Larry Poons
American · b. 1937 · Painter, Printmaker
Lawrence M. "Larry" Poons is an American abstract painter. Poons was born in Tokyo; he studied from 1955 to 1957 at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, with the… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Jessica's HartfordPhillips · $1,150,000≈ £896,127≈ €1,044,885Sign up to see
Jessica's HartfordPhillips · $1,109,000≈ £702,254≈ €971,188Sign up to see
UntitledAbell Auction Company · $237,500≈ £177,663≈ €205,539Sign up to see
Larry Poons’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).
Price trend
4 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 | 25 | 25 | 100% | $164kSign up | $71kSign up | $1.1MSign up |
| Oil | 2 | 2 | 100% | $29.8kSign up | $29.8kSign up | $38.4kSign up |
| Acrylic | 23 | 23 | 100% | $175kSign up | $101kSign up | $1.1MSign up |
| Works on paper | 5 | 5 | 100% | $5kSign up | $4.9kSign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | 100% | $6.4kSign up | $7kSign up | $11.9kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 25 | 25 | 100% | $762Sign up | $704Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $891Sign up | $750Sign up | $1.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 22 | 22 | 100% | $745Sign up | $667Sign up | $1.7kSign up |
| Other | 2 | 1 | 50% | $715Sign up | $715Sign up | $715Sign 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 | 4 | 4 | $37.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 7 | 7 | $38.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | $885Sign up |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | $630Sign up |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | $10.1kSign up |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | $1.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | $64.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $138kSign up |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | $38.1kSign up |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | $750Sign up |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | $27.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | $565kSign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | $18.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | $16.9kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | $6.3kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $350Sign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $130Sign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $600Sign up |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | $5.5kSign up |