Theaster Gates
American · b. 1973 · Sculptor
Theaster Gates is an American social practice installation artist and a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. He was born in Chicago,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Dirty RedPhillips · HK$5,922,000≈ $763,168≈ £539,380≈ €626,472Sign up to see
From time to time these Hot Days get LonelyPhillips · £283,800≈ $381,257≈ €326,391Sign up to see
Topological Study with HosePhillips · £226,800≈ $276,583≈ €262,936Sign up to see
Theaster Gates’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).
Lots sold
40
of 43 offered · 2014–2026
Sell-through
93%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 1 | 1 | 100% | $48.3kSign up | $48.3kSign up | $48.3kSign up |
| Acrylic | 1 | 1 | 100% | $48.3kSign up | $48.3kSign up | $48.3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up | $2.8kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 4 | 4 | 100% | $1.4kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.6kSign up | $1.3kSign up | $2.2kSign up |
| Print (other) | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up |
| Sculpture | 15 | 13 | 87% | $23.9kSign up | $21.3kSign up | $50.9kSign up |
| Other | 22 | 21 | 95% | $118kSign up | $45.7kSign up | $763kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.