Ai Weiwei
Chinese · b. 1957 · Painter, Sculptor
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist, documentarian and activist. Ai grew up in the far northwest of China, where he lived under harsh conditions due to his father's… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Circle of Animals / Zodiac HeadsPhillips · £3,442,500≈ $5,409,200≈ €4,858,709Sign up to see
Circle of Animals/Zodiac HeadsPhillips · £2,882,500≈ $4,426,944≈ €3,907,966Sign up to see
Circle of Animals/Zodiac HeadsPhillips · $3,370,000≈ £2,584,951≈ €3,028,125Sign up to see
Ai Weiwei’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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Price trend
2 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 | 20 | 17 | 85% | $173kSign up | $78kSign up | $665kSign up |
| Acrylic | 8 | 8 | 100% | $107kSign up | $9.3kSign up | $419kSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 2 | 67% | $16.4kSign up | $16.4kSign up | $21kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 97 | 95 | 98% | $5.5kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $94.2kSign up |
| Lithograph | 22 | 21 | 95% | $794Sign up | $625Sign up | $2.5kSign up |
| Screenprint | 30 | 29 | 97% | $1.1kSign up | $821Sign up | $3.1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 6 | 100% | $17.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $94.2kSign up |
| Multiple | 39 | 39 | 100% | $9.3kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $39.5kSign up |
| Photography | 9 | 8 | 89% | $6.9kSign up | $4.5kSign up | $27.5kSign up |
| Photograph | 9 | 8 | 89% | $6.9kSign up | $4.5kSign up | $27.5kSign up |
| Sculpture | 60 | 43 | 72% | $339kSign up | $13.7kSign up | $5.4MSign up |
| Other | 47 | 39 | 83% | $95.4kSign up | $11.3kSign up | $1MSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.