Arnulf Rainer

Austrian · 1929–2025 · Painter, Printmaker

Arnulf Rainer was an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art. (Wikipedia)

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703lots offered2001–2026years recorded93%sold (648)$8.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Schwarze Übermalung auf BraunKetterer Kunst · Dec 2020€745,000≈ $903,462≈ £687,566Sign up to see
Ohne Titel (Rotes Bild)Grisebach · Dec 2020€400,000≈ $486,040≈ £361,422Sign up to see
ZentralgestaltungKetterer Kunst · Jun 2021€375,000≈ $446,175≈ £321,683Sign up to see

Arnulf Rainer’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).

Average price

$25.8kSign up free to see

median $8.9kfree account

High

$903kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

648

of 699 offered · 2001–2026

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 559 of 648 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

4 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	163	151	93%	$71.7kSign up	$36.9kSign up	$903kSign up
Oil	105	104	99%	$86.3kSign up	$51.2kSign up	$903kSign up
Acrylic	7	6	86%	$28.4kSign up	$6.4kSign up	$130kSign up
Mixed media	50	40	80%	$42.1kSign up	$20.4kSign up	$486kSign up
Works on paper	116	102	88%	$22.3kSign up	$15.8kSign up	$190kSign up
Watercolor	7	7	100%	$12.3kSign up	$10kSign up	$21.6kSign up
Gouache	4	4	100%	$9.6kSign up	$8kSign up	$15.4kSign up
Pastel	5	5	100%	$21.3kSign up	$20.8kSign up	$30.5kSign up
Drawing	41	38	93%	$23.9kSign up	$14.2kSign up	$108kSign up
Prints & multiples	299	287	96%	$5.1kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$87kSign up
Etching	135	134	99%	$5.5kSign up	$2.7kSign up	$87kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$10.5kSign up	$10.5kSign up	$10.5kSign up
Aquatint	6	6	100%	$1.3kSign up	$728Sign up	$4kSign up
Drypoint	83	82	99%	$4.4kSign up	$2.7kSign up	$35kSign up
Lithograph	24	19	79%	$7.4kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$46.8kSign up
Screenprint	6	6	100%	$2kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$3.6kSign up
Print (other)	36	31	86%	$5.8kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$18.1kSign up
Multiple	8	8	100%	$2.3kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$2.7kSign up
Photography	110	100	91%	$20kSign up	$16.7kSign up	$78.2kSign up
Photograph	110	100	91%	$20kSign up	$16.7kSign up	$78.2kSign up
Other	11	8	73%	$17.5kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$80.6kSign 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	35	30	$3kSign up
2025	60	58	$4.7kSign up
2024	44	43	$15.8kSign up
2023	57	55	$15.9kSign up
2022	73	73	$3.4kSign up
2021	72	71	$4.6kSign up
2020	66	59	$4.8kSign up
2019	37	28	$23.2kSign up
2018	41	36	$12.5kSign up
2017	32	28	$6.7kSign up
2016	27	25	$9.3kSign up
2015	27	23	$10.6kSign up
2014	36	28	$18.5kSign up
2013	18	17	$12.7kSign up
2012	13	13	$9kSign up
2011	4	4	$32.3kSign up
2010	8	8	$10.1kSign up
2009	4	4	$23kSign up
2008	4	4	$14.5kSign up
2007	11	11	$17.7kSign up
2006	6	6	$3.8kSign up
2005	14	14	$8.6kSign up
2004	6	6	$3kSign up
2003	2	2	$4.9kSign up
2001	2	2	$4kSign up