Charles Demuth
American · 1883–1935 · Painter, Draughtsman
Charles Henry Buckius Demuth was an American painter who specialized in watercolors and turned to oils late in his career, developing a style of painting known as Precisionism. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
ZinniasPhillips · $158,750≈ £125,326≈ €150,303Sign up to see
Trees and Houses (Provincetown)Bonhams · $37,500≈ £28,170≈ €32,029Sign up to see
DunesBonhams · $27,813≈ £20,635≈ €24,515Sign up to see
Charles Demuth’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).
Price trend
1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 15 | 10 | 67% | $28.6kSign up | $12.1kSign up | $159kSign up |
| Watercolor | 13 | 8 | 62% | $35kSign up | $14.6kSign up | $159kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.2kSign up | $3.2kSign up | $6.1kSign up |
| Other | 4 | 1 | 25% | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.