Thomas Schütte — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works677

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Previous Sales 126

Sotheby's

Alte Freunde (Old Friends), 2010

Christie's

Christie's

Beeren (Berries), 1991

Bought In

Mar 2026

Christie's

Groß er Frauenkopf (Large Female Head), 2021

Bought In

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

Die Burg (The Castle), 1984

€16,000 ($22k USD)

Jun 2025

Sotheby's

Ohne Titel (2 Kirschen) , 1986

Christie's

Christie's

Die Burg (The Castle), 1984

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Finito Della Musica (End of Music)), 1989

£6,875 ($9k USD)

Oct 2019

Christie's

Danke - Ich Bin Bedient (Thanks - I'm Being Served)), 1989

£6,000 ($8k USD)

Oct 2019

Christie's

Study For 'Die Fremden' (The Strangers), 1992

£236,750 ($313k USD)

Oct 2017

Christie's

Mirror Drawing 21.12.98, 1999

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled (Portraits of Women), 1991

£182,500 ($241k USD)

Jul 2015

Christie's

Untitled (White Nude on Green Background), 1991

$93,750

Nov 2014

Christie's

Spielzeug (Toy), 1998

£16,250 ($21k USD)

Oct 2014

Christie's

Kirschensaule, 1987

$221,000

May 2014

Christie's

Thomas Schütte (b. 1954)

€15,000 ($17k USD)

Apr 2014

Christie's

Etwas Fehlt (Something Missing), 1980

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Etude pour 'Die Fremden'

€169,000 ($186k USD)

Dec 2010

For Sale 3

Frith Street Gallery · Artsy

Reborn as a Stone, 2015

For sale

Glazed ceramic

Neue Zürcher Zeitung · Artsy

Skatbruder Nr. 4, 2022

For sale

Patinated Bronze

AKINCI · Artsy

Die Fremden (The Strangers), 1992

€2,500

Color offset lithograph

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Market511 auction results

trending_upWorks on paper Range

$3.0K – $313K

39 of 44 works on paper lots with prices

calculateWorks on paper Average

$43.2K

Object-type specific

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$17.1K

39 priced works on paper lots

calendar_todayLast Works on paper Sale

Mar 2026 · $75.4K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Works on paper: $17.1K medianSculpture/objects: $305K medianPaintings: $29.6K medianPhotographs: $57.3K medianUnclassified lots: $77.6K medianEditioned prints: $10.5K medianPosters/ephemera: $49.3K medianBooks/portfolios: $762 median

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Sotheby'sPhillipsChristie'sKunsthaus LempertzDorotheum

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Galleries1

#1,142 Produzentengalerie Hamburg

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Prizes & Awards1

Cologne Fine Art Award

Winner 2005

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Biennial Selections1

documenta — Kassel

1992 · documenta IX · curated by Jan Hoet

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Education1

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf, Germany

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Publications10

Exhibition Catalog 7

Thomas Schütte

Hatje Cantz · 2024

Thomas Schütte: Krefeld Pavillon

Hatje Cantz · 2020

Thomas Schütte Author

Phaidon Press · 2019

Alberto Giacometti: Der Ursprung des Raumes Author

Hatje Cantz · 2010

Thomas Schutte

Prestel · 2010

ArchiSculpture: Dialogues between Architecture and Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day

Hatje Cantz · 2004

ArchiSkulptur: Dialoge zwischen Architektur und Plastik vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Group Catalog 1

A Man Walks Into a Bar: Jokes & Postcards

Hatje Cantz · 2014

Survey 2

Zeitgenössische Skulptur: Künstlertexte und Interviews

Hatje Cantz · 2019

Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions0

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