Otto Piene

German · 1928–2014 · Painter, Printmaker

Otto Piene was a German-American artist specializing in kinetic and technology-based art, often working collaboratively. He lived and worked in Düsseldorf, Germany; Cambridge,… (Wikipedia)

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756lots offered2001–2026years recorded97%sold (729)$9.5kSign up free to seemedian price

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Luther RoseKetterer Kunst · Jun 2016€350,000≈ $395,640≈ £274,674Sign up to see
Ohne Titel (Rasterbild)Ketterer Kunst · Dec 2020€325,000≈ $394,128≈ £299,945Sign up to see
FeuerblumeGrisebach · Jun 2015€300,000≈ $336,540≈ £219,516Sign up to see

Otto Piene’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).

Average price

$25.1kSign up free to see

median $9.5kfree account

High

$396kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

729

of 754 offered · 2001–2026

Sell-through

97%

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 561 of 729 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

2 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	254	243	96%	$50.9kSign up	$28.8kSign up	$396kSign up
Oil	166	157	95%	$55.9kSign up	$31.2kSign up	$396kSign up
Acrylic	38	36	95%	$35.7kSign up	$12.5kSign up	$394kSign up
Mixed media	50	50	100%	$46.5kSign up	$28.1kSign up	$274kSign up
Works on paper	198	190	96%	$26.7kSign up	$22.4kSign up	$199kSign up
Watercolor	11	11	100%	$33.4kSign up	$31.7kSign up	$76.8kSign up
Gouache	166	158	95%	$27.1kSign up	$22.4kSign up	$199kSign up
Drawing	8	8	100%	$16.8kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$64.4kSign up
Prints & multiples	269	265	99%	$1.7kSign up	$998Sign up	$26.8kSign up
Etching	2	2	100%	$416Sign up	$416Sign up	$624Sign up
Lithograph	9	9	100%	$934Sign up	$720Sign up	$2.4kSign up
Screenprint	245	243	99%	$1.8kSign up	$1kSign up	$26.8kSign up
Print (other)	12	10	83%	$1.8kSign up	$966Sign up	$8.4kSign up
Multiple	1	1	100%	$4.2kSign up	$4.2kSign up	$4.2kSign up
Photography	3	3	100%	$28.7kSign up	$25.2kSign up	$46.9kSign up
Photograph	3	3	100%	$28.7kSign up	$25.2kSign up	$46.9kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$26.8kSign up	$26.8kSign up	$26.8kSign up
Other	29	27	93%	$10.7kSign up	$7.3kSign up	$56.5kSign 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	8	7	$24.6kSign up
2025	33	32	$5.6kSign up
2024	20	20	$1.4kSign up
2023	46	46	$2.8kSign up
2022	46	44	$1.1kSign up
2021	47	43	$2.9kSign up
2020	32	31	$15.1kSign up
2019	32	31	$8.6kSign up
2018	41	41	$1.4kSign up
2017	47	43	$15.9kSign up
2016	95	90	$7.7kSign up
2015	51	45	$22.4kSign up
2014	66	66	$33.8kSign up
2013	38	38	$36.8kSign up
2012	19	19	$1.5kSign up
2011	23	23	$16.3kSign up
2010	17	17	$8.1kSign up
2009	11	11	$6.7kSign up
2008	22	22	$8kSign up
2007	17	17	$10.5kSign up
2006	17	17	$5.5kSign up
2005	10	10	$4.3kSign up
2004	7	7	$2.8kSign up
2003	7	7	$4.3kSign up
2002	1	1	$208Sign up
2001	1	1	$1.4kSign up