Brett Whiteley

Australian · 1939–1992 · Painter, Printmaker

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614auction results2009–2026years recorded87%sold (537)$14.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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My Armchair 1976Menzies · Oct 2013A$3,200,000≈ $3,041,248≈ £1,895,567≈ €2,229,491Sign up to see
Woman on the Beach Reading an Art Catalogue 1980Smith & Singer · Apr 2026A$3,681,818≈ $2,633,899≈ £1,955,527≈ €2,255,050Sign up to see
Washing the Salt Off 1 1985Menzies · Mar 2011A$1,860,000≈ $1,892,178≈ £1,170,685≈ €1,339,311Sign up to see

Brett Whiteley’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

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median $14.4kfree account

High

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Lots sold

537

of 614 offered · 2009–2026

Sell-through

87%

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.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	146	120	82%	$543kSign up	$406kSign up	$3MSign up
Oil	137	111	81%	$566kSign up	$422kSign up	$3MSign up
Acrylic	2	2	100%	$559kSign up	$559kSign up	$1.1MSign up
Mixed media	7	7	100%	$177kSign up	$140kSign up	$406kSign up
Works on paper	141	117	83%	$38.6kSign up	$27.2kSign up	$255kSign up
Watercolor	17	14	82%	$58.8kSign up	$51.8kSign up	$148kSign up
Gouache	7	6	86%	$26.3kSign up	$18.9kSign up	$46.6kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$7.3kSign up	$7.3kSign up	$7.3kSign up
Drawing	91	74	81%	$31.8kSign up	$20.4kSign up	$255kSign up
Prints & multiples	300	276	92%	$9.3kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$82.4kSign up
Etching	95	90	95%	$8.2kSign up	$5.4kSign up	$82.4kSign up
Aquatint	16	15	94%	$5kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$13.3kSign up
Lithograph	64	57	89%	$16kSign up	$13.5kSign up	$61.8kSign up
Screenprint	108	97	90%	$7.9kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$23.6kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	6	6	100%	$7.3kSign up	$7.2kSign up	$8.7kSign up
Print (other)	11	11	100%	$3.3kSign up	$2.4kSign up	$12.7kSign up
Photography	2	1	50%	$805kSign up	$805kSign up	$805kSign up
Photograph	2	1	50%	$805kSign up	$805kSign up	$805kSign up
Sculpture	14	12	86%	$136kSign up	$37.7kSign up	$478kSign up
Other	11	11	100%	$70.6kSign up	$19.3kSign up	$206kSign 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	28	27	$15.9kSign up
2025	45	38	$13.3kSign up
2024	38	32	$15.5kSign up
2023	44	41	$12.7kSign up
2022	42	42	$10.4kSign up
2021	36	35	$12.4kSign up
2020	31	30	$7.3kSign up
2019	33	32	$16.5kSign up
2018	36	27	$14.6kSign up
2017	47	40	$19.1kSign up
2016	24	24	$41kSign up
2015	38	35	$10.3kSign up
2014	55	43	$20.3kSign up
2013	32	24	$12.8kSign up
2012	24	19	$23.1kSign up
2011	25	19	$30.2kSign up
2010	22	17	$19.7kSign up
2009	14	12	$16.2kSign up