Pablo Picasso

Spanish · 1881–1973 · Painter, Printmaker

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for… (Wikipedia)

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5,685lots offered1994–2026years recorded89%sold (4,768)$7.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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La DormeusePhillips · Mar 2018£41,859,000≈ $58,117,036≈ €46,789,337Sign up to see
Femme en corset lisant un livrePhillips · Nov 2023$14,762,500≈ £12,007,890≈ €13,765,852Sign up to see
Figures et plantePhillips · May 2022$10,267,000≈ £8,261,184≈ €9,756,723Sign up to see

Pablo Picasso’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 $7.1kfree account

High

$58MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

4,768

of 5,359 offered · 1994–2026

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 579 of 4,758 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

326 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.

5 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	25	22	88%	$5.8MSign up	$2.3MSign up	$58MSign up
Oil	24	22	92%	$5.8MSign up	$2.3MSign up	$58MSign up
Works on paper	144	119	83%	$249kSign up	$49.3kSign up	$9.3MSign up
Watercolor	8	6	75%	$206kSign up	$205kSign up	$412kSign up
Gouache	7	5	71%	$887kSign up	$590kSign up	$1.9MSign up
Pastel	15	14	93%	$106kSign up	$35.5kSign up	$449kSign up
Drawing	99	81	82%	$272kSign up	$54kSign up	$9.3MSign up
Prints & multiples	3611	3223	89%	$15.8kSign up	$6.4kSign up	$1.5MSign up
Etching	1038	903	87%	$14.6kSign up	$6.8kSign up	$1.5MSign up
Engraving	216	207	96%	$16.3kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$178kSign up
Aquatint	232	208	90%	$23.7kSign up	$6.5kSign up	$1.1MSign up
Drypoint	126	112	89%	$9.3kSign up	$5.9kSign up	$68.8kSign up
Lithograph	1373	1226	89%	$10.8kSign up	$4kSign up	$132kSign up
Screenprint	48	37	77%	$771Sign up	$415Sign up	$6.5kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	344	320	93%	$42kSign up	$20.7kSign up	$728kSign up
Print (other)	230	207	90%	$7.8kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$82.1kSign up
Multiple	4	3	75%	$12.5kSign up	$14.5kSign up	$16.8kSign up
Photography	3	2	67%	$87.9kSign up	$87.9kSign up	$166kSign up
Photograph	3	2	67%	$87.9kSign up	$87.9kSign up	$166kSign up
Sculpture	954	915	96%	$11.8kSign up	$7.5kSign up	$245kSign up
Other	622	487	78%	$20.4kSign up	$8.8kSign up	$501kSign 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	404	346	$5.2kSign up
2025	480	421	$7.6kSign up
2024	366	329	$6.5kSign up
2023	432	372	$7.8kSign up
2022	387	346	$6.4kSign up
2021	343	304	$5.4kSign up
2020	406	368	$6.9kSign up
2019	361	317	$8.2kSign up
2018	332	294	$9.4kSign up
2017	327	268	$8.6kSign up
2016	206	184	$7.5kSign up
2015	181	160	$9.3kSign up
2014	214	200	$7.4kSign up
2013	199	183	$8.1kSign up
2012	133	113	$5.3kSign up
2011	117	112	$8.1kSign up
2010	66	60	$9.2kSign up
2009	46	42	$7.1kSign up
2008	36	32	$9.7kSign up
2007	62	61	$7.6kSign up
2006	48	47	$9.4kSign up
2005	47	47	$3.6kSign up
2004	43	42	$5.2kSign up
2003	63	63	$1.8kSign up
2002	41	41	$2.7kSign up
2001	13	13	$1.5kSign up
2000	1	0	—Sign up
1998	3	1	—Sign up
1995	1	1	—Sign up
1994	1	1	—Sign up