Stanley Whitney
American · b. 1946 · Painter, Printmaker
Stanley Whitney is an American artist who primarily works in abstract painting and printmaking. (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
May DayPhillips · £627,500≈ $759,463≈ €731,167Sign up to see
Stay Song 21Phillips · $693,000≈ £514,171≈ €610,842Sign up to see
The Last Cowboy SongPhillips · HK$5,080,000≈ $647,141≈ £524,128≈ €594,471Sign up to see
Stanley Whitney’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).
Coming up at auction
2 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house
Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Lots sold
63
of 67 offered · 2018–2026
Sell-through
94%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 31 | 30 | 97% | $259kSign up | $209kSign up | $759kSign up |
| Oil | 29 | 28 | 97% | $269kSign up | $219kSign up | $759kSign up |
| Acrylic | 2 | 2 | 100% | $130kSign up | $130kSign up | $203kSign up |
| Works on paper | 20 | 19 | 95% | $34.6kSign up | $40.3kSign up | $69.3kSign up |
| Gouache | 12 | 12 | 100% | $44.3kSign up | $44.5kSign up | $69.3kSign up |
| Drawing | 4 | 4 | 100% | $23.5kSign up | $21.2kSign up | $41.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 16 | 14 | 88% | $16.7kSign up | $7kSign up | $106kSign up |
| Etching | 2 | 2 | 100% | $5.5kSign up | $5.5kSign up | $8.8kSign up |
| Lithograph | 5 | 5 | 100% | $4.3kSign up | $3.5kSign up | $7.6kSign up |
| Screenprint | 1 | 1 | 100% | $4.8kSign up | $4.8kSign up | $4.8kSign up |
| Print (other) | 8 | 6 | 75% | $32.8kSign up | $16.7kSign up | $106kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.