Luc Tuymans
Belgian · b. 1958 · Painter, Printmaker
Luc Tuymans is a Belgian visual artist best known for his paintings which explore people's relationship with history and confront their ability to ignore it. World War II is a… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
RomePhillips · £1,500,000≈ $1,826,700≈ €1,735,747Sign up to see
SchwarzheidePhillips · £1,215,000≈ $1,544,751≈ €1,358,620Sign up to see
WallpaperPhillips · $1,250,000≈ £928,885≈ €1,104,631Sign up to see
Luc Tuymans’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).
Lots sold
71
of 84 offered · 2004–2025
Sell-through
85%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 21 | 16 | 76% | $625kSign up | $440kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Oil | 21 | 16 | 76% | $625kSign up | $440kSign up | $1.8MSign up |
| Works on paper | 27 | 22 | 81% | $8.9kSign up | $7.2kSign up | $46.3kSign up |
| Watercolor | 12 | 8 | 67% | $6.3kSign up | $4.7kSign up | $17.5kSign up |
| Gouache | 5 | 5 | 100% | $8.4kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $9.5kSign up |
| Pastel | 1 | 1 | 100% | $46.3kSign up | $46.3kSign up | $46.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 6 | 5 | 83% | $7.6kSign up | $7.6kSign up | $11kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 31 | 29 | 94% | $5.2kSign up | $2.3kSign up | $24.6kSign up |
| Etching | 2 | 2 | 100% | $22.7kSign up | $22.7kSign up | $24.6kSign up |
| Lithograph | 10 | 9 | 90% | $3.5kSign up | $2.1kSign up | $14.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 13 | 12 | 92% | $2.5kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 6 | 100% | $7.2kSign up | $4kSign up | $20.4kSign up |
| Photography | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Photograph | 2 | 2 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.6kSign up | $2.7kSign up |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 67% | $6.7kSign up | $6.7kSign up | $11.9kSign 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | $611Sign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | $4.4kSign up |
| 2023 | 9 | 7 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | $427kSign up |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | $2.5kSign up |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | $14.8kSign up |
| 2019 | 13 | 12 | $13.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 14 | 11 | $6.9kSign up |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | $1.8kSign up |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | $154kSign up |
| 2014 | 6 | 3 | $4.3kSign up |
| 2013 | 3 | 2 | $14.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $6kSign up |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | $9.3kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | $2.1kSign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $1.7kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $937Sign up |
| 2006 | 2 | 2 | $5.5kSign up |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | $6.1kSign up |