Barry McGee
American · b. 1966 · Painter, Draughtsman
Barry McGee is an American artist. He is known for graffiti art, and for being part of the Mission School art movement. McGee is credited as contributing to bringing urban art… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
61 Framed WorksPhillips · £74,500≈ $122,642≈ €89,677Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $112,500≈ £89,935≈ €99,681Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $81,900≈ £58,929≈ €68,616Sign up to see
Barry McGee’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
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 48 | 40 | 83% | $27.7kSign up | $13.2kSign up | $123kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 1 | 50% | $10.2kSign up | $10.2kSign up | $10.2kSign up |
| Acrylic | 31 | 24 | 77% | $31.8kSign up | $19.4kSign up | $123kSign up |
| Mixed media | 5 | 5 | 100% | $30.1kSign up | $21.3kSign up | $58kSign up |
| Works on paper | 17 | 14 | 82% | $7kSign up | $6kSign up | $14.6kSign up |
| Drawing | 5 | 5 | 100% | $5.9kSign up | $5kSign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 9 | 7 | 78% | $1.7kSign up | $819Sign up | $5.9kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $506Sign up | $506Sign up | $630Sign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3.1kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $3.1kSign up |
| Print (other) | 4 | 3 | 75% | $2.3kSign up | $819Sign up | $5.9kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $832Sign up | $832Sign up | $832Sign up |
| Photography | 3 | 3 | 100% | $10.1kSign up | $12.5kSign up | $17.4kSign up |
| Photograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $10.1kSign up | $12.5kSign up | $17.4kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 100% | $125Sign up | $125Sign up | $127Sign 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 | 12 | 12 | $7.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 6 | 5 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | $12kSign up |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | $22.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 5 | 4 | $5kSign up |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | $11.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $13.8kSign up |
| 2018 | 3 | 2 | $36.9kSign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | $7.8kSign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | $27.5kSign up |
| 2014 | 7 | 3 | $54.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 6 | 3 | $10.2kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $5kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $11.8kSign up |