Elaine de Kooning
American · 1918–1989 · Painter, Printmaker
Elaine Marie Catherine de Kooning was an American painter and art critic. A key contributor to the abstract expressionist and Figurative Expressionist movements, she wrote… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
The Animal Powers Cave #67Phillips · $330,200≈ £260,677≈ €312,630Sign up to see
Untitled (Bullfight Series)Phillips · $152,400≈ £120,770≈ €140,694Sign up to see
BullPhillips · $75,600≈ £56,881≈ €62,407Sign up to see
Elaine de Kooning’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
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Price trend
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 | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 18 | 14 | 78% | $66kSign up | $47.3kSign up | $330kSign up |
| Oil | 15 | 12 | 80% | $48.2kSign up | $47.3kSign up | $152kSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 2 | 67% | $173kSign up | $173kSign up | $330kSign up |
| Works on paper | 23 | 19 | 83% | $17.1kSign up | $11.4kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Watercolor | 7 | 6 | 86% | $17kSign up | $16.9kSign up | $27.7kSign up |
| Gouache | 5 | 5 | 100% | $12.4kSign up | $9kSign up | $32.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 7 | 5 | 71% | $22.9kSign up | $16.3kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 7 | 100% | $2kSign up | $1.5kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Aquatint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up |
| Lithograph | 6 | 6 | 100% | $2.1kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $3.5kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 100% | $10.4kSign up | $10.4kSign up | $15kSign 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 | 2 | 2 | $7.4kSign up |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | $22.9kSign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | $27.9kSign up |
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | $10.1kSign up |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | $27.7kSign up |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | $11.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $32.5kSign up |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | $1.5kSign up |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | $45kSign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | $16kSign up |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | $230Sign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | $28.1kSign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | $2.2kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |