Max Ernst

German · 1891–1976 · Painter, Printmaker

Max Ernst was a German-born painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet. A prolific artist, Ernst was a pioneer of the Dada movement and surrealism in Europe. He… (Wikipedia)

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781lots offered2001–2026years recorded89%sold (660)$1.7kSign up free to seemedian price

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Dans les rues d'AthènesPhillips · Nov 2025$1,534,000≈ £1,169,029≈ €1,324,355Sign up to see
Pyramid LakePhillips · Oct 2021£627,500≈ $862,938≈ €743,784Sign up to see
Mer agitée, soleil, nuage et maître Corbeau avec son filsLempertz · Jun 2021€620,000≈ $740,094≈ £530,267Sign up to see

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Lots sold

660

of 741 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

89%

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.

Showing 560 of 659 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

10 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

40 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.

1 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	75	64	85%	$175kSign up	$114kSign up	$863kSign up
Oil	67	58	87%	$192kSign up	$135kSign up	$863kSign up
Mixed media	8	6	75%	$11.5kSign up	$11kSign up	$23.5kSign up
Works on paper	80	71	89%	$40.1kSign up	$12.3kSign up	$596kSign up
Watercolor	8	7	88%	$42.5kSign up	$36.2kSign up	$82.4kSign up
Gouache	14	9	64%	$114kSign up	$14.2kSign up	$504kSign up
Pastel	7	7	100%	$97.6kSign up	$12.6kSign up	$596kSign up
Drawing	29	27	93%	$14.7kSign up	$9.9kSign up	$81kSign up
Prints & multiples	492	446	91%	$2.9kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$411kSign up
Etching	118	110	93%	$2.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$15.9kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$27.4kSign up	$27.4kSign up	$27.4kSign up
Aquatint	58	57	98%	$2.8kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$33.3kSign up
Lithograph	252	219	87%	$1.8kSign up	$919Sign up	$76.2kSign up
Screenprint	36	35	97%	$2kSign up	$1.6kSign up	$5.5kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	3	3	100%	$1.4kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$2.5kSign up
Print (other)	24	21	88%	$20.1kSign up	$556Sign up	$411kSign up
Photography	5	5	100%	$21.8kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$49.5kSign up
Photograph	5	5	100%	$21.8kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$49.5kSign up
Sculpture	49	48	98%	$71.9kSign up	$18.8kSign up	$1.5MSign up
Other	40	26	65%	$35.9kSign up	$5.2kSign up	$560kSign 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	17	13	$839Sign up
2025	62	53	$1.2kSign up
2024	32	31	$1.7kSign up
2023	43	33	$634Sign up
2022	167	164	$1kSign up
2021	107	99	$5.5kSign up
2020	34	21	$2kSign up
2019	24	18	$21.2kSign up
2018	31	22	$5.7kSign up
2017	20	12	$11.8kSign up
2016	14	11	$1.2kSign up
2015	13	12	$1.4kSign up
2014	11	11	$13.8kSign up
2013	14	13	$3.4kSign up
2012	7	6	$6.7kSign up
2011	16	15	$7.1kSign up
2010	4	4	$3.3kSign up
2009	3	3	$135kSign up
2008	13	13	$5.1kSign up
2007	13	13	$2.7kSign up
2006	15	15	$8.6kSign up
2005	13	13	$4.2kSign up
2004	33	31	$1.3kSign up
2003	17	16	$1kSign up
2002	14	14	$1.1kSign up
2001	4	4	$1.6kSign up