Werner Drewes
American · 1899–1985 · Painter, Printmaker
Werner Drewes (1899–1985) was a painter, printmaker, and art teacher. Considered to be one of the founding fathers of American abstraction, he was one of the first artists to… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Expectation of New EventsBonhams · $75,975≈ £64,402≈ €73,626Sign up to see
UntitledRago Auctions · $48,260≈ £35,961≈ €42,674Sign up to see
Construction in ProgressBonhams · $47,500≈ £38,217≈ €44,740Sign up to see
Werner Drewes’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).
Price trend
3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
10 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.
1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 50 | 42 | 84% | $13.5kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $76kSign up |
| Oil | 50 | 42 | 84% | $13.5kSign up | $8.3kSign up | $76kSign up |
| Works on paper | 18 | 15 | 83% | $1.4kSign up | $850Sign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Watercolor | 3 | 2 | 67% | $613Sign up | $613Sign up | $850Sign up |
| Gouache | 4 | 4 | 100% | $2.8kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $563Sign up | $563Sign up | $563Sign up |
| Prints & multiples | 32 | 25 | 78% | $490Sign up | $424Sign up | $1kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $563Sign up | $563Sign up | $563Sign up |
| Aquatint | 2 | 2 | 100% | $800Sign up | $800Sign up | $1kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $383Sign up | $383Sign up | $384Sign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $125Sign up | $125Sign up | $125Sign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 25 | 18 | 72% | $471Sign up | $400Sign up | $1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $715Sign up | $715Sign up | $715Sign up |
| Other | 10 | 10 | 100% | $1.5kSign up | $488Sign up | $5kSign 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 | 7 | 7 | $4.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | $924Sign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 4 | $1.6kSign up |
| 2023 | 13 | 11 | $6.1kSign up |
| 2022 | 16 | 13 | $488Sign up |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | $563Sign up |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $125Sign up |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2018 | 7 | 7 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2017 | 3 | 2 | $6.4kSign up |
| 2016 | 5 | 3 | $400Sign up |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $11.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2012 | 11 | 5 | $5kSign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | $8.2kSign up |
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | $463Sign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $350Sign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $10.7kSign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $3.5kSign up |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | —Sign up |