Bernar Venet

French · b. 1941 · Painter, Printmaker

Bernar Venet is a French conceptual artist. He was the 2016 recipient of the International Sculpture Center's Lifetime Achievement Award. (Wikipedia)

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152lots offered2002–2026years recorded92%sold (135)$15.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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221.5° Arc x 15Phillips · Nov 2021$877,000≈ £650,690≈ €773,028Sign up to see
222.5° Arc x 13Phillips · Oct 2025£516,000≈ $692,833≈ €594,758Sign up to see
Indeterminate lineKornfeld · Jun 2018CHF 340,000≈ $340,612≈ £256,485≈ €293,732Sign up to see

Bernar Venet’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

$51kSign up free to see

median $15.1kfree account

High

$877kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

135

of 146 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

92%

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.

6 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	11	8	73%	$39.3kSign up	$21.4kSign up	$127kSign up
Oil	1	1	100%	$30kSign up	$30kSign up	$30kSign up
Acrylic	7	4	57%	$57.1kSign up	$47.1kSign up	$127kSign up
Mixed media	3	3	100%	$18.8kSign up	$14.9kSign up	$27.7kSign up
Works on paper	32	29	91%	$30.6kSign up	$12.8kSign up	$195kSign up
Watercolor	1	1	100%	$12.8kSign up	$12.8kSign up	$12.8kSign up
Gouache	2	2	100%	$8.9kSign up	$8.9kSign up	$12.5kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$23.8kSign up	$23.8kSign up	$23.8kSign up
Drawing	12	11	92%	$43.2kSign up	$25.1kSign up	$195kSign up
Prints & multiples	53	49	92%	$8.6kSign up	$4.8kSign up	$46.8kSign up
Etching	16	15	94%	$14kSign up	$10.3kSign up	$30.8kSign up
Aquatint	7	6	86%	$7kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$22.7kSign up
Drypoint	1	1	100%	$320Sign up	$320Sign up	$320Sign up
Lithograph	12	12	100%	$5.8kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$15.4kSign up
Screenprint	13	11	85%	$3.9kSign up	$2.9kSign up	$11.3kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	1	1	100%	$5.1kSign up	$5.1kSign up	$5.1kSign up
Print (other)	3	3	100%	$17kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$46.8kSign up
Sculpture	37	36	97%	$122kSign up	$55kSign up	$877kSign up
Other	13	13	100%	$66.6kSign up	$27.6kSign up	$341kSign 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	8	8	$16.1kSign up
2025	19	17	$15.5kSign up
2024	10	8	$24kSign up
2023	7	6	$23.2kSign up
2022	13	12	$4.4kSign up
2021	11	11	$8.8kSign up
2020	12	11	$5.3kSign up
2019	15	14	$9.7kSign up
2018	16	15	$31.8kSign up
2017	7	7	$20.5kSign up
2016	5	5	$10.6kSign up
2015	5	4	$43.8kSign up
2014	6	5	$21.3kSign up
2013	3	3	$23.8kSign up
2012	1	1	$94.5kSign up
2011	1	1	$14.9kSign up
2009	2	2	$6.1kSign up
2008	2	2	$27.6kSign up
2007	2	2	$14.1kSign up
2002	1	1	$5.3kSign up