James Brown
American · 1951–2020
James Brown was an American-born painter active in Paris and Oaxaca, Mexico. He was most well known in the 1980s for his rough painterly semi-figurative paintings, bearing… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
UntitledLempertz · €64,480≈ $71,902≈ £57,187Sign up to see
Autoritratto (Nr. 14)Van Ham · €24,181≈ $28,214≈ £21,196Sign up to see
Untitled VPhillips · $25,200≈ £23,783≈ €26,346Sign up to see
James Brown’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).
Lots sold
25
of 50 offered · 2006–2026
Sell-through
50%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
17 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 | 10 | 7 | 70% | $20.8kSign up | $12.7kSign up | $71.9kSign up |
| Oil | 6 | 5 | 83% | $22.9kSign up | $7.6kSign up | $71.9kSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 1 | 33% | $12.7kSign up | $12.7kSign up | $12.7kSign up |
| Mixed media | 1 | 1 | 100% | $18.5kSign up | $18.5kSign up | $18.5kSign up |
| Works on paper | 19 | 11 | 58% | $7.3kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $28.2kSign up |
| Watercolor | 6 | 3 | 50% | $12.6kSign up | $8.1kSign up | $28.2kSign up |
| Gouache | 2 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Drawing | 7 | 6 | 86% | $3.6kSign up | $1.8kSign up | $8.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 7 | 5 | 71% | $1.8kSign up | $500Sign up | $6kSign up |
| Etching | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Lithograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.2kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $2kSign up |
| Screenprint | 3 | 2 | 67% | $3.1kSign up | $3.1kSign up | $6kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $500Sign up | $500Sign up | $500Sign up |
| Other | 14 | 2 | 14% | $6.4kSign up | $6.4kSign up | $7.7kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.