Chris Ofili

British · b. 1968 · Painter, Printmaker

Christopher Ofili (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who won the Turner Prize in 1998. He has used resin, beads, oil paint, glitter, lumps of elephant dung and… (Wikipedia)

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77lots offered2006–2026years recorded79%sold (60)$8.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Record prices

  1. Chris Ofili, Triple Beam Dreamer, 2001-2002, acrylic, oil, leaves, glitter, polyester resin, map pins and elephant dung on linen, with two elephant dung supportsTriple Beam DreamerPhillips · £1,014,700≈ $1,395,415≈ €1,202,737Sign up to see
  2. Chris Ofili, Homage, 1993-1995, acrylic, oil, polyester resin, map pins, elephant dung on linenHomagePhillips · £302,500≈ $475,318≈ €426,945Sign up to see
  3. Chris Ofili, The Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black Stars, 2000-2001, acrylic, oil, phosphorescent paint, paper collage, glitter, polyester resin, map pins on linen, and elephant dungThe Naked Spirit of Captain Shit and the Legend of the Black StarsPhillips · $475,000≈ £370,833≈ €423,994Sign up to see

Chris Ofili’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
median $8.4kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
60
of 76 offered · 2006–2026
Sell-through
79%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k$1M2009201220152018202120242006-11-05 · $23,9002013-03-08 · $13,7502013-03-08 · $9,3752013-06-28 · $19,0742014-02-11 · $211,5372014-03-07 · $10,0002014-03-07 · $10,0002014-03-07 · $25,0002014-09-16 · $12,5002014-10-16 · $157,5612015-06-29 · $475,3182016-02-29 · $20,0002016-04-25 · $1,7502017-10-05 · $26,3422018-01-25 · $1,3372018-01-25 · $3,2072018-04-24 · $6,2502018-04-24 · $18,7502018-06-01 · $8,7522018-06-26 · $26,4802018-10-25 · $6,2502018-10-25 · $6,2502018-11-18 · $1,3752019-01-17 · $5202019-05-16 · $475,0002019-06-28 · $9,5202020-01-16 · $9752020-09-10 · $2,5872020-10-21 · $24,6822020-12-08 · $163,8002020-12-15 · $109,5082021-01-21 · $1,2962021-06-14 · $3,0202021-10-15 · $1,395,4152021-10-19 · $3,2762022-02-05 · $1102022-03-09 · $32,7602022-04-28 · $8,6142022-07-14 · $5632022-09-28 · $27,7202023-06-07 · $3,0082023-09-19 · $1,2622023-11-15 · $38,1002024-01-17 · $3,8632024-03-20 · $7,9252024-04-16 · $1,6512024-10-11 · $21,5742024-10-30 · $542024-11-01 · $1,0082025-03-13 · $8,2522025-07-08 · $6,0962025-09-18 · $4,5662025-09-25 · $129,0002025-09-25 · $16,7702025-10-03 · $1,6512025-10-15 · $1,9052025-10-15 · $1,6512026-04-21 · $7,0952026-06-24 · $1,6772026-09-23 · $16,446
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.

1 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 classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202673$7.1kSign up
2025108$5.3kSign up
202486$2.8kSign up
202333$3kSign up
202265$8.6kSign up
202144$3.1kSign up
202055$24.7kSign up
201943$9.5kSign up
2018109$6.3kSign up
201711$26.3kSign up
201622$10.9kSign up
201511$475kSign up
201476$18.8kSign up
201373$13.8kSign up
200611$23.9kSign up

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