Adolph Gottlieb
American · 1903–1974 · Painter, Printmaker
Adolph Gottlieb was an American abstract expressionist painter who also made sculpture and became a printmaker. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Black SparksPhillips · $1,161,000≈ £865,966≈ €999,139Sign up to see
ShadowsPhillips · $1,030,000≈ £790,059≈ €925,510Sign up to see
PetalPhillips · $212,500≈ £163,751≈ €188,120Sign up to see
Adolph Gottlieb’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).
Coming up at auction
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
3 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
17 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.
1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 7 | 5 | 71% | $494kSign up | $161kSign up | $1.2MSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 4 | 67% | $359kSign up | $129kSign up | $1.2MSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1MSign up | $1MSign up | $1MSign up |
| Works on paper | 16 | 12 | 75% | $62.6kSign up | $52.1kSign up | $213kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Gouache | 6 | 6 | 100% | $37.1kSign up | $35.8kSign up | $84kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Prints & multiples | 131 | 125 | 95% | $3kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $15.1kSign up |
| Etching | 5 | 5 | 100% | $3kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Aquatint | 6 | 6 | 100% | $3.7kSign up | $2.7kSign up | $9.4kSign up |
| Drypoint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $9.2kSign up | $9.2kSign up | $9.2kSign up |
| Lithograph | 17 | 14 | 82% | $2.8kSign up | $2.9kSign up | $6.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 100 | 98 | 98% | $2.8kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $8.4kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 2 | 1 | 50% | $15.1kSign up | $15.1kSign up | $15.1kSign up |
| Other | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $6.7kSign 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 | 30 | 30 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2023 | 20 | 17 | $3kSign up |
| 2022 | 20 | 19 | $3.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 13 | 12 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $5.4kSign up |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | $2.6kSign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 | $2kSign up |
| 2015 | 4 | 2 | $1.2kSign up |
| 2014 | 10 | 7 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $29.6kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $4kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $1.1kSign up |
| 2008 | 3 | 3 | $19.2kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $84kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $800Sign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $2kSign up |
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | —Sign up |