Thomas Struth
German · b. 1954 · Photographer
Thomas Struth is a German photographer who is best known for his Museum Photographs series, black and white photographs of the streets of Düsseldorf and New York taken in the… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Art Institute of Chicago II, ChicagoPhillips · £635,000≈ $792,417≈ €716,212Sign up to see
Notre Dame, ParisPhillips · $400,000≈ £319,770≈ €354,421Sign up to see
Museo del Prado 5, MadridPhillips · £134,500≈ $215,617≈ €158,998Sign up to see
Thomas Struth’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
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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 13 | 13 | 100% | $1.7kSign up | $1.2kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Oil | 1 | 1 | 100% | $6.3kSign up | $6.3kSign up | $6.3kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 9 | 7 | 78% | $17.8kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 2 | 1 | 50% | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up | $4.6kSign up |
| Print (other) | 7 | 6 | 86% | $20kSign up | $11.4kSign up | $56.3kSign up |
| Photography | 179 | 151 | 84% | $36.4kSign up | $10.4kSign up | $792kSign up |
| Photograph | 179 | 151 | 84% | $36.4kSign up | $10.4kSign up | $792kSign up |
| Other | 6 | 6 | 100% | $36.5kSign up | $1.7kSign up | $152kSign 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 | 9 | 7 | $5.9kSign up |
| 2025 | 14 | 13 | $10kSign up |
| 2024 | 17 | 15 | $6.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 14 | 12 | $15.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 13 | 12 | $4.1kSign up |
| 2021 | 11 | 9 | $22.3kSign up |
| 2020 | 12 | 10 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2019 | 11 | 8 | $5.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 19 | 15 | $8.1kSign up |
| 2017 | 12 | 9 | $26.3kSign up |
| 2016 | 17 | 15 | $36.9kSign up |
| 2015 | 17 | 14 | $11.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 5 | 3 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2013 | 15 | 14 | $12.5kSign up |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | $7.9kSign up |
| 2011 | 6 | 6 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | $11.1kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | $5.4kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $3.4kSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $867Sign up |