A. R. Penck

German · 1939–2017 · Painter, Printmaker

Ralf Winkler was a German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer. A neo-expressionist, he became known for his visual style, reminiscent of the influence of primitive art. (Wikipedia)

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781lots offered2002–2026years recorded91%sold (701)$7.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Ali Alpha TorPhillips · Oct 2017£369,000≈ $482,468≈ €412,119Sign up to see
Roter PlanetKetterer Kunst · Jun 2022€375,000≈ $396,675≈ £318,922Sign up to see
Landung auf einem PlanetenPhillips · Jun 2017£281,000≈ $364,682≈ €319,560Sign up to see

A. R. Penck’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price

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median $7.9kfree account

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Lots sold

701

of 774 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

91%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

Showing 565 of 701 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

7 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	241	231	96%	$54.1kSign up	$31.2kSign up	$482kSign up
Oil	47	45	96%	$61.4kSign up	$47.6kSign up	$365kSign up
Acrylic	183	178	97%	$50.8kSign up	$29.3kSign up	$397kSign up
Mixed media	8	5	63%	$10.5kSign up	$10.8kSign up	$16.2kSign up
Works on paper	125	110	88%	$13.4kSign up	$8kSign up	$125kSign up
Watercolor	19	17	89%	$16.4kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$125kSign up
Gouache	42	39	93%	$15.2kSign up	$10.1kSign up	$114kSign up
Drawing	41	34	83%	$8kSign up	$5.1kSign up	$60.6kSign up
Prints & multiples	280	254	91%	$2kSign up	$1kSign up	$18.1kSign up
Etching	43	40	93%	$1.1kSign up	$862Sign up	$10.3kSign up
Aquatint	20	20	100%	$5.4kSign up	$5.7kSign up	$13.1kSign up
Drypoint	3	3	100%	$286Sign up	$292Sign up	$315Sign up
Lithograph	74	70	95%	$1.3kSign up	$984Sign up	$6.7kSign up
Screenprint	113	97	86%	$2.2kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$18.1kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	8	5	63%	$3.5kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$7.2kSign up
Print (other)	19	19	100%	$1.7kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$5.5kSign up
Sculpture	69	66	96%	$20.2kSign up	$9.8kSign up	$115kSign up
Other	59	40	68%	$25.1kSign up	$10.3kSign up	$153kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

Year	Offered	Sold	Median
2026	14	13	$11.6kSign up
2025	60	55	$2.4kSign up
2024	40	37	$1.4kSign up
2023	61	57	$7kSign up
2022	66	61	$2.4kSign up
2021	57	56	$8.5kSign up
2020	63	61	$4.3kSign up
2019	27	25	$4.1kSign up
2018	73	68	$16.1kSign up
2017	35	33	$22kSign up
2016	33	30	$6.7kSign up
2015	35	32	$4.8kSign up
2014	22	15	$8.3kSign up
2013	35	28	$9.5kSign up
2012	26	15	$15.8kSign up
2011	14	10	$40.8kSign up
2010	12	11	$11.5kSign up
2009	19	16	$8.3kSign up
2008	19	15	$15.2kSign up
2007	18	18	$8.6kSign up
2006	12	12	$11.4kSign up
2005	14	14	$8.2kSign up
2004	10	10	$12.9kSign up
2003	8	8	$5.4kSign up
2002	1	1	$17.6kSign up