Richard Tuttle

American · b. 1941 · Painter, Printmaker

Richard Dean Tuttle is an American postminimalist artist known for his small, casual, subtle, intimate works. His art makes use of scale and line. His works span a range of… (Wikipedia)

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130lots offered2002–2026years recorded84%sold (106)$2.5kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Richard Tuttle, Light Brown, Dark Brown, 1964, Acrylic paint on canvasLight Brown, Dark BrownKornfeld · CHF 150,000≈ $164,715≈ £127,115≈ €139,200Sign up to see
  2. Richard Tuttle, Sentences IV. Aus der Serie: Twenty Floor Drawings, 1989, Mixed Media (Holz, Blech, Styropor, Eisenstangen, Leinwandstoff, Farbe, Draht, Tackerklammern, Lichterkette, Lampenfassungen und Glühbirnen)Sentences IV. Aus der Serie: Twenty Floor DrawingsVan Ham · €61,920≈ $74,713≈ £56,032Sign up to see
  3. Richard Tuttle, Untitled from Letters (the Twenty-Six Series), Soldered metalUntitled from Letters (the Twenty-Six Series)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $58,188≈ £37,195≈ €42,807Sign up to see

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Average price
median $2.5kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
106
of 126 offered · 2002–2026
Sell-through
84%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k$100k200520082011201420172020202320262002-12-03 · $1,5292003-11-28 · $1,6062003-11-28 · $1,7132005-03-18 · $2,3302005-11-06 · $5,2882008-05-05 · $14,4002009-02-26 · $4,6882009-02-26 · $1,6582011-10-09 · $58,1882012-09-27 · $10,0002012-12-16 · $3,7502013-04-29 · $5,6252013-04-29 · $3,1252013-04-29 · $5,0002013-09-26 · $2,1252014-05-30 · $6,8042014-05-30 · $10,2052014-05-30 · $6,8042014-10-28 · $6252015-03-01 · $4,3752015-10-11 · $1632015-10-26 · $3,0002016-01-28 · $1,2502016-09-20 · $9,3752017-02-28 · $22,5002017-03-01 · $2,4272018-01-18 · $1,7502018-01-25 · $2,1382018-02-28 · $1,5632018-04-17 · $5,6252018-10-17 · $1,8752018-11-14 · $20,0002018-12-06 · $7,9782019-02-27 · $5,2502019-04-23 · $3,7502019-05-04 · $6,8752019-05-04 · $2,1252019-05-04 · $4,6882019-05-04 · $3,3752019-05-04 · $2,6252019-05-04 · $4,0632019-05-04 · $1,3752019-06-05 · $7262019-06-06 · $4,1352019-07-18 · $1,9502019-07-18 · $1,4302019-09-24 · $6,0002019-10-17 · $1,8752019-10-17 · $2,7502019-10-17 · $3,7502020-02-14 · $2802020-02-26 · $1,6902020-02-26 · $1,5002020-02-26 · $2,5002020-03-04 · $11,2502020-09-17 · $9,3352020-09-17 · $16,4732020-09-18 · $164,7152020-11-15 · $7,9752020-11-15 · $7,3842020-12-02 · $74,7132020-12-04 · $18,2392021-02-10 · $4,1842021-02-18 · $1,1252021-03-11 · $7,5002021-03-11 · $5,3132021-05-02 · $6,6452022-01-29 · $2,1252022-04-21 · $952022-06-15 · $2,5002022-07-14 · $1,6252022-09-08 · $1,0002022-09-08 · $1,0002022-10-13 · $4382023-02-15 · $1,6382023-02-15 · $4,7882023-02-15 · $2,3942023-02-15 · $1,8902023-03-04 · $3,3282023-06-21 · $7622023-06-21 · $9532023-07-12 · $1,5122023-08-08 · $1,5122023-09-13 · $12,6002024-04-09 · $8252024-04-18 · $1,2602024-04-18 · $3,2762024-07-11 · $6932024-07-12 · $6302024-07-24 · $4522024-08-14 · $2,5202024-10-22 · $2,7942024-10-22 · $1,3972025-08-15 · $7922025-08-15 · $3302025-08-15 · $6992025-09-25 · $20,6402025-10-03 · $6352025-11-06 · $2,5402025-12-16 · $2,1592026-03-25 · $5,7602026-04-15 · $5,5252026-05-01 · $7322026-06-07 · $5502026-06-12 · $532
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) 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 classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

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YearOfferedSoldMedian
202655$732Sign up
202588$792Sign up
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202287$1kSign up
202175$5.3kSign up
20201412$8.7kSign up
20191917$3.4kSign up
201897$2.1kSign up
201722$12.5kSign up
201632$5.3kSign up
201543$3kSign up
201454$6.8kSign up
201374$4.1kSign up
201222$6.9kSign up
201111$58.2kSign up
200922$3.2kSign up
200811$14.4kSign up
200522$3.8kSign up
200322$1.7kSign up
200211$1.5kSign up

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