Christopher Wool
American · b. 1955 · Painter, Printmaker
Christopher Wool is an American artist. Since the 1980s, Wool's art has incorporated post-conceptual ideas. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
And IfPhillips · $4,085,000≈ £2,679,567≈ €3,169,123Sign up to see
Untitled (S134)Phillips · $3,735,000≈ £2,829,760≈ €3,173,052Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · £2,266,500≈ $3,486,330≈ €3,055,504Sign up to see
Christopher Wool’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).
Coming up at auction
1 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 20 | 18 | 90% | $2MSign up | $1.7MSign up | $4.1MSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.8MSign up | $1.5MSign up | $3.3MSign up |
| Works on paper | 47 | 38 | 81% | $180kSign up | $32.6kSign up | $2.4MSign up |
| Drawing | 10 | 9 | 90% | $26.4kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $140kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 122 | 113 | 93% | $85.9kSign up | $10.9kSign up | $2.2MSign up |
| Etching | 9 | 8 | 89% | $12.2kSign up | $11.1kSign up | $23.8kSign up |
| Aquatint | 2 | 2 | 100% | $10.1kSign up | $10.1kSign up | $17.5kSign up |
| Drypoint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $3.8kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $3.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 23 | 21 | 91% | $15.4kSign up | $3kSign up | $124kSign up |
| Screenprint | 82 | 76 | 93% | $122kSign up | $16.1kSign up | $2.2MSign up |
| Print (other) | 5 | 5 | 100% | $4.1kSign up | $933Sign up | $16.1kSign up |
| Photography | 13 | 10 | 77% | $9.6kSign up | $4.1kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Photograph | 13 | 10 | 77% | $9.6kSign up | $4.1kSign up | $30kSign up |
| Other | 5 | 5 | 100% | $741kSign up | $80.5kSign up | $3.5MSign 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 | 7 | 5 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 21 | 20 | $3.1kSign up |
| 2024 | 29 | 24 | $8.9kSign up |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 | $2.8kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | $13.9kSign up |
| 2021 | 12 | 11 | $13.8kSign up |
| 2020 | 6 | 6 | $27.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 14 | 11 | $22.8kSign up |
| 2018 | 16 | 14 | $17.2kSign up |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | $27.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 9 | 6 | $33.9kSign up |
| 2015 | 17 | 16 | $109kSign up |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | $37.5kSign up |
| 2013 | 31 | 30 | $24.4kSign up |