Willi Baumeister: career timeline

German · 1889–1955 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 143 of 173 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.

Willi Baumeister: 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	4	3	$12.8kSign up	Oil
1920s	15	14	$27.7kSign up	Lithograph
1930s	18	15	$21.1kSign up	Drawing
1940s	51	49	$24kSign up	Oil
1950s	53	47	$38.1kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $12.8kSign up
Average: $14.5kSign up
Typical size: 22 × 21.5 in (56 × 55 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

1912 "Landschaft mit Schneefleck"$18.5kSign up
1912 Seated Nude 2Unsold
1913 "Gestade"$12.3kSign up
1913 Maler und Modell$12.8kSign up · sold 2×

1920s 15 works

Sold: 14 of 15
Median: $27.7kSign up
Average: $37.6kSign up
Typical size: 15 × 10 in (38 × 26 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (4), Gouache (3), Oil (2)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

c. 1920 Plastisches Bild$59kSign up
1920 Konstruktivistisch IV$76.4kSign up
c. 1921 Apoll I$2.3kSign up
c. 1921 Apoll (Apoll I)Unsold
1922 Figur$93.7kSign up
1922 Apoll II$4.9kSign up
1922 Figur$31.2kSign up
1923 Zwei Figuren$65.3kSign up
1923 Mensch und Maschine$24.2kSign up
c. 1925 Maschine$73kSign up
1926 [Figur Komposition (Figure Composition)]$2.2kSign up
1926 Maschine und Mensch$66kSign up

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1930s 18 works

Sold: 15 of 18
Median: $21.1kSign up
Average: $39.1kSign up
Typical size: 17 × 13.5 in (43 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (6), Lithograph (4), Oil (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

1932 Entwurf für ein Fenster der Kirche ,Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil‘ in Bagnes-Lourtier$73.4kSign up
1934 Linienfigur$999Sign up
1934 Läufer$3.4kSign up
1934 Athleten$12.4kSign up
1935 'Linienfiger auf Braum (Line Figure on Brown), 1935$550Sign up
1935 Zwei Figuren. Rückseitig: Figurenformen$8kSign up
1935 TennisspielerUnsold
1935 Linienfigur auf Braun$826Sign up
1935 Handballspieler$23.8kSign up
c. 1935 Tennisspieler IIUnsold
c. 1935 Tennisspieler IIUnsold
1935 Maler mit Palette$21.1kSign up

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1936 Figur mit dunkler Form$28.4kSign up
1938 Mit zwei Lineamenten$60.1kSign up
1938 Formen schwebend$9.8kSign up
1938 Mit zwei Lineamenten$76.1kSign up
1938 Dekomposition“ („Senkrechte mit Linienfigur“)$128kSign up
1939 Goyescas$141kSign up

1940s 51 works

Sold: 49 of 51
Median: $24kSign up
Average: $47.5kSign up
Typical size: 13 × 18 in (33 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Oil (23), Drawing (14), Lithograph (6)
Subjects: Landscapes (4)

1940 Weißes Zeichen auf Hellgrün$25.4kSign up
1940 Samurai (Eidos)$142kSign up
1941 Eidos$10.7kSign up
1941 Jacques Callot gewidmet$119kSign up
1942 Steingarten$113kSign up
1943 Gilgamesch XLVII (Variante)$9.5kSign up
1943 Aus Gilgamesch$7.5kSign up
1943 Figurengruppe mit Farben$9.7kSign up
1944 Im Zedernwald Chumbabas$4.9kSign up
1944 Aufzug der Giganten“ („Komposition auf grünem Ingres Papier“)$24.2kSign up
1944 Giganten$7.8kSign up
1944 Komposition mit Urgestalt und Schaukel$11.1kSign up

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1945 Helle Figuren auf Dunkel$30.1kSign up
1945 Im Palast$90.9kSign up
1945 Ohne Titel$5.5kSign up
1946 Figurenmauer$715Sign up
1946 Blau mit rotem Quadrat (Figuren in Landschaft)$54.8kSign up
1946 Figurenmauer$77.6kSign up
1946 Vitale Landschaft mit Kegelspiel X$6.9kSign up
1946 Figurenmauer bewegt$44.4kSign up
1946 Salomé und der Prophet$7.7kSign up
1946 Salomé und der Prophet$5.6kSign up
1946 Untitled partial portfolio (9)$1.9kSign up
1946 Belebte Landschaft“ (auch „Belebte Mauerlandschaft“)$119kSign up

…and 27 more works from this group in the full results list.

1950s 53 works

Sold: 47 of 53
Median: $38.1kSign up
Average: $106kSign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 19.5 in (42 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (27), Screenprint (19), Drawing (6)
Subjects: Abstract (1)

1950 Amenophis$1.6kSign up
1950 CompositionUnsold · sold 2×
1950 Schwarze Formen schwebend (Friesbild)$48.7kSign up
c. 1950 Taucher mit Spiegelung$62.6kSign up
1950 Gelb$93.4kSign up
1950 Schwebend auf Gelb mit Elipse$191kSign up
1950 Mit Projektion$100kSign up
1951 Eteana$44.8kSign up
1951 Tori$5.6kSign up
1951 Eule II$68.1kSign up
1951 Auktion 404, Los 409$4kSign up
1951 Fra Diavolo (auf Gelb)$212kSign up

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1951 Moby Dick$9.1kSign up
1951 Tableau-Relief I$45.2kSign up
1951 Komposition auf Oliv (Paradies am Abend des Sündenfalls)$204kSign up
1951 Fries auf Blau$73.8kSign up
c. 1952 Roter Fries$2.3kSign up
1952 Gravour Faust-Scherzo$42.4kSign up
1952 Demonstrationszeichnung (nach Motiven der Reihen "Urzeitgestalten"/"Giganten" aus den Jahren 1943-47)Unsold
1952 Schwebend – Fries mit gelber Spirale$7kSign up
1952 Phantom$2.5kSign up
1952 Scheinrelief$9.4kSign up
1952 Marmor-Reliefbild$81.3kSign up
1952 IdeogrammUnsold

…and 29 more works from this group in the full results list.

Creation date not recorded

30 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 23 works

Sold: 23 of 23
Median: $11.5kSign up
Average: $44.9kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 17.5 in (39 × 45 cm)
Mediums: Oil (9), Lithograph (5), Drawing (4)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

sold 2001 Untitled$489Sign up
sold 2002 Ballspieler$17.1kSign up
sold 2002 Abraxas$40.1kSign up
sold 2003 Tänzerin II$45.3kSign up
sold 2003 Sumerische Legenden$3.5kSign up
sold 2003 Zwei Weltalter$4.2kSign up

Show 6 more (2000s)

sold 2004 Konstruktivistisch V$63.3kSign up
sold 2005 Mo$237kSign up
sold 2005 Aru 3$276kSign up
sold 2006 Gilgamesch XLIV (Variante)$5.5kSign up
sold 2006 Mit zwei Lineamenten$94.2kSign up
sold 2006 Drei Figuren$11.1kSign up

…and 11 more works from this group in the full results list.

Undated, sold in the 2010s 7 works

Sold: 7 of 7
Median: $6.5kSign up
Average: $101kSign up
Typical size: 18 × 21 in (46 × 53 cm)
Mediums: Oil (3), Screenprint (2), Lithograph (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Amenophis$5.7kSign up
sold 2011 Phantom (Phantom I)$6.5kSign up
sold 2014 Amenophis$290kSign up
sold 2015 Tableau africain$232kSign up
sold 2015 "Relief-Bild farbig" (Scheinrelief, Gilgamesch)$171kSign up
sold 2018 Ideogramm mit gelber Spirale$709Sign up

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sold 2018 Fliegende Formen$3kSign 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 Willi Baumeister auction results →