John Walker
British · b. 1939 · Painter, Printmaker
John Walker is a British-born artist and educator based in the northeast United States. Over a career spanning sixty-plus years, he has received international recognition for a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
The Collector No. 3 1985-86Smith & Singer · A$24,400≈ $20,816≈ £13,285≈ €16,755Sign up to see
Tuross River Gorge 2002Menzies · A$17,182≈ $12,535≈ £8,287≈ €11,455Sign up to see
Untitled (Menina)Rago Auctions · $10,625≈ £7,864≈ €9,193Sign up to see
John Walker’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).
ArtSell has recorded 27 auction results for John Walker between 2009 and 2026, of which 21 sold (78%). A further 1 lot was offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $65Sign up free to see to $20.8kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $20.8kSign up free to see for The Collector No. 3 1985-86 at Smith & Singer in November 2014. The most common medium is oil paintings (10 lots). Most results come from Bonhams (6), Rago Auctions (4) and Menzies (3).
27 results
- $400≈ £297≈ €344Sign up free to see
- Black Canoe V, 1988$1,920≈ £1,429≈ €1,650Sign up free to see
- $1,408≈ £1,074≈ €1,220Sign up free to see
- $1,024≈ £752≈ €866Sign up free to see
- Ohne Titel, 2000€2,640≈ $3,110≈ £2,278Sign up free to see
- $1,664≈ £1,321≈ €1,595Sign up free to see
- Form at Salsipuedes, 1986$1,008≈ £791≈ €939Sign up free to see
- $410≈ £327≈ €382Sign up free to see
- £110≈ $134≈ €127Sign up free to see
- $65≈ £50≈ €58Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (1)
Lots by John Walker that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
John Walker paintings (11)John Walker oil paintings (10)John Walker works on paper (8)John Walker prints (6)John Walker etchings (3)
John Walker: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by John Walker at auction?
$20,816Sign up free to see, for The Collector No. 3 1985-86 at Smith & Singer (November 2014) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for John Walker?
The median sale price is $1.7kSign up free to see across 21 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by John Walker have sold at auction?
21 of 27 recorded lots sold between 2009 and 2026. 1 further lot was offered with no published result and is not counted.
Which auction houses sell John Walker?
Bonhams, Rago Auctions and Menzies account for the most recorded results. Bonhams · Rago Auctions · Menzies
About John Walker
John Walker is a British-born artist and educator based in the northeast United States. Over a career spanning sixty-plus years, he has received international recognition for a direct, expressive style of painting that merges abstraction, figuration, and diverse pictorial strategies and visual references. Walker typically paints in series distinguished by subject, shape, method or format. He drew critical attention in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming associated with post-war abstraction before developing a lexicon of forms and pattern motifs—their inspirations ranging from Aboriginal art to the costal landscape of Maine—that incorporated representational elements. Summarizing Walker's career, critic John Yau wrote, "Walker has always kept moving. He has never developed a signature motif or brand. [His] cross-pollination of direct observation, his dialogue with art history, autobiography, historical events, such as World War I, and abstraction is part of why he has never fit in. He invites the viewer into a world that is disconsolate, dissonant, elegiacal, haunted, inchoate and primordial … [His] art embodies the desire for artistic freedom in the face of mortality."
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