Georg Baselitz

German · 1938–2026 · Painter, Printmaker

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476lots offered2001–2026years recorded98%sold (463)$12.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Ein RoterPhillips · Nov 2023$7,320,000≈ £5,954,124≈ €6,825,811Sign up to see
Das letzte Selbstbildnis IPhillips · Oct 2020£4,983,500≈ $6,444,164≈ €5,456,532Sign up to see
P.D. IdolPhillips · Mar 2018£1,830,300≈ $2,541,189≈ €2,045,881Sign up to see

Georg Baselitz’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

$130kSign up free to see

median $12.9kfree account

High

$7.3MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

463

of 474 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

98%

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.

2 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	67	61	91%	$824kSign up	$508kSign up	$7.3MSign up
Oil	66	60	91%	$837kSign up	$520kSign up	$7.3MSign up
Mixed media	1	1	100%	$28.5kSign up	$28.5kSign up	$28.5kSign up
Works on paper	154	151	98%	$50.5kSign up	$32.5kSign up	$629kSign up
Watercolor	51	51	100%	$46kSign up	$36.9kSign up	$310kSign up
Gouache	33	32	97%	$43.6kSign up	$36.9kSign up	$203kSign up
Pastel	5	3	60%	$20.2kSign up	$20.5kSign up	$21kSign up
Drawing	56	56	100%	$54.2kSign up	$24kSign up	$372kSign up
Prints & multiples	247	245	99%	$7.4kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$138kSign up
Etching	87	86	99%	$3.4kSign up	$2.4kSign up	$19.7kSign up
Aquatint	25	25	100%	$3.5kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$13.3kSign up
Drypoint	14	14	100%	$5.7kSign up	$4.8kSign up	$17.5kSign up
Lithograph	7	7	100%	$4.3kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$11.1kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	65	64	98%	$14kSign up	$4.1kSign up	$66.9kSign up
Print (other)	49	49	100%	$8.4kSign up	$2.5kSign up	$138kSign up
Photography	1	1	100%	$120Sign up	$120Sign up	$120Sign up
Photograph	1	1	100%	$120Sign up	$120Sign up	$120Sign up
Other	5	5	100%	$134kSign up	$29.7kSign up	$537kSign 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	13	13	$90.1kSign up
2025	40	38	$11.7kSign up
2024	33	30	$28.4kSign up
2023	38	37	$7.6kSign up
2022	20	19	$31.6kSign up
2021	17	17	$25.4kSign up
2020	25	25	$12.9kSign up
2019	26	26	$5.3kSign up
2018	51	51	$11.7kSign up
2017	30	29	$14kSign up
2016	27	25	$22.4kSign up
2015	33	33	$5.9kSign up
2014	10	10	$35.6kSign up
2013	22	21	$23.2kSign up
2012	8	8	$8.3kSign up
2011	7	7	$38.7kSign up
2010	6	6	$17.5kSign up
2009	9	9	$27kSign up
2008	14	14	$6.8kSign up
2007	10	10	$2.6kSign up
2006	5	5	$3.2kSign up
2005	7	7	$2.2kSign up
2004	8	8	$3.3kSign up
2003	7	7	$1.4kSign up
2002	7	7	$1.4kSign up
2001	1	1	$419Sign up