John Cage
American · 1912–1992 · Painter, Printmaker
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, visual artist and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Extended LullabyRago Auctions · $40,320≈ £31,708≈ €37,230Sign up to see
8R / 14Lempertz · €23,800≈ $30,500≈ £16,347Sign up to see
2R + 13.14 (where R=Ryoanji); R2/2 (where R=Ryoanji); R3 (where R=Ryoanji); R2/3 (where R=Ryoanji); R2/1 (where R= Ryoanji); and (R3) (where R=Ryoanji)Phillips · $17,500≈ £11,418≈ €15,893Sign up to see
John Cage’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).
Coming up at auction
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $40.3kSign up | $40.3kSign up | $40.3kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $40.3kSign up | $40.3kSign up | $40.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 13 | 13 | 100% | $10.9kSign up | $10.6kSign up | $30.5kSign up |
| Watercolor | 1 | 1 | 100% | $15.2kSign up | $15.2kSign up | $15.2kSign up |
| Drawing | 10 | 10 | 100% | $10.1kSign up | $9.5kSign up | $30.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 35 | 34 | 97% | $4.7kSign up | $3.8kSign up | $17.5kSign up |
| Etching | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.6kSign up | $3.6kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Engraving | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $2.1kSign up |
| Aquatint | 7 | 7 | 100% | $5kSign up | $4.4kSign up | $11kSign up |
| Drypoint | 2 | 2 | 100% | $16.9kSign up | $16.9kSign up | $17.5kSign up |
| Lithograph | 7 | 7 | 100% | $2.3kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $5.7kSign up |
| Screenprint | 9 | 9 | 100% | $3kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 5 | 83% | $6.8kSign up | $7.5kSign up | $7.9kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up | $4.3kSign up |
| Other | 4 | 4 | 100% | $2.5kSign up | $2kSign up | $4.7kSign 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 | 3 | 3 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $15.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | $3.8kSign up |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | $8.4kSign up |
| 2020 | 2 | 2 | $4.8kSign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $7kSign up |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | $9.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 3 | $1.9kSign up |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 | $10.6kSign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | $2.9kSign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $7.7kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $15.2kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $2.7kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $30.5kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $646Sign up |