Mel Bochner

American · 1940–2025 · Painter, Printmaker

Melvin Simon Bochner was an American conceptual artist. He is considered to be one of the founders of Conceptual Art, and credited with reshaping the canon of contemporary art.… (Wikipedia)

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196lots offered2010–2026years recorded92%sold (177)$12.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Blah, Blah, BlahPhillips · Jul 2020$187,500≈ £149,892≈ €166,135Sign up to see
Blah, Blah, BlahPhillips · Nov 2016$137,500≈ £110,406≈ €128,301Sign up to see
HA HA HAPhillips · Jun 2021HK$945,000≈ $121,811≈ £85,958≈ €100,157Sign up to see

Mel Bochner’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).

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Average price

$22.7kSign up free to see

median $12.5kfree account

High

$188kSign up free to see

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Lots sold

177

of 192 offered · 2010–2026

Sell-through

92%

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.

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

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	16	15	94%	$58.4kSign up	$47kSign up	$188kSign up
Oil	13	12	92%	$61.8kSign up	$48.5kSign up	$188kSign up
Acrylic	1	1	100%	$107kSign up	$107kSign up	$107kSign up
Works on paper	19	17	89%	$9.7kSign up	$9kSign up	$37.5kSign up
Watercolor	3	3	100%	$13.2kSign up	$12.5kSign up	$15kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$4.4kSign up	$4.4kSign up	$4.4kSign up
Drawing	7	6	86%	$12.2kSign up	$9.9kSign up	$37.5kSign up
Prints & multiples	149	138	93%	$21.1kSign up	$12.8kSign up	$138kSign up
Etching	25	23	92%	$6.2kSign up	$3.2kSign up	$50.1kSign up
Engraving	1	1	100%	$16.2kSign up	$16.2kSign up	$16.2kSign up
Aquatint	9	8	89%	$1.1kSign up	$1kSign up	$1.9kSign up
Lithograph	2	2	100%	$1.1kSign up	$1.1kSign up	$1.3kSign up
Screenprint	37	33	89%	$11.4kSign up	$5.2kSign up	$51.6kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	4	4	100%	$5.9kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Print (other)	71	67	94%	$34.9kSign up	$23.2kSign up	$138kSign up
Other	8	7	88%	$9kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$21.6kSign 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	11	9	$3.1kSign up
2025	26	24	$21kSign up
2024	33	33	$8.2kSign up
2023	20	19	$4.7kSign up
2022	13	11	$14.6kSign up
2021	14	11	$16.6kSign up
2020	14	13	$17.5kSign up
2019	15	13	$21.3kSign up
2018	13	13	$23.2kSign up
2017	12	11	$22.5kSign up
2016	10	9	$4.4kSign up
2015	2	2	$1kSign up
2014	2	2	$7.8kSign up
2013	2	2	$9.4kSign up
2011	2	2	$1.8kSign up
2010	3	3	$8.8kSign up