Wols: career timeline
German · 1913–1951 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 30 of 37 lots (81% 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.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 6 | 4 | $8.8kSign up | Watercolor |
| 1940s | 24 | 18 | $27.5kSign up | Watercolor |
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1930s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $8.8kSign up
- Average
- $11.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 14.5 in (30 × 37 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (4), Photograph (2)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1930 Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze (Wols), Holz-Puppen. Um 1930/ 1940$1.4kSign up
1933 Sabine Hettner, Paris$1.2kSign up
c. 1937 Le Placard$16.1kSign up
c. 1937 Le placardUnsold
1938 Le Placard$27.9kSign up
c. 1939 Komposition mit InsektenUnsold
1940s 24 works
- Sold
- 18 of 24
- Median
- $27.5kSign up
- Average
- $38.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6.5 in (21 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (12), Drawing (4), Other (4)
- Subjects
- Abstract (1), Figures & portraits (1)
c. 1940 Ludions polaires$26.6kSign up
c. 1940 Ohne TitelUnsold
c. 1940 La lanterne$30.2kSign up
1940 Ohne Titel$28.3kSign up
1940 Constructions hazardeuses$74.2kSign up
1940 Masque rouge$63kSign up
c. 1941 Ohne Titel$26.7kSign up
c. 1942 Ohne Titel$19.5kSign up
c. 1942 Ohne Titel$21.9kSign up
1942 Ohne Titel$18.4kSign up
1943 Composition$82.8kSign up
c. 1944 Ohne Titel$20.1kSign up
Show 12 more (1940s)
c. 1945 Das graphische WerkUnsold
1946 Ohne Titel$81.7kSign up
1946 Ohne Titel (Figure étoilée d´yeux)$97.9kSign up
1947 Grande tâche$63.2kSign up
1947 Senza titoloUnsold
1947 Senza titoloUnsold
1947 Senza titoloUnsold
1947 Senza titoloUnsold
1947 Ohne Titel$32.7kSign up
1948 Jean Paulhan$1.3kSign up
1948 Franz Kafka$1.7kSign up
1948 Untitled, from Chaystre ou les plaisirs incommodes (Chaystre or Inconvenient Pleasures)$2.4kSign 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 2010s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $45.1kSign up
- Average
- $72.6kSign up
- Typical size
- 6.5 × 9 in (17 × 23 cm)
- Mediums
- Watercolor (3), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Markets & villages (1)
sold 2018 Ville arabe – Ville promenade N° II$182kSign up
sold 2018 Ohne Titel$65.8kSign up
sold 2018 Ohne Titel$18.2kSign up
sold 2018 Ohne Titel$24.3kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $512Sign up
- Average
- $2.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 16 cm)
- Mediums
- Etching (2), Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
sold 2020 Das graphische Werk$7.6kSign up
sold 2022 Geh durch den Spiegel 4$512Sign up
sold 2022 Abstrakte Komposition$160Sign 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 Wols auction results →