Martin Puryear
b. 1941
Martin L. Puryear is an American artist known for his devotion to traditional craft. Working in a variety of media, but primarily wood, his reductive technique and meditative… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
UntitledPhillips · $475,000≈ £369,909≈ €431,936Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $20,160≈ £14,450≈ €16,733Sign up to see
CaneWright · $8,750≈ £6,589≈ €7,373Sign up to see
Martin Puryear’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
26
of 27 offered · 2015–2026
Sell-through
96%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Works on paper | 1 | 1 | 100% | $20.2kSign up | $20.2kSign up | $20.2kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 25 | 24 | 96% | $3.2kSign up | $3kSign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Etching | 12 | 11 | 92% | $3.7kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Aquatint | 3 | 3 | 100% | $3.9kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $4.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 6 | 6 | 100% | $861Sign up | $992Sign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 3 | 3 | 100% | $3.6kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $5.9kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $8.8kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $475kSign up | $475kSign up | $475kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.