Roy Lichtenstein

American · 1923–1997 · Painter, Printmaker

Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements,… (Wikipedia)

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1,732lots offered2002–2026years recorded92%sold (1,500)$10.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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Nudes in MirrorPhillips · Nov 2016$21,530,000≈ £17,323,785≈ €20,117,735Sign up to see
Woman with PeanutsPhillips · Nov 2013$10,805,000≈ £6,761,154≈ €8,067,045Sign up to see
Woman: Sunlight, MoonlightPhillips · May 2017$10,330,000≈ £7,923,602≈ €9,282,056Sign up to see

Roy Lichtenstein’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 $10.6kfree account

High

$22MSign up free to see

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Lots sold

1,500

of 1,634 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

92%

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.

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

98 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.

1 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	35	30	86%	$2.6MSign up	$226kSign up	$22MSign up
Oil	19	16	84%	$4.9MSign up	$3MSign up	$22MSign up
Acrylic	5	4	80%	$133kSign up	$129kSign up	$239kSign up
Mixed media	8	7	88%	$37.8kSign up	$11.5kSign up	$155kSign up
Works on paper	35	30	86%	$159kSign up	$14.6kSign up	$2MSign up
Watercolor	5	3	60%	$27.5kSign up	$11.5kSign up	$65kSign up
Drawing	17	15	88%	$277kSign up	$16.4kSign up	$2MSign up
Prints & multiples	1398	1290	92%	$28.4kSign up	$10.9kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Etching	53	46	87%	$11kSign up	$8.5kSign up	$60kSign up
Aquatint	4	4	100%	$4.1kSign up	$3.5kSign up	$6.5kSign up
Lithograph	568	521	92%	$23.8kSign up	$11.8kSign up	$231kSign up
Screenprint	511	477	93%	$28.2kSign up	$12kSign up	$437kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	98	93	95%	$69.8kSign up	$30.2kSign up	$769kSign up
Print (other)	158	143	91%	$26kSign up	$2kSign up	$1.4MSign up
Multiple	6	6	100%	$8.2kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$20.7kSign up
Photography	5	4	80%	$5.9kSign up	$6.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Photograph	5	4	80%	$5.9kSign up	$6.1kSign up	$8.1kSign up
Sculpture	57	52	91%	$585kSign up	$22.3kSign up	$10MSign up
Other	104	94	90%	$10.3kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$193kSign 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	99	78	$5.8kSign up
2025	166	144	$8.3kSign up
2024	157	146	$10.1kSign up
2023	162	147	$11.4kSign up
2022	140	122	$12.2kSign up
2021	132	125	$9.7kSign up
2020	97	92	$9.3kSign up
2019	108	104	$12.4kSign up
2018	96	93	$16kSign up
2017	98	97	$10kSign up
2016	83	82	$15.3kSign up
2015	62	50	$18.8kSign up
2014	39	37	$13.8kSign up
2013	58	53	$22.9kSign up
2012	22	21	$9kSign up
2011	20	19	$5.8kSign up
2010	12	11	$9.2kSign up
2009	14	14	$8kSign up
2008	16	12	$8.2kSign up
2007	20	20	$8.9kSign up
2006	7	7	$3.5kSign up
2005	12	12	$2.6kSign up
2004	5	5	$1.9kSign up
2003	4	4	$9.3kSign up
2002	5	5	$3.3kSign up