Robert Crumb
American · b. 1943 · Illustrator
Robert Dennis Crumb, known professionally as R. Crumb, is an American comic book artist. His work displays a nostalgia for American folk culture of the late 19th and early 20th… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Mr. Natural, 1971 (7)Bonhams · $72,000≈ £36,483≈ €53,516Sign up to see
Abstract Expressionist Ultra Super Modernist Comics, 1967 (3)Bonhams · $72,000≈ £36,483≈ €53,516Sign up to see
City of the Future, 1967 (5)Bonhams · $66,000≈ £33,443≈ €49,056Sign up to see
Robert Crumb’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).
Price trend
14 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 | 1 | 1 | 100% | $24kSign up | $24kSign up | $24kSign up |
| Works on paper | 20 | 16 | 80% | $26.6kSign up | $15.4kSign up | $72kSign up |
| Drawing | 19 | 15 | 79% | $27.8kSign up | $18.8kSign up | $72kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 21 | 19 | 90% | $393Sign up | $375Sign up | $953Sign up |
| Etching | 1 | 1 | 100% | $375Sign up | $375Sign up | $375Sign up |
| Lithograph | 1 | 1 | 100% | $249Sign up | $249Sign up | $249Sign up |
| Screenprint | 13 | 13 | 100% | $460Sign up | $375Sign up | $953Sign up |
| Print (other) | 6 | 4 | 67% | $215Sign up | $159Sign up | $438Sign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $845Sign up | $845Sign up | $845Sign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.