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Elaine Sturtevant

American · 1924–2014 · Painter, Sculptor

Elaine Frances Sturtevant, also known professionally as Sturtevant, was an American artist. She achieved recognition for her carefully inexact repetitions of other artists' works. (Wikipedia)

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25auction results2012–2026years recorded96%sold (24)$127kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Elaine Sturtevant, Study for Warhol Marilyn, 1973, synthetic polymer silkscreen and acrylic on canvas, triptychStudy for Warhol MarilynPhillips · $2,419,500≈ £1,941,502≈ €2,234,278Sign up to see
  2. Elaine Sturtevant, Johns Painting With Two Balls, 1987, encaustic and paper collage on 3 joined canvases with metal brackets and 2 ballsJohns Painting With Two BallsPhillips · $680,000≈ £529,554≈ €618,350Sign up to see
  3. Elaine Sturtevant, Johns White Target (First Study), 1986–1988, encaustic and collage on canvasJohns White Target (First Study)Phillips · $655,200≈ £486,126≈ €577,523Sign up to see

Elaine Sturtevant’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).

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median $127kfree account
High
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auction record in database
Lots sold
24
of 25 offered · 2012–2026
Sell-through
96%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k$1M20142016201820202022202420262012-05-23 · $9,2662013-11-12 · $137,0002014-11-13 · $557,0002014-11-14 · $125,0002015-03-03 · $317,0002015-03-03 · $81,2502015-04-21 · $6,2502016-04-25 · $3,7502018-11-10 · $125,0002019-11-13 · $572,0002019-11-14 · $680,0002020-02-14 · $244,3132020-02-14 · $179,1632020-07-02 · $620,0002021-11-18 · $655,2002022-04-19 · $3,7802022-06-14 · $3802023-03-01 · $1,1282023-05-16 · $190,5002023-05-17 · $2,419,5002025-01-23 · $2,5032025-02-28 · $95,2502026-04-23 · $1,4192026-05-21 · $129,000
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings99100%$618kSign up$557kSign up$2.4MSign up
Acrylic33100%$881kSign up$129kSign up$2.4MSign up
Mixed media22100%$668kSign up$668kSign up$680kSign up
Works on paper2150%$9.3kSign up$9.3kSign up$9.3kSign up
Prints & multiples1111100%$68.9kSign up$3.8kSign up$244kSign up
Etching11100%$1.1kSign up$1.1kSign up$1.1kSign up
Lithograph22100%$1.4kSign up$1.4kSign up$2.5kSign up
Screenprint44100%$185kSign up$185kSign up$244kSign up
Print (other)44100%$3.8kSign up$3.8kSign up$6.3kSign up
Photography11100%$81.3kSign up$81.3kSign up$81.3kSign up
Photograph11100%$81.3kSign up$81.3kSign up$81.3kSign up
Other22100%$373kSign up$373kSign up$620kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202622$65.2kSign up
202522$48.9kSign up
202333$191kSign up
202222$2.1kSign up
202111$655kSign up
202033$244kSign up
201922$626kSign up
201811$125kSign up
201611$3.8kSign up
201543$81.3kSign up
201422$341kSign up
201311$137kSign up
201211$9.3kSign up

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