Paul Jenkins

American · 1923–2012 · Painter, Printmaker

Paul Jenkins was an American abstract expressionist painter. (Wikipedia)

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419lots offered2002–2026years recorded90%sold (349)$6.9kSign up free to seemedian price

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Phenomena Forecast of FirePhillips · Jul 2020$75,000≈ £59,957≈ €66,454Sign up to see
Phenomena Wind at the Foot of the AnvilLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · May 2017$75,000≈ £57,604≈ €67,090Sign up to see
"Phenomena Shaman To The Prism Seen"Van Ham · Nov 2022€69,960≈ $72,591≈ £60,507Sign up to see

Paul Jenkins’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

$12.9kSign up free to see

median $6.9kfree account

High

$75kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

349

of 386 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

90%

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.

33 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	111	107	96%	$25.7kSign up	$22kSign up	$75kSign up
Oil	35	33	94%	$24.6kSign up	$21.1kSign up	$69.8kSign up
Acrylic	75	73	97%	$26.2kSign up	$23kSign up	$75kSign up
Mixed media	1	1	100%	$22.9kSign up	$22.9kSign up	$22.9kSign up
Works on paper	159	154	97%	$7.4kSign up	$6.2kSign up	$37.5kSign up
Watercolor	144	140	97%	$7.7kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$37.5kSign up
Gouache	3	2	67%	$2.1kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$3.5kSign up
Drawing	5	5	100%	$1.6kSign up	$1.8kSign up	$2.8kSign up
Prints & multiples	61	58	95%	$963Sign up	$730Sign up	$4.4kSign up
Etching	2	2	100%	$446Sign up	$446Sign up	$504Sign up
Lithograph	55	52	95%	$835Sign up	$710Sign up	$4kSign up
Screenprint	1	1	100%	$1.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$1.3kSign up
Print (other)	3	3	100%	$3.4kSign up	$3.1kSign up	$4.4kSign up
Sculpture	1	1	100%	$3.1kSign up	$3.1kSign up	$3.1kSign up
Other	54	29	54%	$19.3kSign up	$10.9kSign up	$58.9kSign 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	28	27	$7.4kSign up
2025	39	32	$6.7kSign up
2024	41	36	$6.4kSign up
2023	37	33	$12kSign up
2022	29	24	$7.8kSign up
2021	17	17	$6.3kSign up
2020	15	13	$7.7kSign up
2019	9	9	$6.9kSign up
2018	18	18	$5.8kSign up
2017	28	27	$10.6kSign up
2016	14	10	$8.9kSign up
2015	14	14	$8.7kSign up
2014	15	15	$12.4kSign up
2013	11	7	$8.2kSign up
2012	11	10	$6.6kSign up
2011	10	10	$7.3kSign up
2010	9	9	$5.5kSign up
2009	5	5	$5.9kSign up
2008	8	6	$5.1kSign up
2007	7	7	$630Sign up
2006	8	7	$6.6kSign up
2005	4	4	$9kSign up
2004	4	4	$1.3kSign up
2003	4	4	$2.9kSign up
2002	1	1	$1.8kSign up