Chuck Close
American · 1940–2021 · Painter, Printmaker
Charles Thomas Close was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Keith/MezzotintPhillips · $176,400≈ £134,708≈ €149,226Sign up to see
KateKetterer Kunst · €118,750≈ $133,867≈ £105,299Sign up to see
KateGrisebach · €71,250≈ $80,342≈ £63,819Sign up to see
Chuck Close’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
5 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 | 2 | 2 | 100% | $13.5kSign up | $13.5kSign up | $18.8kSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $13.5kSign up | $13.5kSign up | $18.8kSign up |
| Works on paper | 21 | 18 | 86% | $7.5kSign up | $4kSign up | $33kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.5kSign up | $3.5kSign up | $4.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 96 | 85 | 89% | $11.4kSign up | $6kSign up | $176kSign up |
| Etching | 16 | 15 | 94% | $7.3kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $15kSign up |
| Engraving | 5 | 5 | 100% | $40.3kSign up | $5kSign up | $176kSign up |
| Aquatint | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.6kSign up | $7.5kSign up |
| Lithograph | 16 | 15 | 94% | $5.2kSign up | $5.2kSign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 20 | 17 | 85% | $21.4kSign up | $24.1kSign up | $68.8kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 26 | 21 | 81% | $8kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $23.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 10 | 9 | 90% | $3.5kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $8.5kSign up |
| Photography | 51 | 41 | 80% | $16.4kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $134kSign up |
| Photograph | 51 | 41 | 80% | $16.4kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $134kSign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $31.5kSign up | $31.5kSign up | $31.5kSign up |
| Other | 37 | 36 | 97% | $6.6kSign up | $2.4kSign up | $54.7kSign 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 | 11 | 11 | $4kSign up |
| 2025 | 28 | 24 | $6kSign up |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | $8.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | $3.2kSign up |
| 2022 | 14 | 13 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2021 | 19 | 17 | $5.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 21 | 18 | $3.9kSign up |
| 2019 | 18 | 16 | $4.5kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | $10kSign up |
| 2017 | 5 | 3 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | $9.1kSign up |
| 2015 | 9 | 7 | $5.6kSign up |
| 2014 | 11 | 7 | $6.9kSign up |
| 2013 | 10 | 6 | $8.7kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $7kSign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | $6.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | $3.1kSign up |