Günther Uecker

German · 1930–2025 · Painter, Sculptor

Günther Uecker was a German painter, sculptor, op artist and installation artist. He became known primarily for his nail reliefs. In 1961, Uecker joined the ZERO group. (Wikipedia)

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970lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (943)$6.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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Auktion 401, Los 289Van Ham · Nov 2017€2,763,660≈ $3,268,581≈ £2,440,150Sign up to see
Hommage à Fontana IKetterer Kunst · Jun 2014€1,260,000≈ $1,718,892≈ £1,021,630Sign up to see
Zärtlicher GartenKetterer Kunst · Dec 2018€1,429,000≈ $1,624,916≈ £1,273,046Sign up to see

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Average price

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Lots sold

943

of 968 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

97%

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.

Showing 571 of 943 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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	99	95	96%	$233kSign up	$107kSign up	$1.6MSign up
Oil	20	20	100%	$205kSign up	$64kSign up	$1.6MSign up
Acrylic	29	28	97%	$168kSign up	$63.2kSign up	$1MSign up
Mixed media	21	21	100%	$164kSign up	$59.4kSign up	$593kSign up
Works on paper	324	316	98%	$15.4kSign up	$7.6kSign up	$349kSign up
Watercolor	27	27	100%	$14.4kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$224kSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$5.7kSign up	$5.7kSign up	$5.7kSign up
Drawing	54	54	100%	$37.1kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$349kSign up
Prints & multiples	215	208	97%	$4.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$66.1kSign up
Etching	8	7	88%	$1.9kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$5.4kSign up
Aquatint	2	2	100%	$727Sign up	$727Sign up	$805Sign up
Lithograph	107	105	98%	$2.6kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$18.5kSign up
Screenprint	17	17	100%	$2.5kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$6.6kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	5	5	100%	$5.9kSign up	$6.5kSign up	$7kSign up
Print (other)	44	41	93%	$7kSign up	$1kSign up	$66.1kSign up
Multiple	32	31	97%	$6.9kSign up	$5.4kSign up	$48.3kSign up
Photography	11	10	91%	$3.2kSign up	$2kSign up	$11.8kSign up
Photograph	11	10	91%	$3.2kSign up	$2kSign up	$11.8kSign up
Sculpture	28	28	100%	$34kSign up	$26.9kSign up	$139kSign up
Other	291	286	98%	$84.7kSign up	$7.7kSign up	$3.3MSign 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	23	23	$8.9kSign up
2025	56	56	$7.6kSign up
2024	60	60	$7.2kSign up
2023	87	84	$11kSign up
2022	83	77	$7.8kSign up
2021	55	53	$7.8kSign up
2020	45	43	$4.5kSign up
2019	74	70	$5.4kSign up
2018	108	107	$4.8kSign up
2017	79	79	$5.8kSign up
2016	73	70	$5.6kSign up
2015	69	67	$3.9kSign up
2014	27	25	$11.1kSign up
2013	18	18	$48.3kSign up
2012	18	18	$12.2kSign up
2011	11	11	$77.5kSign up
2010	9	9	$103kSign up
2009	8	8	$295kSign up
2008	12	12	$26.9kSign up
2007	12	12	$8.1kSign up
2006	10	10	$64kSign up
2005	11	11	$5.3kSign up
2004	8	8	$4.1kSign up
2003	7	7	$6.4kSign up
2002	3	3	$239Sign up
2001	2	2	$337Sign up