Ellsworth Kelly

American · 1923–2015

Ellsworth Kelly was an American painter, sculptor, and printmaker associated with hard-edge painting, Color field painting and minimalism. His works demonstrate unassuming… (Wikipedia)

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577lots offered2003–2026years recorded93%sold (528)$6.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Dark Blue ReliefPhillips · May 2017$3,105,000≈ £2,381,683≈ €2,790,008Sign up to see
Black Diagonal ReliefPhillips · May 2025$1,143,000≈ £864,664≈ €1,028,618Sign up to see
LeavesPhillips · Sep 2018$198,000≈ £150,536≈ €168,382Sign up to see

Ellsworth Kelly’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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Average price

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median $6.9kfree account

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Lots sold

528

of 568 offered · 2003–2026

Sell-through

93%

sold ÷ offered

Price trend

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.

8 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

9 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	6	4	67%	$1.1MSign up	$577kSign up	$3.1MSign up
Oil	4	2	50%	$2.1MSign up	$2.1MSign up	$3.1MSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$6.3kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$6.3kSign up
Mixed media	1	1	100%	$11.3kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$11.3kSign up
Works on paper	44	35	80%	$35.7kSign up	$20.2kSign up	$198kSign up
Drawing	19	12	63%	$64.5kSign up	$38.9kSign up	$198kSign up
Prints & multiples	488	461	94%	$8.6kSign up	$6.4kSign up	$87.7kSign up
Etching	8	8	100%	$5.6kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$10.7kSign up
Aquatint	5	5	100%	$4.8kSign up	$4.8kSign up	$5.6kSign up
Lithograph	395	371	94%	$9kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$60.5kSign up
Screenprint	70	68	97%	$6kSign up	$5kSign up	$26.5kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	1	1	100%	$1.5kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$1.5kSign up
Print (other)	7	7	100%	$9.7kSign up	$11.2kSign up	$22.4kSign up
Multiple	2	1	50%	$87.7kSign up	$87.7kSign up	$87.7kSign up
Other	30	28	93%	$11.3kSign up	$7.5kSign up	$36.3kSign 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	28	27	$6.1kSign up
2025	60	52	$5.1kSign up
2024	54	53	$6kSign up
2023	60	57	$7.7kSign up
2022	52	44	$10.4kSign up
2021	37	36	$11.3kSign up
2020	12	11	$7.5kSign up
2019	24	23	$8.1kSign up
2018	41	41	$7.1kSign up
2017	40	39	$10kSign up
2016	51	48	$7.4kSign up
2015	18	17	$5kSign up
2014	19	15	$4.8kSign up
2013	27	21	$5.3kSign up
2012	15	15	$4.4kSign up
2011	12	12	$5.2kSign up
2010	4	4	$3.4kSign up
2009	5	5	$5.5kSign up
2008	3	3	$4.8kSign up
2007	4	3	$4.2kSign up
2006	1	1	$4.4kSign up
2003	1	1	$1.5kSign up