Oskar Kokoschka

Austrian · 1886–1980 · Painter, Printmaker

Oskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet, playwright and teacher, best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes, as well as his theories on vision… (Wikipedia)

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372lots offered1998–2026years recorded86%sold (318)$3.2kSign up free to seemedian price

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Venice, Bacino di San Marcoim Kinsky · Nov 2013€623,050≈ $844,046≈ £522,306Sign up to see
London mit House of ParliamentGrisebach · Nov 2011€610,000≈ $815,753≈ £524,971Sign up to see
Hamburg IIIKetterer Kunst · Dec 2017€587,500≈ $689,843≈ £514,194Sign up to see

Oskar Kokoschka’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

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median $3.2kfree account

High

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Lots sold

318

of 368 offered · 1998–2026

Sell-through

86%

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.

4 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.

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	9	9	100%	$500kSign up	$390kSign up	$844kSign up
Oil	9	9	100%	$500kSign up	$390kSign up	$844kSign up
Works on paper	133	121	91%	$31.3kSign up	$16.7kSign up	$411kSign up
Watercolor	61	58	95%	$45kSign up	$38.1kSign up	$264kSign up
Gouache	2	1	50%	$24.6kSign up	$24.6kSign up	$24.6kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$3.2kSign up	$3.2kSign up	$3.2kSign up
Drawing	58	51	88%	$21.5kSign up	$7.5kSign up	$411kSign up
Prints & multiples	199	183	92%	$2.8kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$36.9kSign up
Etching	9	5	56%	$995Sign up	$1.2kSign up	$1.9kSign up
Drypoint	6	6	100%	$1.5kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$3.4kSign up
Lithograph	181	169	93%	$2.9kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$36.9kSign up
Screenprint	2	2	100%	$162Sign up	$162Sign up	$282Sign up
Print (other)	1	1	100%	$3.7kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$3.7kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$67.5kSign up	$67.5kSign up	$67.5kSign up
Other	26	4	15%	$17.2kSign up	$18.2kSign up	$32.2kSign 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	7	6	$8.9kSign up
2025	18	14	$3.8kSign up
2024	18	16	$1.1kSign up
2023	22	20	$1.5kSign up
2022	21	19	$5.1kSign up
2021	11	8	$31.9kSign up
2020	16	15	$14.8kSign up
2019	25	19	$7.6kSign up
2018	36	33	$5.8kSign up
2017	13	11	$14.7kSign up
2016	6	4	$7.2kSign up
2015	11	11	$2.6kSign up
2014	5	3	$27.8kSign up
2013	6	5	$50.8kSign up
2012	26	10	$4.8kSign up
2011	20	19	$5.4kSign up
2010	14	13	$5.7kSign up
2009	4	4	$32.2kSign up
2008	4	4	$8.3kSign up
2007	24	24	$1.5kSign up
2006	7	7	$1.7kSign up
2005	15	15	$1.4kSign up
2004	14	14	$1.2kSign up
2003	8	8	$2.2kSign up
2002	12	11	$1kSign up
2001	4	4	$1.2kSign up
1998	1	1	—Sign up