Julian Opie

British · b. 1958 · Painter, Printmaker

Julian Opie is a visual artist of the New British Sculpture movement. (Wikipedia)

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681lots offered2008–2026years recorded90%sold (601)$8.7kSign up free to seemedian price

6 works by Julian Opie coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

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Sian Walking; Jeremy Walking in Coat; Verity Walking; and Kris Walking (C. 147-150)Phillips · Apr 2023$146,050≈ £117,328≈ €133,112Sign up to see
Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt #2Phillips · Oct 2014£74,500≈ $119,170≈ €93,474Sign up to see
Woman taking off pants. 3.Phillips · Oct 2021£85,680≈ $117,476≈ €101,255Sign up to see

Julian Opie’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

6 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house

Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.

Average price

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median $8.7kfree account

High

$146kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

601

of 671 offered · 2008–2026

Sell-through

90%

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.

10 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.

2 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	105	95	90%	$18.3kSign up	$12.8kSign up	$146kSign up
Oil	3	3	100%	$10.1kSign up	$8.9kSign up	$16.3kSign up
Acrylic	92	82	89%	$18.5kSign up	$13.6kSign up	$146kSign up
Mixed media	7	7	100%	$8kSign up	$9.5kSign up	$10.2kSign up
Works on paper	21	20	95%	$11.8kSign up	$7.9kSign up	$43.7kSign up
Watercolor	1	1	100%	$285Sign up	$285Sign up	$285Sign up
Prints & multiples	372	336	90%	$15.4kSign up	$6kSign up	$119kSign up
Lithograph	19	18	95%	$3.2kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$11.3kSign up
Screenprint	197	178	90%	$12.9kSign up	$8.3kSign up	$69.1kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	32	28	88%	$8kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$43.8kSign up
Print (other)	83	74	89%	$7.7kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$50kSign up
Multiple	41	38	93%	$53.4kSign up	$55kSign up	$119kSign up
Photography	76	63	83%	$14.7kSign up	$10kSign up	$89.2kSign up
Photograph	76	63	83%	$14.7kSign up	$10kSign up	$89.2kSign up
Sculpture	16	14	88%	$28.5kSign up	$16kSign up	$85.3kSign up
Other	81	73	90%	$15.3kSign up	$8.5kSign up	$68.2kSign 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	65	54	$7.3kSign up
2025	79	69	$6kSign up
2024	81	70	$3.5kSign up
2023	79	68	$8kSign up
2022	71	63	$7.3kSign up
2021	52	50	$7.5kSign up
2020	44	43	$12.6kSign up
2019	33	32	$10.3kSign up
2018	38	36	$12.9kSign up
2017	28	23	$18.8kSign up
2016	31	28	$8.9kSign up
2015	39	37	$11.9kSign up
2014	9	9	$22.5kSign up
2013	12	10	$16.9kSign up
2012	4	4	$7kSign up
2011	3	3	$8.4kSign up
2010	2	2	$13.9kSign up
2008	1	0	—Sign up