 10 × 10 in (25 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3), Oil (2)
Subjects: —

c. 1940 Untitled$2.2kSign up
1941 Milky WayUnsold
c. 1946 Untitled, New York CityUnsold
1946 Untitled$1.4kSign up
1946 The Pacific Steamer "Nebraska"$8kSign up

1950s 4 works

Sold: 1 of 4
Median: $960Sign up
Average: $960Sign up
Typical size: 8.5 × 5.5 in (22 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Photograph (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1950 Chatham Square, N.Y.C., Spring; Washing perceived from stairwell of 6-floor walk-up of Nemiroff house in E. 4th St.Unsold
1954 Insect$960Sign up
1954 InsectUnsold
1954 InsectUnsold

1960s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $9.1kSign up
Average: $9.1kSign up
Typical size: 30 × 20 in (76 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1967 Autumn St.$9.1kSign up

1970s 1 work

Sold: 0 of 1
Median: —
Average: —
Typical size: 19 × 24 in (48 × 61 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1974 Cubist Picture (Dedicated to Juan Gris)Unsold

1980s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $6.9kSign up
Average: $7.1kSign up
Typical size: 16 × 22.5 in (40 × 57 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4)
Subjects: —

1983 Auf dem Suche nach dem Geistigen (Searching the Spiritual)$8.3kSign up
1984 Wirtue Wrassling Wice$6.3kSign up
1986 The Song the Syrens Sang$6.1kSign up
1988 Studio Scraps I$7.6kSign up

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 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $1.2kSign up
Typical size: 3 × 3.5 in (8 × 8 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (3)
Subjects: —

sold 2009 CLEMENS RÖSELER UND EDITH$1.1kSign up
sold 2009 UNTITLED$1.4kSign up
sold 2009 UNTITLED$1.2kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 4.5 × 4.5 in (11 × 11 cm)
Mediums: Photograph (5)
Subjects: —

sold 2010 UNTITLED$1.7kSign up
sold 2010 XANTI SCHAWINSKY$6.1kSign up
sold 2010 UNTITLED$802Sign up
sold 2011 TWO STUDENTS ON THE TERRACE IN FRONT OF THE CANTEEN$1.1kSign up
sold 2011 UNTITLED$1.6kSign 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 T. Lux Feininger auction results →