James Rosenquist

American · 1933–2017 · Painter, Printmaker

James Albert Rosenquist was an American artist and one of the proponents of the pop art movement. Drawing from his background working in sign painting, Rosenquist's pieces… (Wikipedia)

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606lots offered2000–2026years recorded95%sold (553)$1.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Sister ShrieksKornfeld · Jun 2023CHF 720,000≈ $808,128≈ £629,530≈ €736,940Sign up to see
Highway TemplePhillips · Nov 2019$740,000≈ £576,279≈ €672,911Sign up to see
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Average price

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median $1.5kfree account

High

$808kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

553

of 585 offered · 2000–2026

Sell-through

95%

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.

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

21 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	25	21	84%	$283kSign up	$172kSign up	$808kSign up
Oil	21	17	81%	$346kSign up	$190kSign up	$808kSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$43.8kSign up	$43.8kSign up	$43.8kSign up
Mixed media	3	3	100%	$2.8kSign up	$3.3kSign up	$3.3kSign up
Works on paper	9	9	100%	$15.2kSign up	$7.6kSign up	$47.5kSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$34.4kSign up	$34.4kSign up	$34.4kSign up
Drawing	3	3	100%	$5.6kSign up	$425Sign up	$16kSign up
Prints & multiples	531	504	95%	$3.9kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$229kSign up
Etching	117	115	98%	$1kSign up	$938Sign up	$4kSign up
Aquatint	14	14	100%	$2.7kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$10.2kSign up
Lithograph	297	276	93%	$5kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$229kSign up
Screenprint	48	45	94%	$2.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$23.9kSign up
Print (other)	55	54	98%	$6.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$44.5kSign up
Photography	4	4	100%	$3.8kSign up	$3.5kSign up	$7.5kSign up
Photograph	4	4	100%	$3.8kSign up	$3.5kSign up	$7.5kSign up
Other	16	15	94%	$2.7kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$10.9kSign 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	50	47	$1.4kSign up
2025	79	76	$1kSign up
2024	111	108	$2.7kSign up
2023	92	79	$1.3kSign up
2022	32	32	$2.1kSign up
2021	60	60	$1.1kSign up
2020	20	20	$1.4kSign up
2019	13	13	$1.2kSign up
2018	23	23	$4.1kSign up
2017	14	14	$1.5kSign up
2016	21	19	$3.8kSign up
2015	8	6	$3.5kSign up
2014	9	7	$5.3kSign up
2013	12	11	$3.4kSign up
2012	11	10	$1.1kSign up
2011	4	4	$1.6kSign up
2010	2	1	$550Sign up
2009	2	2	$8.3kSign up
2008	2	2	$1.8kSign up
2007	5	5	$1.1kSign up
2005	2	2	$384Sign up
2004	3	3	$531Sign up
2003	5	4	$475Sign up
2002	4	4	$605Sign up
2000	1	1	$116Sign up