Christo

American · 1935–2020 · Painter, Printmaker

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific… (Wikipedia)

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716lots offered2002–2026years recorded91%sold (584)$2.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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Over the River (Project for Arkansas River, State of Colorado)Phillips · Jun 2025£279,400≈ $382,834≈ €327,348Sign up to see
Wrapped Reichstag (Project for Berlin)Grisebach · Dec 2021€337,500≈ $382,691≈ £287,327Sign up to see
The Pont Neuf, Wrapped (Project for Paris)Phillips · Jun 2025£254,000≈ $348,031≈ €297,589Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $2.7kfree account

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Lots sold

584

of 645 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

91%

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.

71 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.

1 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	64	58	91%	$74.7kSign up	$46.7kSign up	$383kSign up
Oil	7	5	71%	$40.7kSign up	$28kSign up	$100kSign up
Acrylic	16	16	100%	$83.5kSign up	$43.2kSign up	$383kSign up
Mixed media	40	36	90%	$76.3kSign up	$54.6kSign up	$348kSign up
Works on paper	57	49	86%	$73.2kSign up	$66.1kSign up	$261kSign up
Gouache	4	3	75%	$60.8kSign up	$44kSign up	$125kSign up
Pastel	8	7	88%	$70.9kSign up	$81.3kSign up	$144kSign up
Drawing	20	18	90%	$62.7kSign up	$64.2kSign up	$175kSign up
Prints & multiples	391	371	95%	$4.4kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$188kSign up
Etching	2	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Lithograph	240	228	95%	$3.3kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$22.9kSign up
Screenprint	63	60	95%	$3.1kSign up	$1.7kSign up	$17.1kSign up
Print (other)	85	82	96%	$8.5kSign up	$700Sign up	$188kSign up
Multiple	1	1	100%	$1.9kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$1.9kSign up
Photography	74	67	91%	$44.7kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$383kSign up
Photograph	74	67	91%	$44.7kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$383kSign up
Other	59	39	66%	$15.3kSign up	$5kSign up	$107kSign 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	35	31	$2.2kSign up
2025	96	87	$20kSign up
2024	54	49	$1.3kSign up
2023	84	79	$1.4kSign up
2022	65	63	$1.9kSign up
2021	61	50	$2.9kSign up
2020	33	33	$7.6kSign up
2019	49	46	$4.8kSign up
2018	28	24	$4.1kSign up
2017	16	14	$2.2kSign up
2016	13	10	$4.5kSign up
2015	17	16	$3.8kSign up
2014	10	7	$8.3kSign up
2013	14	9	$68.8kSign up
2012	11	7	$3kSign up
2011	3	3	$3.8kSign up
2010	7	7	$11.9kSign up
2009	5	5	$1.5kSign up
2008	10	10	$53kSign up
2007	9	9	$11.3kSign up
2006	3	3	$2.8kSign up
2005	3	3	$2.9kSign up
2004	6	6	$1.8kSign up
2003	8	8	$1.4kSign up
2002	5	5	$1.2kSign up