Bernar Venet Paintings: Auction Prices

French · b. 1941

ArtSell has recorded 11 auction results for Bernar Venet paintings between 2008 and 2025, of which 8 sold (73% sell-through). Prices realised range from $7,500 to $126,766, with a median of $21,419 across 8 priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). The highest recorded price is $126,766 for “Position of Two Angles of 180° and 159°” at Lempertz in 2018.

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1. 
   The Steel Bar and the Pictorial Memory of the Gesture

   Acrylic · Canvas

   250.3 x 250.3 cm (98 1/2 x 98 1/2 in.) steel bar 9 x 220 x 9 cm (3 1/2 x 86 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.) overall installation dimensions variable

   Phillips · Dec 3, 2025 · Lot 56
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £40,000–60,000View at Phillips ↗
2. 
   Pecular Spectra

   Acrylic · Canvas

   7.75" h x 9" w

   Clarke Auction Gallery · Dec 18, 2022 · Lot 41
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. $2,000–3,000View at Clarke Auction Gallery ↗
3. 
   Undetermined line, 1987

   Acrylic

   134 × 98 cm

   Grisebach · Dec 2, 2022 · Lot 573
   €75,000≈ $79,035≈ £64,392Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €40,000–60,000View at Grisebach ↗
4. 
   Cosmography Drawing, 1967

   Acrylic · Canvas

   diameter 27 in. (68.6 cm)

   Phillips · Nov 16, 2022 · Lot 220
   $15,120≈ £12,704≈ €14,522Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $15,000–20,000View at Phillips ↗
5. 
   Combinaisons électives de lignes indétérminées, 1992

   Mixed media

   28 × 43,2 cm

   Grisebach · Nov 29, 2019 · Lot 661
   €12,500≈ $13,728≈ £10,653Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €10,000–15,000View at Grisebach ↗
6. 
   Related to: "Maximum Relative Error, Actual Relative Error", 2001

   Acrylic · Canvas

   176 x 200 cm (69 1/4 x 78 3/4 in.)

   Phillips · Jun 28, 2019 · Lot 146
   Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £40,000–60,000View at Phillips ↗
7. 
   Position of Two Angles of 180° and 159°, 1976

   Acrylic · Canvas

   182 x 184 cm

   Lempertz · Dec 1, 2018 · Lot 505
   €111,600≈ $126,766≈ £99,401Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €20,000–30,000View at Lempertz ↗
8. 
   Ligne indéterminée, 1990

   Mixed media

   56 x 73 cm (22 x 28.7 in)

   Ketterer Kunst · Dec 10, 2016 · Lot 776
   €26,250≈ $27,717≈ £22,033Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €18,000–View at Ketterer Kunst ↗
9. 
   Gold Saturation with a Red Z in the Center, 2003

   Acrylic · Canvas

   20 h x 20 w in (51 x 51 cm)

   Wright · Feb 25, 2016 · Lot 218
   $7,500≈ £5,368≈ €6,801Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $5,000–View at Wright ↗
10. 
    Position of two acute angles of 44,5 ° each

    Mixed media · Board

    85 x 120 cm

    Lempertz · Jun 2, 2011 · Lot 785
    €10,285≈ $14,872≈ £9,081Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. €6,000–7,000View at Lempertz ↗
11. 
    Mathematics Drawing, 1967

    Oil · Canvas

    diameter 70in (178cm)

    Bonhams · May 5, 2008 · Lot 143
    $30,000≈ £15,237≈ €19,405Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. $7,000–9,000View at Bonhams ↗

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