Jim Nutt

American · b. 1938 · Painter, Draughtsman

James T. Nutt is an American artist who was a founding member of the Chicago surrealist art movement known as the Chicago Imagists, or the Hairy Who. Though his work is… (Wikipedia)

Own a work by Jim Nutt? Get a free auction estimate →

18lots offered2013–2026years recorded94%sold (16)$3.4kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Jim Nutt, New things are a foot., 1983, acrylic on Masonite, in artist's frameNew things are a foot.Bonhams · $305,300≈ £232,663≈ €263,576Sign up to see
  2. Jim Nutt, Untitled, circa 1968-69, acrylic on canvas, in artist's frameUntitledBonhams · $191,000≈ £142,516≈ €164,655Sign up to see
  3. Jim Nutt, Minor Likes, circa 1972, acrylic and graphite on boardMinor LikesBonhams · $61,440≈ £45,782≈ €52,970Sign up to see

Jim Nutt’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).

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
Average price
median $3.4kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
16
of 17 offered · 2013–2026
Sell-through
94%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k2015201720192021202320252013-04-25 · $6,2502016-06-23 · $7502016-06-23 · $8132017-04-18 · $4,2502018-05-10 · $37,5002019-10-25 · $2,3752019-10-25 · $2,5002023-07-12 · $5,0402024-06-18 · $5,2922025-02-20 · $2,2862025-11-19 · $305,3002026-02-02 · $1,9352026-02-02 · $1,5482026-02-02 · $1,5482026-05-20 · $191,0002026-05-21 · $61,440
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.

1 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 classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202655$1.9kSign up
202522$154kSign up
202411$5.3kSign up
202311$5kSign up
201922$2.4kSign up
201811$37.5kSign up
201721$4.3kSign up
201622$782Sign up
201311$6.3kSign up

Related artists — American, born 1913–1963