Max Gubler Auction Prices and Value Guide
Max Gubler auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 435 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Max Gubler auction prices: quick answer
Max Gubler auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Max Gubler
- Source records
- 435
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Max Gubler
Max Gubler (1898–1973), full name Max Paul Gubler, was a Swiss painter, printmaker, draftsman, and woodcarver active from around 1918 until his death. Based in Unterengstringen near Zurich, he produced a body of work that spans painting, engraving, drawing, and carved wood. Gubler is documented in major international reference works including the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, the Biografisches Lexikon der Schweiz, and the Vollmer lexicon. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is catalogued by leading authority files including the Getty Union List of Artist Names, the Library of Congress, VIAF, and the RKD — Netherlands Institute for Art History. With over 400 recorded auction lots, Gubler's work is a regular presence in the European art market.
oil paintingwoodcut and printmakingdrawingwoodcarving
Common works and media
Oil paintings on canvas and panel, woodcuts and other intaglio prints, ink and graphite drawings, and occasional carved wood pieces. Subject matter generally reflects 20th-century Swiss figurative and landscape traditions. Works range from small-format works on paper to larger canvases.
Market and appraisal context
Max Gubler's work has a well-established auction footprint spanning 189 recorded lots and 21 years of public sale records (2004–2025), with 114 lots carrying realized prices. The market is overwhelmingly concentrated in Switzerland: Koller Auctions, Schuler Auktionen, Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer, and Germann Auction House Ltd account for the bulk of recent turnover, while Christie's, Sotheby's, and Bonhams have also handled his work, confirming institutional-tier recognition. Prices span CHF 35 to CHF 144,000, with a median of CHF 8,500 and an interquartile range of CHF 3,800–15,000. Oil paintings occupy the upper end of the distribution; prints, woodcuts, and works on paper trade in the low hundreds to low thousands of Swiss francs. Recent 12-month activity (9 lots) is well below the prior 12-month window (41 lots), which may reflect cyclical consignment patterns, market cooling, or incomplete recent reporting rather than a structural decline. Still-life, landscape, and night-scene subjects appear regularly in recent titles.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
- woodcut and printmaking
- drawing
- woodcarving
Value drivers
- medium (oil, print, drawing, or woodcarving)
- subject matter and date of execution
- provenance and condition
- attribution confidence for unsigned or undocumented works
- comparable public auction results for Swiss 20th-century painters in the Zurich school
- medium: oil paintings trade at a significant premium to prints, drawings, and woodcarvings
Appraisal caveats
- No single published catalogue raisonné was identified in the available sources; attribution should be verified against known reference works (Vollmer, AKL, Biografisches Lexikon der Schweiz).
- The available source pack does not include detailed movement or stylistic affiliation; auction comparables should account for the broad range of 20th-century Swiss painting.
- No published catalogue raisonné has been identified; attribution for unsigned or undocumented works should be verified against the Vollmer lexicon, the Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon, and the Biografisches Lexikon der Schweiz.
- The recent 12-month lot count (9) is a sharp decline from the prior 12-month count (41); this could reflect incomplete recent data ingestion, reduced consignments, or softening demand rather than a permanent shift.
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
- Library of Congress library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
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 Max Gubler worth?
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