David Hammons
American · b. 1943
David Hammons is an American artist, best known for his works in and around New York City and Los Angeles during the 1970s and 1980s. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
UntitledPhillips · $8,005,000≈ £5,009,073≈ €5,976,557Sign up to see
It’s Not NecessaryPhillips · $5,475,000≈ £3,914,069≈ €4,581,207Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $3,660,000≈ £2,719,774≈ €3,234,358Sign up to see
David Hammons’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
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
39
of 43 offered · 2006–2026
Sell-through
91%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 6 | 5 | 83% | $767kSign up | $880kSign up | $1.6MSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $880kSign up | $880kSign up | $880kSign up |
| Mixed media | 2 | 1 | 50% | $1.6MSign up | $1.6MSign up | $1.6MSign up |
| Works on paper | 10 | 8 | 80% | $320kSign up | $188kSign up | $877kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 13 | 12 | 92% | $66.7kSign up | $6.7kSign up | $312kSign up |
| Screenprint | 5 | 5 | 100% | $69.9kSign up | $4.2kSign up | $229kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Print (other) | 7 | 7 | 100% | $64.5kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $312kSign up |
| Photography | 5 | 5 | 100% | $4kSign up | $4.1kSign up | $6.5kSign up |
| Photograph | 5 | 5 | 100% | $4kSign up | $4.1kSign up | $6.5kSign up |
| Sculpture | 1 | 1 | 100% | $8MSign up | $8MSign up | $8MSign up |
| Other | 8 | 8 | 100% | $1.7MSign up | $1MSign up | $5.5MSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.