Hermann Glöckner Auction Prices and Value Guide
Hermann Glöckner auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 464 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Hermann Glöckner auction prices: quick answer
Hermann Glöckner auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Hermann Glöckner
- Source records
- 464
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Hermann Glöckner
Hermann Glöckner (1889–1987) was a German painter, sculptor, and graphic artist born in Dresden. Over a career spanning much of the twentieth century, he became an important representative of constructivism, producing rigorously geometric works in painting, relief, and freestanding sculpture. Active in Dresden before World War II and later in Berlin, Glöckner developed a distilled visual vocabulary of folded planes, diagonal axes, and intersecting color fields that aligned him with the broader European constructivist tradition. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Despite decades of relative obscurity under East German cultural policy, his output regained scholarly and institutional attention in the later twentieth century, and collectors now encounter his work primarily through European auction houses.
ConstructivismPaintingSculptureGraphic artsLandscape
Common works and media
Glöckner is best known for geometric abstract paintings, constructed reliefs and wall pieces, freestanding sculptures, and graphic works on paper. Landscape subjects appear in his earlier output. Collectors may also encounter exhibition posters and editioned prints. Works range from small-format works on paper to larger constructed sculptural pieces, with oil, gouache, and mixed-media constructions being the most frequently offered mediums at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Hermann Glöckner's secondary market is anchored in German regional auction houses, with 296 tracked lots and 243 priced results spanning 2009 to late 2025. The price distribution is wide but centered in the low four figures: the interquartile range runs from €1,000 to €6,100, with a median of €3,200 and a ceiling of €153,600. The highest result likely corresponds to a major constructivist painting or sculpture from his mature period. Liquidity is moderate—19 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus 25 in the prior year, indicating a stable but not high-volume market. The dominant venue is Schmidt Kunstauktionen Dresden OHG, followed by Dr. Irene Lehr Kunstauktionen, Grisebach, Kunstauktionshaus Leipzig, Kunsthaus Lempertz KG, and Auktionshaus Kloss. These are all German houses, consistent with an artist whose institutional and collector base is concentrated in Germany. Recent lots show that abstract constructivist works from the 1950s–1980s (e.g., 'Schwarz-Weiße Aufgipfelung vor Violett,' 1976, at €4,000; 'Geschlossene Schwünge in Schwarz und Weiß auf Braun,' 1958, at €5,500) outperform earlier figurative landscapes (e.g., 'Herbst in Fürstenau,' 1946, at €800) and small works on paper or prints (e.g., 'Die Tafeln 1919–1985,' 1992 edition, at €80). The market distinguishes clearly by medium and period.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Modern and contemporary prints and multiples
- Painting
- Sculpture
- Graphic arts
Value drivers
- Work medium (painting, sculpture, or graphic print) significantly affects value
- Constructivist attribution and provenance documentation are key factors
- Date of execution relative to the artist's long career (1889–1987) may affect market interest
- Medium is the strongest price determinant: original paintings and constructed reliefs consistently outperform works on paper, prints, and multiples
- Period of execution matters: mature constructivist works from the 1950s–1980s command higher prices than early figurative landscapes or late editioned prints
- Provenance and exhibition history, especially documentation tying the work to Glöckner's Dresden or Berlin periods, materially support value
Appraisal caveats
- No major-auction-house records or realized-price data were available in the source pack; market context is inferred from artist profile and auction volume (464 Invaluable records).
- Death date discrepancy (May 10 vs June 18, 1987) does not affect attribution but may complicate provenance records.
- All prices are in EUR and reflect hammer prices at predominantly German auction houses; they do not include buyer's premiums, which typically add 20–30%.
- The €153,600 maximum is an outlier well above the 75th percentile (€6,100); most lots trade in the €1,000–€6,100 range, and using the median or quartile figures provides more reliable estimates for typical works.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Hermann Glöckner worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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