Frank Cuprien

American · 1871–1948 · Painter

Frank William Cuprien was an American plein-air painter of the California impressionism movement, noted for marine scenes and opalescent seascapes. As a leading member of the… (Wikipedia)

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36lots offered2006–2025years recorded86%sold (30)$8.9kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Frank Cuprien, End of a Perfect Day, oil on canvasEnd of a Perfect DayBonhams · $63,000≈ £31,082≈ €45,672Sign up to see
  2. Frank Cuprien, Opalescence, 1928, oil on canvasOpalescenceBonhams · $51,200≈ £40,100≈ €46,609Sign up to see
  3. Frank Cuprien, Tranquil evening, oil on canvasTranquil eveningBonhams · $37,500≈ £24,780≈ €35,274Sign up to see

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Average price
median $8.9kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
30
of 35 offered · 2006–2025
Sell-through
86%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k2008201020122014201620182020202220242006-12-11 · $8,9632007-05-01 · $3,9002007-08-07 · $63,0002007-08-07 · $4,8002007-12-10 · $7,2002008-08-05 · $4,5002008-08-05 · $15,6002008-11-24 · $14,4002009-11-23 · $8,5402010-04-20 · $3,9652011-04-06 · $15,8602012-05-01 · $8,7502012-05-01 · $11,2502012-12-11 · $2,7502012-12-11 · $13,7502014-11-24 · $5,6252015-11-23 · $6,0002015-11-23 · $37,5002016-08-02 · $8,7502016-11-21 · $11,2502018-08-07 · $7,5002019-11-25 · $25,0752020-03-17 · $10,0752021-08-03 · $7,6502021-08-03 · $8,2882021-11-23 · $14,0252023-08-02 · $51,2002023-08-02 · $28,1602025-11-11 · $23,0402025-11-11 · $6,144
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.

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

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings353086%$14.6kSign up$8.9kSign up$63kSign up
Oil353086%$14.6kSign up$8.9kSign up$63kSign 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
202522$14.6kSign up
202322$39.7kSign up
202133$8.3kSign up
202011$10.1kSign up
201911$25.1kSign up
201811$7.5kSign up
201622$10kSign up
201532$21.8kSign up
201411$5.6kSign up
201254$10kSign up
201131$15.9kSign up
201011$4kSign up
200911$8.5kSign up
200843$14.4kSign up
200744$6kSign up
200611$9kSign up

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