Alex Katz

American · b. 1927 · Painter, Printmaker

Alex Katz is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and… (Wikipedia)

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781lots offered1995–2026years recorded93%sold (715)$8.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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Blue Umbrella IPhillips · Oct 2019£3,375,000≈ $4,144,163≈ €3,793,284Sign up to see
The Grey DressPhillips · Nov 2022$2,208,000≈ £1,856,086≈ €2,122,261Sign up to see
TaraKetterer Kunst · Dec 2021€901,000≈ $1,015,697≈ £769,060Sign up to see

Alex Katz’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 $8.1kfree account

High

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Lots sold

715

of 771 offered · 1995–2026

Sell-through

93%

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 567 of 714 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

10 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	100	94	94%	$229kSign up	$78kSign up	$4.1MSign up
Oil	99	93	94%	$232kSign up	$78.6kSign up	$4.1MSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$14.6kSign up	$14.6kSign up	$14.6kSign up
Works on paper	33	30	91%	$15.9kSign up	$15.3kSign up	$37.8kSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$37kSign up	$37kSign up	$37kSign up
Drawing	31	29	94%	$15.2kSign up	$15.2kSign up	$37.8kSign up
Prints & multiples	583	540	93%	$10.4kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$125kSign up
Etching	78	70	90%	$10.3kSign up	$3.6kSign up	$125kSign up
Engraving	6	1	17%	$3kSign up	$3kSign up	$3kSign up
Aquatint	69	61	88%	$8kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$49.9kSign up
Drypoint	1	1	100%	$1.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up
Lithograph	99	97	98%	$5.1kSign up	$4kSign up	$24.4kSign up
Screenprint	240	224	93%	$13.9kSign up	$9.2kSign up	$106kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	60	57	95%	$9.4kSign up	$5kSign up	$58.9kSign up
Print (other)	19	19	100%	$8.9kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$88.2kSign up
Multiple	11	10	91%	$10.3kSign up	$7.4kSign up	$31kSign up
Photography	31	30	97%	$14.5kSign up	$8.5kSign up	$76.2kSign up
Photograph	31	30	97%	$14.5kSign up	$8.5kSign up	$76.2kSign up
Sculpture	8	8	100%	$18.1kSign up	$16.4kSign up	$36.3kSign up
Other	16	13	81%	$6kSign up	$5kSign up	$19.2kSign 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	83	74	$6.5kSign up
2025	91	89	$4.2kSign up
2024	63	61	$8.2kSign up
2023	80	75	$10.1kSign up
2022	71	62	$15.6kSign up
2021	63	61	$7.8kSign up
2020	53	49	$8.8kSign up
2019	41	40	$11.1kSign up
2018	31	30	$5.9kSign up
2017	32	31	$8.9kSign up
2016	41	33	$6.9kSign up
2015	26	25	$11.6kSign up
2014	27	24	$10.5kSign up
2013	31	27	$6.2kSign up
2012	7	3	$3.3kSign up
2011	10	10	$5.8kSign up
2010	2	2	$4.8kSign up
2009	5	5	$20.3kSign up
2008	1	1	$11.2kSign up
2007	1	1	$893Sign up
2005	1	1	$197Sign up
2004	5	5	$1.3kSign up
2002	5	5	$2.5kSign up
1995	1	1	—Sign up