Nicholas Krushenick
American · 1929–1999 · Painter, Printmaker
Nicholas Krushenick was an American abstract painter, collagist and printmaker whose mature artistic style straddled Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism and Color Field. He was active… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Maxa TawnyRago Auctions · $87,500≈ £69,994≈ €81,623Sign up to see
Maxa TawnyKetterer Kunst · €62,500≈ $69,338≈ £52,784Sign up to see
AbstractionKetterer Kunst · €42,570≈ $49,573≈ £37,150Sign up to see
Nicholas Krushenick’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).
ArtSell has recorded 68 auction results for Nicholas Krushenick between 2005 and 2026, of which 63 sold (93%). A further 20 lots were offered at auction without a published result. Recorded sale prices range from $50Sign up free to see to $87.5kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $87.5kSign up free to see for Maxa Tawny at Rago Auctions in May 2022. The most common medium is screenprints (47 lots). Most results come from Concept Art Gallery (16), Rago Auctions (13) and Toomey & Co. (9).
68 results · page 1 of 2
- Last One Out, 1969€38,700≈ $44,764≈ £33,401Sign up free to see
- Kiss Kiss Candy, 1978$128≈ £96≈ €111Sign up free to see
- Long Beach, 1978$576≈ £430≈ €498Sign up free to see
- Rip Down, 1978$256≈ £191≈ €221Sign up free to see
- $400≈ £297≈ €340Sign up free to see
- $774≈ £566≈ €654Sign up free to see
- Abstraction, 1971€42,570≈ $49,573≈ £37,150Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1979$445≈ £331≈ €379Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1979$445≈ £331≈ €379Sign up free to see
- Silver Image, 1979$150≈ £112≈ €129Sign up free to see
Also offered, result not published (20)
Lots by Nicholas Krushenick that were offered at auction where the house did not publish whether they sold. Not counted in any statistics.
Nicholas Krushenick paintings (8)Nicholas Krushenick acrylic paintings (6)Nicholas Krushenick works on paper (8)Nicholas Krushenick prints (49)Nicholas Krushenick screenprints (47)
Nicholas Krushenick: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Nicholas Krushenick at auction?
$87,500Sign up free to see, for Maxa Tawny at Rago Auctions (May 2022) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Nicholas Krushenick?
The median sale price is $504Sign up free to see across 63 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Nicholas Krushenick have sold at auction?
63 of 68 recorded lots sold between 2005 and 2026. 20 further lots were offered with no published result and are not counted.
Which auction houses sell Nicholas Krushenick?
Concept Art Gallery, Rago Auctions and Toomey & Co. account for the most recorded results. Concept Art Gallery · Rago Auctions · Toomey & Co.
About Nicholas Krushenick
Nicholas Krushenick was an American abstract painter, collagist and printmaker whose mature artistic style straddled Pop Art, Op Art, Minimalism and Color Field. He was active in the New York art scene from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, before he began focusing his time as a professor at the University of Maryland. Initially experimenting with a more derivative Abstract Expressionist style, by the mid-1960s he had developed his own unique approach, painting increasingly decisive compositions marked by bold, colorful, geometric fields and forms simultaneously flattened and amplified by strong black outlines, in a style that eventually became known as Pop abstraction. In 1984, the biographical dictionary World Artists, 1950-1980 observed that Krushenick "has been called the only truly abstract Pop painter." Today, as other artists have been carefully folded into the same paradoxical genre, Krushenick is not only considered a singular figure within that style but also its pioneer, earning him the title "the father of Pop abstraction."
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