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Thornton Willis

American · 1936–2025 · Painter, Printmaker

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3auction results2020–2024years recorded100%sold (3)$2kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Thornton Willis, Summer Suit, 1982, acrylic on canvasSummer SuitPhillips · £6,300≈ $8,726≈ €7,367Sign up to see
  2. Thornton Willis, Little N, 1984, mixed media construction on canvasLittle NWright · $2,016≈ £1,552≈ €1,853Sign up to see
  3. Thornton Willis, Split NSplit NBonhams · $1,913≈ £1,490≈ €1,633Sign up to see

Thornton Willis’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 $2kfree account
High
$8.7kSign up free to see
auction record in database
Lots sold
3
of 3 offered · 2020–2024
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$3k$10k20212022202320242020-09-30 · $1,9132021-07-13 · $8,7262024-10-31 · $2,016
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.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings22100%$5.4kSign up$5.4kSign up$8.7kSign up
Acrylic11100%$8.7kSign up$8.7kSign up$8.7kSign up
Mixed media11100%$2kSign up$2kSign up$2kSign up
Other11100%$1.9kSign up$1.9kSign up$1.9kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202411$2kSign up
202111$8.7kSign up
202011$1.9kSign up

Related artists — American, born 1911–1961