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Carl Holty

American · 1900–1973 · Painter, Draughtsman

Carl Robert Holty (1900–1973) was a German-born American abstract painter. Raised in Wisconsin, he was the first major abstract painter to gain notoriety from the state. Harold… (Wikipedia)

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Untitled (Ribbon Painting)Rago Auctions · Nov 2019$62,500≈ £48,801≈ €56,643Sign up to see
OdalisqueWright · May 2001$10,925≈ £7,707≈ €12,460Sign up to see
UntitledRago Auctions · Dec 2023$8,190≈ £6,447≈ €7,501Sign up to see

Carl Holty’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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Carl Holty, Untitled, 1943, oil on Masonite — Untitled, 1943
Bonhams · Mar 12, 2026
$3,584Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Signal Lights, pastel on paper laid to board — Signal Lights
Wright · Feb 11, 2025
$2,032Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Gray Volume, acrylic on board — Gray Volume
Bonhams · Aug 9, 2024
$1,408Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled #803, 1940, watercolor on paper — Untitled #803, 1940
Rago Auctions · Dec 14, 2023
$4,032Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, 1936, pastel on paper — Untitled, 1936
Rago Auctions · Dec 14, 2023
$2,520Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, oil on board — Untitled
Rago Auctions · Dec 14, 2023
$8,190Sign up free to see

Untitled, (Hard Edge Forms), 1941
Brunk Auctions · Apr 21, 2023
$4,750Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Break Through — Break Through
Toomey & Co. · Feb 23, 2022
$2,210Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, 1938, pastel and graphite on paper — Untitled, 1938
Wright · Nov 18, 2020
$1,500Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, 1933, graphite on paper — Untitled, 1933
Rago Auctions · Oct 21, 2020
$975Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, c. 1945, oil on illustration board — Untitled, c. 1945
Rago Auctions · Mar 25, 2020
$4,375Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Ride in the Sun, 1945, Oil on Board — Ride in the Sun, 1945
Clarke Auction Gallery · Nov 24, 2019
$1,500Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled (Ribbon Painting) — Untitled (Ribbon Painting)
Rago Auctions · Nov 8, 2019
$62,500Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Two works of art — Two works of art
Rago Auctions · Nov 8, 2019
$1,125Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Dancer — Dancer
Rago Auctions · Nov 10, 2018
$5,313Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Signal Lights — Signal Lights
Rago Auctions · Nov 10, 2018
$813Sign up free to see

Abstract, 1959
Brunk Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$750Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled — Untitled
Rago Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$1,875Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled — Untitled
Rago Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$1,000Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled — Untitled
Rago Auctions · Nov 11, 2017
$1,000Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled — Untitled
Rago Auctions · May 6, 2017
$2,500Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Untitled, c. 1935, ink on paper — Untitled, c. 1935
Wright · Feb 23, 2017
$625Sign up free to see

Untitled, two abstract compositions, circa 1948
Brunk Auctions · Mar 14, 2015
$500Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, untitled, 1926, watercolor and ink on paper — untitled, 1926
Wright · Sep 15, 2011
$4,375Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, untitled, 1933, pencil on paper — untitled, 1933
Wright · May 16, 2004
$1,298Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, untitled print blocks, set of five, 1933, linoleum laid down on wood — untitled print blocks, set of five, 1933
Wright · Jun 1, 2003
$2,223Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, untitled, 1933, ink on paper — untitled, 1933
Wright · Nov 19, 2002
$5,750Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, untitled, 1945, oil on panel — untitled, 1945
Wright · May 14, 2002
$3,335Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Cup of the Sea, 1947, oil on canvas — Cup of the Sea, 1947
Wright · May 14, 2002
$5,175Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Odalisque, 1937, oil on Masonite — Odalisque, 1937
Wright · May 15, 2001
$10,925Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Walking Figures, 1930, graphite on paper — Walking Figures, 1930
Wright · May 15, 2001
$748Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Abstract Figure Studies, 1933, pencil on paper — Abstract Figure Studies, 1933
Wright · Dec 3, 2000
$2,070Sign up free to see

Carl Holty, Billiard Player, 1936, pencil on paper — Billiard Player, 1936
Wright · Dec 3, 2000
$920Sign up free to see

Untitled, abstract portrait
Brunk Auctions · May 17, 2014

Carl Holty, Black on Gray, Gouache abstract scene shows black pattern against a gray background — Black on Gray
James D. Julia · Feb 2, 2012

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