Alexander Calder

American · 1898–1976 · Painter, Printmaker

Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public… (Wikipedia)

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1,270lots offered1999–2026years recorded93%sold (1,076)$4kSign up free to seemedian price

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39=50Phillips · May 2022$15,648,500≈ £12,591,326≈ €14,870,759Sign up to see
Black GammaPhillips · May 2019$5,477,500≈ £4,276,290≈ €4,889,315Sign up to see
White MoonPhillips · Nov 2021$4,628,000≈ £3,439,102≈ €4,089,784Sign up to see

Alexander Calder’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

$83.1kSign up free to see

median $4kfree account

High

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Lots sold

1,076

of 1,153 offered · 1999–2026

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 573 of 1,075 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

117 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	8	6	75%	$231kSign up	$194kSign up	$521kSign up
Oil	6	6	100%	$231kSign up	$194kSign up	$521kSign up
Works on paper	243	233	96%	$337kSign up	$65.6kSign up	$16MSign up
Watercolor	5	4	80%	$68.4kSign up	$26.3kSign up	$198kSign up
Gouache	121	117	97%	$80.9kSign up	$72.9kSign up	$206kSign up
Drawing	28	24	86%	$27.8kSign up	$22.4kSign up	$105kSign up
Prints & multiples	804	754	94%	$3.6kSign up	$2.9kSign up	$35kSign up
Etching	42	39	93%	$2kSign up	$875Sign up	$22.4kSign up
Aquatint	28	23	82%	$4.4kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$35kSign up
Lithograph	688	649	94%	$3.8kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$22.5kSign up
Screenprint	23	20	87%	$2kSign up	$992Sign up	$8.8kSign up
Print (other)	23	23	100%	$2kSign up	$304Sign up	$21.3kSign up
Photography	1	1	100%	$4.7kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$4.7kSign up
Photograph	1	1	100%	$4.7kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$4.7kSign up
Sculpture	12	9	75%	$367kSign up	$50kSign up	$2.4MSign up
Other	85	73	86%	$45.2kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$516kSign 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	60	58	$4kSign up
2025	113	101	$3.2kSign up
2024	123	108	$3.8kSign up
2023	141	129	$3.7kSign up
2022	111	103	$5kSign up
2021	107	106	$5kSign up
2020	67	60	$7.8kSign up
2019	69	68	$4.3kSign up
2018	49	48	$4.8kSign up
2017	52	52	$4kSign up
2016	36	33	$3.5kSign up
2015	37	29	$2.3kSign up
2014	24	24	$29.4kSign up
2013	20	16	$1.4kSign up
2012	27	26	$1.4kSign up
2011	14	13	$2.1kSign up
2010	10	10	$3kSign up
2009	13	13	$2.5kSign up
2008	23	23	$3.9kSign up
2007	21	21	$3.1kSign up
2006	7	7	$5.1kSign up
2005	4	4	$8kSign up
2004	7	7	$13.5kSign up
2003	9	8	$1.5kSign up
2002	3	3	$990Sign up
2001	5	5	$288Sign up
1999	1	1	$831Sign up