Paul Klee Auction Prices and Value Guide

Paul Klee auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 5,318 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Paul Klee auction prices: quick answer

Paul Klee auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Paul Klee
Source records
5,318
Market update
2026-02-06

Paul Klee market snapshot

Paul Klee shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,573 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 132 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-04.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (28.1% · 232 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (10.9% · 90 sales)
  • $10,000+ (61.1% · 505 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$16,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
132
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2026-02-04

Artist context

About Paul Klee

Paul Klee portrait
Alexander Eliasberg · Public domain · Source

Born

1879

Died

1940

Nationality

German, Swiss

Paul Klee (1879–1940) was a Swiss-born artist who held German citizenship throughout his life and is commonly described as German-Swiss. Trained in Munich, he developed an individual modernist practice that moved between recognizable imagery and abstraction. His work is associated with Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, the Blaue Reiter circle, and the Bauhaus, although no single label fully describes its range. Klee participated in the second Blaue Reiter exhibition in 1912, and a 1914 journey to Tunisia marked an important deepening of his engagement with color. Beginning in 1921, he taught at the Bauhaus for approximately a decade. Collectors encounter paintings, works on paper, etchings, other prints, and editions, including early satirical images with altered or exaggerated figures. His inventive use of line, color, symbols, and shifts between figurative and abstract forms makes careful identification of medium, date, and production context especially important.

ExpressionismCubismSurrealismDer Blaue Reiter circleBauhaus modernismPaintingPrintmakingEtchingWorks on paperSatirical and distorted figures in early prints

Common works and media

Auction and appraisal contexts may include Klee paintings, drawings and other works on paper, etchings, prints, and editions. His early printmaking includes the eleven-part Inventions series of 1903–1905, known for satirical and distorted figures. Later works may combine abstract structures with recognizable forms and emphasize relationships among line and color. Some auction records are placed in sculpture, mixed-media, or decorative-art categories, but those broad classifications require object-level verification. For prints and editions, the technique, edition statement, impression quality, paper, inscriptions, and condition should be recorded separately from the image or composition.

Market and appraisal context

Paul Klee's public auction record spans paintings, works on paper, prints, editions, and objects placed in broader mixed-media or decorative-art categories. These categories should not be compared indiscriminately: an original painting, a unique drawing, and an editioned print present different appraisal questions. Relevant factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and confidence in attribution. Comparable sales are most useful when the objects share these characteristics and were sold under similar conditions. Public results provide market evidence but do not capture every private transaction, and reported prices or attribution descriptions may change. A work-specific appraisal should therefore reconcile the physical object and its documentation with appropriate comparable lots.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Fine art and paintings
  • Works on paper and prints
  • Sculpture and mixed media
  • Decorative art and editions

Value drivers

  1. Medium, dimensions, date, and position within the artist's career
  2. Condition, restoration history, and surface quality
  3. Signature, inscriptions, edition details, and confidence in the attribution
  4. Provenance, exhibition history, and references in recognized catalogues
  5. Comparable public auction sales for works with similar characteristics
  6. Subject matter, rarity, and current market demand

Appraisal caveats

  • Public auction records are evidence for comparison, not a substitute for examining the individual object.
  • Private transactions and incomplete auction feeds may not be represented in public market data.
  • Authentication, attribution, edition status, and condition can materially affect an appraisal.
  • Broad auction categories may contain objects with substantially different media, dates, and levels of attribution.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Recent sale records

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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.

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Paul Klee 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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