Robert Rauschenberg

American · 1925–2008 · Painter, Printmaker

Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg was an American painter and multi-media artist, whose work has been associated with numerous mid-20th century art movements… (Wikipedia)

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1,144lots offered2001–2026years recorded89%sold (979)$2.4kSign up free to seemedian price

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Gospel Yodel (Salvage Series)Phillips · Oct 2025£709,500≈ $952,646≈ €817,792Sign up to see
County Sweep (Galvanic Suite)Ketterer Kunst · Jun 2018€537,500≈ $631,778≈ £471,581Sign up to see
Climb (Urban Bourbon)Phillips · May 2026$619,200≈ £461,401≈ €533,839Sign up to see

Robert Rauschenberg’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 $2.4kfree account

High

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Lots sold

979

of 1,097 offered · 2001–2026

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 565 of 976 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

47 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	45	43	96%	$116kSign up	$12.5kSign up	$953kSign up
Oil	3	3	100%	$191kSign up	$93.8kSign up	$445kSign up
Acrylic	12	10	83%	$323kSign up	$244kSign up	$953kSign up
Mixed media	28	28	100%	$39kSign up	$3.2kSign up	$632kSign up
Works on paper	60	46	77%	$40.1kSign up	$6.3kSign up	$250kSign up
Watercolor	5	3	60%	$103kSign up	$139kSign up	$164kSign up
Gouache	9	6	67%	$147kSign up	$126kSign up	$250kSign up
Drawing	8	6	75%	$6kSign up	$3.7kSign up	$21.3kSign up
Prints & multiples	856	786	92%	$6.6kSign up	$2.2kSign up	$619kSign up
Etching	29	26	90%	$9.6kSign up	$3.4kSign up	$58kSign up
Aquatint	2	2	100%	$3.8kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$5.6kSign up
Lithograph	468	438	94%	$4kSign up	$1.9kSign up	$75kSign up
Screenprint	238	209	88%	$12.8kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$619kSign up
Print (other)	110	103	94%	$5kSign up	$2.1kSign up	$63.5kSign up
Multiple	9	8	89%	$4.4kSign up	$4.2kSign up	$7.9kSign up
Photography	63	46	73%	$13.8kSign up	$4.1kSign up	$126kSign up
Photograph	63	46	73%	$13.8kSign up	$4.1kSign up	$126kSign up
Sculpture	14	12	86%	$37.1kSign up	$11.3kSign up	$315kSign up
Other	59	46	78%	$9.4kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$129kSign 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	123	107	$2kSign up
2025	168	137	$2kSign up
2024	101	96	$1.7kSign up
2023	102	93	$1.9kSign up
2022	80	75	$2.5kSign up
2021	67	62	$2.8kSign up
2020	60	53	$3.9kSign up
2019	43	41	$3.4kSign up
2018	45	40	$5.8kSign up
2017	48	45	$2.9kSign up
2016	23	20	$1.3kSign up
2015	50	40	$4.7kSign up
2014	33	28	$2.9kSign up
2013	45	35	$4.4kSign up
2012	27	26	$3.4kSign up
2011	16	16	$3.6kSign up
2010	10	9	$2.6kSign up
2009	14	14	$5.6kSign up
2008	7	7	$5.3kSign up
2007	10	10	$1.8kSign up
2006	2	2	$3.8kSign up
2005	6	6	$2.6kSign up
2004	6	6	$2kSign up
2003	5	5	$1.3kSign up
2002	4	4	$2kSign up
2001	2	2	$2kSign up