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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| 2018·10 | johannis nacht (midsummer night) | $326,263–$456,769 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·10 | Brünhildes Fels (Brünhilde's Rock) | oil, emulsion acrylic and shellac on canvas | $391,516–$522,021 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | Hortus Conclusus | acrylic, emulsion, charcoal and paper collage on photograph | $52,202–$78,303 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | Die Ungeborenen (The Unborn) | acrylic, shellac emulsion and lead on paper collage laid on canvas | $908,941–$1,298,487 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | Das Alwis Lied | $6,495–$9,093 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·09 | die himmelspalaste | $400,000–$600,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Die Argonauten | $329,353–$461,094 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Die Ungeborenen | $158,089–$237,134 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Johannis-Nacht | $47,344–$71,016 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Aaron | $46,676–$70,014 | Lempertz | |||
| 2018·06 | „des Malers Atelier“. 1980 | Emulsion paint over photograph on paper | $46,676–$70,014 | Grisebach | ||
| 2018·06 | „für Velimir Chlebnikow“. 2004/2005 | Acrylic, oil, lacquer, resin, chalk, lead and mixed media on canvas | $816,830–$1,166,900 | Grisebach | ||
| 2018·05 | Schweres Wasser (Heavy Water) | $200,000–$300,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2018·05 | Für Jet | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·05 | Laßt 1000 Blumen blühen (Let 1000 Flowers bloom) | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·05 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2018·03 | Die Meistersinger | $2,082,546–$2,776,728 | Phillips | |||
| 2018·03 | Am Anfang (In the Beginning) | sand, earth, oil, sunflower seeds and mixed media on canvas | $556,766–$835,148 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·03 | Die Ungeborenen | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2018·03 | Lot | salt, sand, black and white photograph, graphite and lead on panel in artist's steel frame | $70,000–$100,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·12 | Chuwawa (die heilige Zeder) | $35,358–$58,930 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·12 | Merkaba - Die sieben Himmelspaläste | $117,860–$176,790 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·12 | Die Ungeborenen | $354,510–$590,850 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2017·11 | Dem Unbekannten Maler | $250,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Dein goldenes Haar, Margarethe | $300,000–$400,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Makulisten, Immakulisten | oil, emulsion, acrylic, shellac and burnt books on canvas | $600,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·11 | Blutblume | oil on lead and original photographs on board, with linen | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·11 | Sol Invictus Elagabal | clay, plaster emulsion, chalk, charcoal, acrylic and sunflower on lead mounted on panel | $300,000–$500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·11 | Der Universalien-Streit | $120,000–$180,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2017·10 | Rosenkranz in quattuor annos patebo (Rosenkranz in four years below) | ink and rose petals on paper | $7,845–$10,460 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | Nike | $91,527–$130,753 | Christie's | |||
| 2017·10 | Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) | emulsion on woodcuts on paper laid on card, in sixty-eight pages including covers | $130,753–$196,130 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | The Argonauts | $10,460–$15,690 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Laßt tausend Blumen blühen (Let a thousand flowers bloom) | oil, acrylic, shellac, charcoal and photographic paper on canvas, in three parts | $1,046,027–$1,569,040 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | The Secret Life of Plants | $523,013–$784,520 | Christie's | |||
| 2017·10 | Die Milchstrasse | $52,301–$78,452 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | der gestirnte himmel über mir und das moralische gesetz in mir | $65,377–$91,527 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Gilgamesch im Zedernwald | $65,377–$91,527 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | Voyage au Bout de la Nuit | $526,825–$790,237 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·10 | Sternenfall | $106,227–$159,341 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·09 | Des Malers Atelier | oil on photograph | $18,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·09 | The Argonauts | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·09 | H2o | $132,742–$199,112 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | the argonauts | $10,377–$15,565 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Ave Maria | $389,124–$518,832 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Die Ungeborenen | $103,766–$155,650 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·06 | dem unbekannten maler (to the unknown painter) | $642,474–$899,463 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Siegfried's difficult way | photographie et plomb traité sur bois dans un cadre de l'artiste | $224,340–$336,510 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·06 | Makulisten, Immakulisten | $225,160–$337,740 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | Merkaba | $600,000–$900,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2017·05 | Étroits sont les vaisseaux | oil, emulsion and graphite on photographic paper collage | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Hochspannungsmast | emulsion, shellac and photographic paper collage | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Die Sieben HimmelsPaläste | oil, emulsion, shellac, and soil on original photographs on board and artist's metal stand | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Flügel | oil, acrylic and emulsion on two joined sheets of photographic paper | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Dein Goldenes Haar, Margarete | oil, charcoal, shellac and straw on canvas | $800,000–$1,200,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Malen = Verbrennen | oil on burlap | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·04 | Untitled | acrylic, clay, lead and paper collage on photographic paper | $63,630–$84,840 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·03 | Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom | $182,642–$243,523 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Samson | $146,114–$219,171 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Der Salz der Erde (The Salt of the Earth) | $146,015–$219,022 | Christie's | |||
| 2017·03 | Untitled - Soldat (Sol invictus Heliogabal) 1974 | $109,511–$146,015 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·03 | Athanor | $1,825,182–$3,041,970 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Rapunzel | clay, photographic paper, hair, gouache and lead on cardboard in artist's frame | $146,015–$219,022 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·03 | Sefer Hechaloth | iron rods, acrylic and emulsion on canvas | $487,879–$731,819 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·03 | Traigo todas las indias in mi mano | $70,000–$90,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Stefan! | $150,000–$200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Stefan II | $150,000–$200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Untitled (Dem Unbekannten Maler) | $150,000–$200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Dein Hausritt die Finstere Welle | $600,000–$800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Elisabeth Von Oesterreich | $300,000–$400,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Dein Aschenes Haar, Sulamith | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Fahrt Durchs Land IV Die Weichsel (Journey Through The Country IV: The Vistula) | photographs and acrylic on mat board and artist's stand | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Lilith | ashes, acrylic and chemise on original photographs on cardboard and artist's metal stand | $150,000–$200,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Die Grosse Fracht (The Heavy Cargo) | oil, emulsion, metal mesh, steel and lead on canvas | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Wege (Ways) | oil and woodcut on paper laid down on two canvases | $332,850–$554,750 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·10 | Ohne Titel (Stahlkonstruktion mit Pflanzenstengel) (Untitled (Steel Construction with Plant Stem)) | plant and adhesive tape on silver gelatin print | $9,864–$14,795 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·10 | Maria im Rosen Haag (Mary in the Rose Garden) | acrylic, oil, dried branches on cardboard and wood in a steel frame | $246,588–$369,883 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·10 | Die Schrecken des Eises und der Finsternis (The Terror of the Ice and of the Darkness) | $73,977–$98,635 | Christie's | |||
| 2016·10 | Grab des unbekannten Malers (Tomb of the Unknown Painter) | oil, emulsion, shellac and latex on canvas | $886,462–$1,266,375 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·10 | Odi Navali | $764,976–$1,147,464 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·06 | Der Engel der Geschichte (The Angel of History) | acrylic, emulsion and gouache on two attached photographic papers | $67,163–$94,028 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·06 | Ausgiessung (Emanation) | acrylic, emulsion, lead and shellac on paper collage on card, in artist's frame | $94,028–$134,325 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·06 | Sefer Hechaloth-Merkaba | oil, acrylic, lead and charcoal on photographic paper | $120,893–$201,488 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·06 | Cosmos + Demian | $134,343–$201,514 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | In Quatuor Annos Patebo | $468,514–$602,375 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | Für Velimir Khlebnikov: Die Lehre vom Krieg: Seeschlachten | $548,161–$822,241 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·06 | Ararat | $91,024–$136,536 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | Die Ungeborenen | $500,000–$700,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | Paete | $280,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | Die Kunst geht knapp nicht unter (The Art almost does not drown) | watercolor, oil and ink on paper | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Lorelei | oil, emulsion, acrylic, lead, plaster, birdcage and lacquer on canvas | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Der Wolken heitere Stimmung | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2016·04 | Isis und Osiris | — | SBI Art Auction | |||
| 2016·04 | Gesanges - Wolken (Chanting - Clouds) | oil, emulsion, acrylic, shellac, charcoal and iron object on photograph on cardboard | $79,485–$102,195 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Cosmos and Demian | acrylic, clay, resin, gouache and photographic paper on cardboard | $145,044–$217,566 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Johannis | fern, hair, clay, acrylic and chalk on lead laid on board | $261,079–$362,610 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Noch ist Polen nicht verloren I (Poland is Not Yet Lost I) | oil on canvas | $216,161–$360,268 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Anythe | $363,937–$509,511 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·02 | Wege Der Weltweisheit - Die Herrmannsslacht | $504,535–$720,765 | Phillips | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.