John Baldessari

American · 1931–2020 · Painter, Printmaker

John Anthony Baldessari was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and… (Wikipedia)

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446lots offered2005–2026years recorded92%sold (404)$5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Upward FallPhillips · Oct 2018£441,000≈ $575,549≈ €500,216Sign up to see
Transform (Lipstick)Phillips · May 2017£389,000≈ $507,139≈ €455,692Sign up to see
Two Figures (Red) and Two Figures (Green) in Different Environments (Food)Phillips · Nov 2021$478,800≈ £355,246≈ €422,036Sign up to see

John Baldessari’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

$25.3kSign up free to see

median $5kfree account

High

$576kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

404

of 441 offered · 2005–2026

Sell-through

92%

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.

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

5 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	19	13	68%	$159kSign up	$119kSign up	$410kSign up
Oil	8	7	88%	$66.2kSign up	$38.1kSign up	$221kSign up
Acrylic	9	6	67%	$267kSign up	$263kSign up	$410kSign up
Mixed media	2	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Works on paper	13	13	100%	$68.8kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$576kSign up
Drawing	4	4	100%	$66.4kSign up	$40.4kSign up	$184kSign up
Prints & multiples	269	255	95%	$8.2kSign up	$4.6kSign up	$144kSign up
Etching	10	9	90%	$3.4kSign up	$2.9kSign up	$5.4kSign up
Aquatint	5	5	100%	$7kSign up	$5kSign up	$16.3kSign up
Lithograph	151	145	96%	$7.4kSign up	$5.1kSign up	$45kSign up
Screenprint	49	47	96%	$4.3kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$21.4kSign up
Print (other)	50	45	90%	$16.3kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$144kSign up
Multiple	4	4	100%	$6.1kSign up	$5.7kSign up	$12.5kSign up
Photography	110	94	85%	$45.9kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$507kSign up
Photograph	110	94	85%	$45.9kSign up	$5.6kSign up	$507kSign up
Sculpture	3	2	67%	$7.4kSign up	$7.4kSign up	$12.5kSign up
Other	27	27	100%	$31.3kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$389kSign 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	47	39	$2.8kSign up
2025	48	47	$4.8kSign up
2024	54	51	$3.8kSign up
2023	40	38	$3.8kSign up
2022	51	46	$5kSign up
2021	35	33	$5kSign up
2020	21	19	$6.9kSign up
2019	19	17	$10kSign up
2018	19	18	$4.1kSign up
2017	13	13	$5.3kSign up
2016	12	10	$4.5kSign up
2015	23	23	$5.6kSign up
2014	19	16	$9.1kSign up
2013	14	11	$4.4kSign up
2012	3	3	$7.5kSign up
2011	7	7	$8.1kSign up
2010	2	2	$9kSign up
2009	3	3	$4.3kSign up
2008	3	2	$1.9kSign up
2007	6	5	$31.6kSign up
2005	2	1	$73.1kSign up