Isamu Noguchi

American · 1904–1988 · Painter, Sculptor

Isamu Noguchi was an American artist, furniture designer and landscape architect whose career spanned six decades from the 1920s. Known for his sculpture and public artworks,… (Wikipedia)

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442lots offered2001–2026years recorded96%sold (422)$3kSign up free to seemedian price

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The Goodyear Table, for A. Conger Goodyear, Old Westbury, New YorkPhillips · Dec 2014$4,450,500≈ £2,827,510≈ €3,549,892Sign up to see
Enigma (Who Knows)Wright · Oct 2025$495,300≈ £369,489≈ €424,567Sign up to see
Rare and Important coffee tableWright · Apr 2025$444,500≈ £334,085≈ €389,400Sign up to see

Isamu Noguchi’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

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median $3kfree account

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Lots sold

422

of 440 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

96%

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) 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	50	48	96%	$15kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$325kSign up
Acrylic	3	3	100%	$210kSign up	$243kSign up	$325kSign up
Works on paper	104	103	99%	$8.8kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$188kSign up
Drawing	34	34	100%	$8.1kSign up	$7.6kSign up	$44.1kSign up
Prints & multiples	28	27	96%	$5.7kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$20.2kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$18.8kSign up	$18.8kSign up	$18.8kSign up
Screenprint	3	3	100%	$11.3kSign up	$8.2kSign up	$20.2kSign up
Print (other)	14	13	93%	$2.8kSign up	$1.5kSign up	$11.3kSign up
Multiple	10	10	100%	$6.5kSign up	$5.2kSign up	$15kSign up
Sculpture	80	76	95%	$28.3kSign up	$6.6kSign up	$495kSign up
Other	178	168	94%	$36.9kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$4.5MSign 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	46	44	$1.8kSign up
2025	93	92	$3.6kSign up
2024	51	49	$1.5kSign up
2023	104	98	$6.3kSign up
2022	20	18	$3.2kSign up
2021	19	18	$2kSign up
2020	11	11	$1.4kSign up
2019	17	15	$1.6kSign up
2018	10	10	$3kSign up
2017	14	14	$1.5kSign up
2016	8	7	$1.9kSign up
2015	7	7	$7.5kSign up
2014	7	6	$145kSign up
2013	3	3	$6.3kSign up
2012	6	6	$1.4kSign up
2011	5	5	$2.5kSign up
2009	1	1	$796Sign up
2008	4	4	$4.4kSign up
2007	6	6	$8.6kSign up
2006	2	2	$27.6kSign up
2001	6	6	$2.2kSign up