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Selected Works517

Museum Acquisitions

31 Institutions
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Previous Sales 57

Sotheby's
Albrecht Dürer Adjusting the Vanishing Point to Future History
Albrecht Dürer Adjusting the Vanishing Point to Future History, 1963
$9,000
Mar 2024
Christie's
Lonely Metropolitan, 1932
Lonely Metropolitan, 1932
$17,640
Feb 2024
Christie's
Shadow over Cone
Shadow over Cone, 1933
$35,000
May 2021
Christie's
Human Bone Structure Compared with Architectural Structures
Human Bone Structure Compared with Architectural Structures, 1934
$12,500
May 2021
Christie's
Rising Cloud
Rising Cloud
$8,750
May 2021
Christie's
Cover for Harper's Bazaar
Cover for Harper's Bazaar, 1943
$56,250
Dec 2020
Christie's
Fantasielandschaft mit Auge
Fantasielandschaft mit Auge, 1928
$52,500
Dec 2020
Christie's
Stadelwand
Stadelwand, 1936
$10,625
Dec 2020
Christie's
Nächtliche Dunstlöcher
Nächtliche Dunstlöcher, 1935
$10,000
Dec 2020
Christie's
Untitled (Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia)
Untitled (Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia), 1934
$8,125
Dec 2020
Christie's
Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, 1932
$3,750
Dec 2020
Christie's
Segesta
Segesta, 1924
£12,500 ($17k USD)
Feb 2018
Christie's
Three Quarter Square
Three Quarter Square, 1968
$1,500
Dec 2013
Christie's
No. 18
No. 18, 1962
$8,125
Jul 2012
Christie's
OUR ALLIES NEED EGGS
OUR ALLIES NEED EGGS
£1,125 ($1k USD)
Nov 2011
Christie's
Moon and Structure
Moon and Structure, 1960
$6,250
Oct 2011
Christie's
Formation
Formation, 1951
$18,000
Jul 2006
Christie's
Event
Event, 1962
$7,200
Jan 2006
Christie's
Pont Transbordeur, Marseilles, 1928
Pont Transbordeur, Marseilles, 1928
$14,340
Oct 2004
Christie's
Geometry of an Illustionist
Geometry of an Illustionist, 1978
$9,400
Dec 2000
Christie's
Two Curves with a Progression
Two Curves with a Progression, 1977
$7,637
Dec 2000
Christie's
Larger Anthology
Larger Anthology, 1978
$5,287
Nov 2000
Christie's
Self-portrait ( Photomontage )
Self-portrait ( Photomontage )
$277,500
Oct 1999
Christie's
Lonely Metropolitan ( Photomontage )
Lonely Metropolitan ( Photomontage )
$266,500
Oct 1999
Christie's
Metamorphosis ( Fotoplastik )
Metamorphosis ( Fotoplastik )
$239,000
Oct 1999

For Sale 6

Edwynn Houk Gallery · Artsy
Shortly Before Dawn
Shortly Before Dawn, 1936
Price on request
Vintage gelatin silver print on warm-toned, matte surface carte postale paper
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Free Arrangements of Equal Parts Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer
Free Arrangements of Equal Parts Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer, 1968
$2,400
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Two Warped Corners, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer
Two Warped Corners, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer, 1973
$2,250
RoGallery · 1stDibs
New Nucleus, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer
New Nucleus, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer, 1973
$2,400
David Cook Galleries · 1stDibs
Herbert Bayer 1948 Convolution Abstract Lithograph Bauhaus Modernism
Herbert Bayer 1948 Convolution Abstract Lithograph Bauhaus Modernism
$5,500
RoGallery · 1stDibs
Monument, Surrealist Photograph by Herbert Bayer
Monument, Surrealist Photograph by Herbert Bayer
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Market312 auction results

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$1.5K – $128K
7 of 7 paintings lots with prices
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$19.8K
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$27.9K
7 priced paintings lots
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Mar 2026 · $15.3K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $27.9K medianWorks on paper: $11.4K medianPhotographs: $8.8K medianSculpture/objects: $2.5K medianEditioned prints: $1.2K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.9K medianDecorative/non-core: $3.4K medianEditioned photos: $2.4K median
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Publications4

Exhibition Catalog 1

FotoSkulptur: Die Fotografie der Skulptur 1839 bis heute
Hatje Cantz · 2010

Survey 3

Bauhaus Weimar: Entwürfe für die Zukunft
Hatje Cantz · 2000
Bauhaus, 1919-1928 Author
MoMA Publications · 1979
Bauhaus, 1919-1928 Author
MoMA Publications · 1976
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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News3

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Double Take: Recurrent Dialogues in the Art of Herbert Bayer
The Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies in Aspen, Colorado, is opening a new exhibition titled "Double Take: Recurrent Dialogues in the Art of He…
exhibitionsMay 22, 2026
aspen summer guide exhibition art fair
Aspen's summer 2025 art scene is packed with exhibitions and fairs. Highlights include a mini-survey of photographer Anastasia Samoylova at Casa Tua A…
exhibitionsJul 7, 2025
Colorado Arts Spotlight: An exhibition honoring the Bauhaus artist behind Denver’s iconic “French fry” sculpture comes to Aspen — plus, things to do this weekend
The Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies in Aspen has opened a new exhibition titled "Sculpting the Environment," the first-ever show dedicated to…
exhibitionsJun 26, 2025
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Past Exhibitions4

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Denver Art Museum

Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings

Herbert Bayer

100 W 14th Ave Pkwy, Denver, CO 80204, USA

Aug 31, 2014 — Nov 29, 2014

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Leopold Museum

Magic of the Object

Fritz Simak, Robert Zahornicky, Elsa Thiemann, Edward Weston, Erwin Wurm, Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Herbert Bayer, Harry Callahan, Giovanni Castell, Madame D´Ora, Alfred Ehrhardt

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2011

Magic of the Object Three Centuries of Photography 6 June 2011 - 3 October 2011 extended until 10 October 2011!

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Smithsonian Institution

Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master

Herbert Bayer

Jan 1, 1900 — Jan 1, 1985

Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master Coinciding with the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, this exhibition presents rare works by the gro...

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Smithsonian Institution

Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master

Herbert Bayer

Jan 1, 1900 — Jan 1, 1985

Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master Coinciding with the centenary of the founding of the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, this exhibition presents rare works by the gro...

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Art Fair Appearances1

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Paris Photo — Paris
2016
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Recent Activity10

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Double Take: Recurrent Dialogues in the Art of Herbert Bayer
May 22, 2026
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aspen summer guide exhibition art fair
Jul 7, 2025
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Colorado Arts Spotlight: An exhibition honoring the Bauhaus artist behind Denver’s iconic “French fry” sculpture comes to Aspen — plus, things to do this weekend
Jun 26, 2025
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Art Fair
Paris Photo 2016
Nov 10, 2016
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Herbert Bayer: 1938–1974 New York and Aspen Paintings
Aug 31, 2014
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Magic of the Object
Jan 1, 2011
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Herbert Bayer dies
Jan 1, 1985
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Herbert Bayer born
Jan 1, 1900
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Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master
Jan 1, 1900
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Herbert Bayer: Bauhaus Master
Jan 1, 1900
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