John Wesley
American · 1928–2022 · Painter, Printmaker
John Wesley was an American painter, known for idiosyncratic figurative works of eros and humor, rendered in a precise, hard-edged, deadpan style. Wesley's art largely remained… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
ChateauRago Auctions · $312,500≈ £220,661≈ €255,896Sign up to see
Nine female inmates of the Cincinnati workhouse participating in a patriotic tableauPhillips · £190,500≈ $240,887≈ €225,212Sign up to see
Night LandingGrisebach · €152,400≈ $160,660≈ £126,844Sign up to see
John Wesley’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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ArtSell has recorded 80 auction results for John Wesley between 2003 and 2026, of which 73 sold (91%). A further 11 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $150Sign up free to see to $313kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $313kSign up free to see for Chateau at Rago Auctions in May 2021. The most common medium is screenprints (38 lots). Most results come from Phillips (35), Rago Auctions (12) and Wright (9).
80 results · page 1 of 2
- Lazy Susan Design, 1968$18,060≈ £13,483≈ €15,718Sign up free to see
- $1,024≈ £760≈ €887Sign up free to see
- $7,740≈ £5,773≈ €6,676Sign up free to see
- $704≈ £525≈ €609Sign up free to see
- $448≈ £334≈ €387Sign up free to see
- $399≈ £298≈ €345Sign up free to see
- Floating Pig, 1967$57,600≈ £42,635≈ €49,222Sign up free to see
- Islamic, 2009$23,220≈ £17,237≈ €19,670Sign up free to see
- Blue Man, 1995€96,750≈ $112,665≈ £84,431Sign up free to see
- Marmalade Executives, 2000$1,207≈ £890≈ €1,033Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (11)
Lots by John Wesley that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
John Wesley paintings (16)John Wesley acrylic paintings (14)John Wesley works on paper (20)John Wesley gouaches (7)John Wesley drawings (4)John Wesley prints (42)John Wesley screenprints (38)
John Wesley: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by John Wesley at auction?
$312,500Sign up free to see, for Chateau at Rago Auctions (May 2021) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for John Wesley?
The median sale price is $3.6kSign up free to see across 73 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by John Wesley have sold at auction?
73 of 80 recorded lots sold between 2003 and 2026. 11 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell John Wesley?
Phillips, Rago Auctions and Wright account for the most recorded results. Phillips · Rago Auctions · Wright
About John Wesley
John Wesley was an American painter, known for idiosyncratic figurative works of eros and humor, rendered in a precise, hard-edged, deadpan style. Wesley's art largely remained true to artistic premises that he established in the 1960s: a comic-strip style of flat shapes, delicate black outline, a limited matte palette of saturated colors, and elegant, pared-down compositions. His characteristic subjects included cavorting nymphs, nudes, infants and animals, pastoral and historical scenes, and 1950s comic strip characters in humorously blasphemous, ambiguous scenarios of forbidden desire, rage or despair.
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