George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley

George Inness

American · 1825–1894 · Painter, Printmaker

George Inness was an American landscape painter. (Wikipedia)

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41lots offered2007–2026years recorded88%sold (35)$18.5kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. George Inness, The Passing Shower, circa 1865, oil on canvasThe Passing ShowerCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $235,200≈ £115,782≈ €172,295Sign up to see
  2. Sunset on a MeadowBrunk Auctions · $75,000≈ £56,075≈ €64,616Sign up to see
  3. Homeward Bound, painted circa 1864-65Brunk Auctions · $73,000≈ £58,819≈ €68,493Sign up to see

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Average price
median $18.5kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
35
of 40 offered · 2007–2026
Sell-through
88%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$3k$10k$32k$100k$316k2009201120132015201720192021202320252007-02-02 · $13,8002007-07-28 · $235,2002008-12-03 · $24,0002009-05-20 · $15,8602010-05-26 · $30,5002010-05-26 · $18,3002012-05-15 · $15,0002013-01-06 · $4,4002015-09-11 · $7,5002016-11-22 · $25,0002016-11-22 · $20,0002018-02-03 · $6,5002018-11-17 · $10,0002019-05-04 · $6,8752019-06-09 · $13,8602020-09-12 · $48,0002020-11-15 · $23,9402021-05-21 · $14,0002021-11-18 · $40,3132022-05-26 · $10,2002023-03-25 · $50,0002023-09-16 · $73,0002023-11-29 · $15,1202024-05-01 · $38,4002024-05-01 · $32,0002024-11-19 · $19,2002025-04-30 · $25,6002025-05-22 · $18,4802025-05-22 · $12,5402025-08-07 · $19,2002025-10-21 · $75,0002025-11-20 · $33,0202026-01-24 · $13,0002026-06-16 · $14,1902026-06-16 · $7,740
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.

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
Paintings363186%$31.3kSign up$19.2kSign up$235kSign up
Oil363186%$31.3kSign up$19.2kSign up$235kSign up
Works on paper11100%$7.7kSign up$7.7kSign up$7.7kSign up
Watercolor11100%$7.7kSign up$7.7kSign up$7.7kSign up
Other33100%$17.7kSign up$15.9kSign up$30.5kSign 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
202633$13kSign up
202566$22.4kSign up
202443$32kSign up
202343$50kSign up
202211$10.2kSign up
202122$27.2kSign up
202022$36kSign up
201922$10.4kSign up
201822$8.3kSign up
201710—Sign up
201622$22.5kSign up
201511$7.5kSign up
201311$4.4kSign up
201211$15kSign up
201022$24.4kSign up
200921$15.9kSign up
200821$24kSign up
200722$125kSign up

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