Gustav Klimt

Austrian · 1862–1918 · Painter, Printmaker

Gustav Klimt was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known… (Wikipedia)

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244lots offered2002–2026years recorded93%sold (226)$24.2kSign up free to seemedian price

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Lady's bust portrait from the frontim Kinsky · Jun 2019€712,000≈ $799,861≈ £635,163Sign up to see
Auf dem Bauch liegender Akt nach rechtsKornfeld · Sep 2025CHF 410,000≈ $514,017≈ £379,572≈ €438,656Sign up to see
Bust portrait of a lady in profile turned to the rightim Kinsky · Jun 2019€345,600≈ $388,247≈ £308,304Sign up to see

Gustav Klimt’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).

Average price

$56.4kSign up free to see

median $24.2kfree account

High

$800kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

226

of 242 offered · 2002–2026

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.

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

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	4	4	100%	$121kSign up	$97.6kSign up	$287kSign up
Oil	4	4	100%	$121kSign up	$97.6kSign up	$287kSign up
Works on paper	162	151	93%	$79.3kSign up	$47.3kSign up	$800kSign up
Drawing	160	149	93%	$79.8kSign up	$47.3kSign up	$800kSign up
Prints & multiples	61	60	98%	$1.7kSign up	$906Sign up	$25kSign up
Lithograph	56	55	98%	$1.5kSign up	$843Sign up	$25kSign up
Print (other)	5	5	100%	$4.3kSign up	$4.9kSign up	$8.2kSign up
Other	15	11	73%	$16kSign up	$2kSign up	$131kSign 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	20	$599Sign up
2025	18	17	$21.1kSign up
2024	19	13	$80.6kSign up
2023	12	12	$45.7kSign up
2022	18	17	$35.2kSign up
2021	28	28	$1.3kSign up
2020	17	17	$10kSign up
2019	15	14	$35.6kSign up
2018	11	11	$55.3kSign up
2017	19	18	$22.1kSign up
2016	7	7	$13.8kSign up
2015	4	4	$20kSign up
2014	12	11	$29.4kSign up
2013	4	3	$19.9kSign up
2012	9	9	$21.5kSign up
2011	5	5	$118kSign up
2010	2	2	$53.8kSign up
2009	2	2	$767Sign up
2008	11	11	$101kSign up
2007	1	1	$8.8kSign up
2006	2	1	$11.9kSign up
2005	1	1	$18.9kSign up
2004	1	1	$8.7kSign up
2002	1	1	$17.7kSign up