German/Austrian, b. 1945
Anselm Kiefer
518results on record
85%sell-through
$229,914median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$3,554,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 518 recorded results (486 sold · 32 passed) across 13 auction houses, 1998–2026. 5 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| photography | 93 | 83% | $110,823 |
| painting | 82 | 92% | $402,468 |
| works on paper | 19 | 100% | $94,266 |
| prints | 15 | 100% | $281,070 |
| other | 6 | 100% | $193,891 |
| sculpture | 3 | 0% | $129,105 |
Medium is recorded for 218 of 518 results (42%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Anselm Kiefer Andy Warhol
| Metric | Anselm Kiefer | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $229,914 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $3,554,500 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 518 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholGerhard RichterDamien HirstJean Dubuffet
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
81/ 100
- Sell-through85%
- Meets estimate68%
- Market depth518 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 221 | 85% | $314,500 | 0.87× |
| Christie's | 208 | 88% | $175,000 | — |
| Phillips | 56 | 82% | $241,035 | — |
| Grisebach | 7 | — | $157,865 | — |
| Bonhams | 6 | 100% | $385,170 | 0.90× |
| Lempertz | 7 | 67% | $52,090 | — |
| Dorotheum | 6 | 83% | $58,242 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 4 | — | $105,709 | — |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 100% | $116 | 0.42× |
| Rago | 1 | 100% | $38,100 | — |
| Wright | 1 | 100% | $390 | — |
| VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG | 1 | 100% | $13,178 | 0.80× |
| SBI Art Auction | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 526 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 32 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2022·10 | Johannisnacht | $223,835–$335,752 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Laßt tausend Blumen blühen! (Let a thousand flowers bloom!) | $671,504–$895,339 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·10 | Laßt tausend Blumen blühen (Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom) | oil, shellac, emulsion, dried flowers and brambles on canvas | $167,876–$279,793 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·10 | Palette mit Fl ü geln (Palette with Wings) | oil, acrylic and shellac on burlap | $167,876–$279,793 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·10 | Wurzel Jesse 耶穌的族譜 | $280,258–$407,649 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·09 | Johannisnacht | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·09 | Die Himmelspalaste | $200,000–$300,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·07 | Untitled | oil on photograph | $30,000–$40,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·07 | Lead Star Book (Secret Life of Plants for Robert Fludd) | oil and lead on fabric | $96,252–$144,377 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·07 | Winter ade scheiden tut weh aber dein Scheiden macht dass mein Herz lacht (Goodbye, Winter, Parting Hurts But Your Departure Makes My Heart Laugh) | charcoal and sand on two joined photographs | $84,220–$120,314 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·06 | Leviathan | oil, shellac, acrylic, lead and aluminium on canvas | $856,132–$1,223,046 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·06 | Für Andrea Emo | $429,560–$644,340 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·06 | Die Donauquelle | $21,424–$32,136 | Lempertz | |||
| 2022·05 | Engel Mit Palette | $300,000–$400,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Yggdrasil | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Was Sagte Odin Zum Toten Balder Als Dieser Auf Dem Holzstoβ Lag | $300,000–$400,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Wölund-Lied [Wayland's Song] | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·05 | Des Malers Atelier - Der Rhein | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·04 | Johannis-Nacht (Midsummer Night) | oil on printed photograph, in two parts | $16,011–$21,348 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·04 | Sulamith | watercolour and gouache on two attached sheets of paper | $26,685–$37,359 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2022·03 | Étroits sont les vaisseaux | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | der Morgenthau-Plan (The Morgenthau Plan) | $33,163–$46,428 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·03 | Freia's Garden | $936,682–$1,338,118 | Phillips | |||
| 2022·03 | Siegfried vergißt Brünhilde | $24,086–$33,453 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Wundtau regnet | $799,798–$1,066,398 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2022·03 | Von Schlieffen | oil on canvas | $79,980–$106,640 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·03 | Für Julia | oil on canvas | $79,980–$106,640 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·03 | Märkischer Sand | watercolour, sand and graphite on paper | $93,310–$133,300 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·12 | Dalila | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·12 | Jakobs Traum | $67,746–$79,037 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·12 | Das Rote Meer | $79,037–$112,910 | Christie's | |||
| 2021·12 | Des Malers Atelier | $45,164–$67,746 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·11 | Untitled (Book) | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·11 | Das Goldene Kalb | $60,000–$80,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·11 | Tönend wie des Kalbs Haut die Erde | $150,000–$200,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2021·11 | Leonardo Pisano | acrylic, gouache and graphite on photograph collage | $80,000–$120,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Hortus Philosophorum (Garden of Philosophers) | gouache and charcoal on printed photopaper collage | $206,275–$275,033 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Orianda | emulsion, soil, plants and charcoal on canvas, in artist's steel frame | $247,530–$302,537 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·10 | Lieber rot als tot | $123,765–$165,020 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Die Argonauten | $247,530–$343,791 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·10 | Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen | $206,275–$275,033 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Johannisnacht | $20,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·07 | Des Meeres und der Liebe Wellen (Waves of love and the sea) | $206,208–$343,680 | Christie's | |||
| 2021·06 | Hercules am Scheideweg (Herakles at the crossroads) | $365,610–$609,350 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Liliths Tochter | $97,584–$146,376 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | die Sefiroth | sand on gelatin silver print mounted on wood panel, in artist's frame | $40,000–$60,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Salz, Merkur, Sulfur | $800,000–$1,200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Rapunzel | $55,239–$82,859 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·03 | The Seven Palaces | 《七皇宮》 | $479,934–$617,059 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Palmsonntag (Palm Sunday) | oil, emulsion, shellac, palm leaf, clay and glue on board, in artist's frame | $315,386–$438,797 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·03 | CH. D. Grabbe-Wald | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Untitled | $4,011–$6,685 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·12 | Gilgamesch im Zedernwald | $40,000–$60,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·12 | Erzvater grub, Erzmutter molk das Schicksal nährend für ein ganzes Volk | $100,000–$150,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·12 | Mutterkorn | aquarelle et graphite sur deux feuilles de papier assemblées | $48,636–$72,954 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·11 | unternehmen “trappenfang” | $400,000–$600,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Olympia | $235,355–$326,882 | Christie's | |||
| 2020·10 | Ave Maria | $261,505–$392,258 | Christie's | |||
| 2020·10 | Sefiroth 2002 | $130,947–$196,421 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | dein aschenes haar sulamith (your ashen hair sulamith) | $522,379–$783,569 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | Merkaba Hechaloth - Die sieben Himmelspaläste, 2002 | Mixed media | $57,140–$57,140 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2020·07 | Margarete, 1982 | Mixed media | $22,856–$22,856 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2020·07 | Lilith | $70,000–$100,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·06 | manna | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | der ölberg | $800,000–$1,200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·02 | The Fertile Crescent | $156,360–$234,540 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·02 | (i) Kyffhäuser (ii) Bilderstreit (iii) Parsifal (iv) Lokomotive | oilstick on photograph in artist's frame, in four parts | $104,271–$156,407 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·02 | des meeres und der liebe wellen | $259,678–$389,517 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | Hero + Leander | $60,401–$71,383 | Lempertz | |||
| 2019·11 | untitled (sol invictus helah-gabal) | $9,075–$12,965 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | Die Fünftörichten Jungfrauen [The Five Foolish Virgins] | oil, acrylic, emulsion, shellac and mirror fragments on photo paper mounted on canvas | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | Für Jet | watercolour on paper | $61,649–$86,308 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | Dein goldenes haar Margarete (Your Golden Hair Margarete) | gouache and straw on photograph | $36,989–$61,649 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | La notte di Lia | oil, emulsion and acrylic on canvas | $369,892–$616,486 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | untitled | $308,243–$431,540 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·10 | Katarina | fabric, plaster, paint, pour concrete, red clay, metal and wood | $246,594–$369,892 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | Le Dormeur du val (The Sleeper in the Valley) | mixed media on canvas | $1,232,972–$1,849,458 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·10 | dem unbekannten maler (to the unknown painter) | $370,008–$493,344 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·10 | Blutblume | $122,794–$147,353 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·09 | Aurora | $60,000–$80,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·06 | des herbstes runengespinst | $1,014,430–$1,521,645 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | Untitled | sand, staples and lead collage on gelatin silver print mounted on wood panel | $63,402–$88,763 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·06 | Noch Nicht (Not Yet) | gouache on paper | $101,443–$152,165 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·06 | Weichsel (Vistula) | oil on canvas | $228,247–$278,968 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·06 | Kohle für die nächsten 2000 Jahre (Coal for the Next 2000 Years) | wax crayon on photograph, in artist's frame | $25,361–$38,041 | Unsold listing | Christie's | |
| 2019·06 | Die Sefiroth | $507,215–$760,823 | Phillips | |||
| 2019·06 | für paul celan | $112,570–$168,855 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2019·03 | mutatuli | $227,160–$340,740 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | herr und leander | $567,900–$795,060 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | Das goldene Vlies (The Golden Fleece) | linen robe, gold leaf, charcoal, chalk and wire on lead, in artist's frame | $236,234–$328,103 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | Das Rheingold | oil on canvas | $986,245–$1,249,244 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | walfisch | $525,997–$788,996 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | the palm | $300,000–$400,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·12 | frauen der antike - epicharis und olympe | $34,053–$56,755 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·11 | „Gilgamesch“. 1981/85 | Molten lead, acrylic and shellac on photo collage | $79,513–$102,231 | Grisebach | ||
| 2018·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2018·11 | untitled | $12,846–$19,269 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·11 | gordon | $250,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·10 | claudia quinta | $195,758–$261,011 | Sotheby's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.