Victor Vasarely

French · 1906–1997 · Painter, Printmaker

Victor Vasarely was a Hungarian-French artist, who is widely accepted as a "grandfather" and leader of the Op art movement. (Wikipedia)

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1,351lots offered1993–2026years recorded88%sold (966)$1.1kSign up free to seemedian price

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DauveKetterer Kunst · Jun 2018€350,000≈ $411,390≈ £307,076Sign up to see
AutoportraitPhillips · Apr 2021£296,100≈ $408,914≈ €341,160Sign up to see
KornaKetterer Kunst · Jun 2026€322,500≈ $373,036≈ £278,343Sign up to see

Victor Vasarely’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).

Average price

$12kSign up free to see

median $1.1kfree account

High

$411kSign up free to see

auction record in database

Lots sold

966

of 1,099 offered · 1993–2026

Sell-through

88%

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.

Showing 565 of 954 priced sales (evenly sampled; every year’s high and low included). Medians use all sales.

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

252 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.

10 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	178	160	90%	$56.1kSign up	$24.4kSign up	$411kSign up
Oil	25	23	92%	$67.8kSign up	$29kSign up	$409kSign up
Acrylic	111	99	89%	$68.6kSign up	$46.1kSign up	$411kSign up
Tempera	8	7	88%	$34.4kSign up	$22.1kSign up	$83.8kSign up
Mixed media	22	19	86%	$13.2kSign up	$8.1kSign up	$50kSign up
Works on paper	52	39	75%	$15.2kSign up	$4.7kSign up	$93kSign up
Watercolor	6	6	100%	$41.7kSign up	$38.6kSign up	$93kSign up
Gouache	2	2	100%	$38.3kSign up	$38.3kSign up	$59.8kSign up
Drawing	27	17	63%	$2.2kSign up	$1.4kSign up	$7.3kSign up
Prints & multiples	750	675	90%	$1.5kSign up	$740Sign up	$21.3kSign up
Etching	3	3	100%	$743Sign up	$481Sign up	$1.4kSign up
Engraving	1	0	0%	—Sign up	—Sign up	—
Lithograph	54	44	81%	$1kSign up	$728Sign up	$5.6kSign up
Screenprint	613	550	90%	$1.2kSign up	$700Sign up	$11kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	3	3	100%	$324Sign up	$324Sign up	$324Sign up
Print (other)	30	29	97%	$811Sign up	$635Sign up	$3.2kSign up
Multiple	46	46	100%	$6kSign up	$4.3kSign up	$21.3kSign up
Photography	4	4	100%	$1.8kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$4.2kSign up
Photograph	4	4	100%	$1.8kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$4.2kSign up
Sculpture	9	9	100%	$3.3kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$11.1kSign up
Other	106	79	75%	$11.7kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$236kSign 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	63	53	$704Sign up
2025	136	112	$1.1kSign up
2024	84	77	$950Sign up
2023	89	73	$819Sign up
2022	109	98	$968Sign up
2021	86	79	$1.6kSign up
2020	51	40	$799Sign up
2019	52	46	$553Sign up
2018	75	71	$1.2kSign up
2017	44	42	$2.9kSign up
2016	37	32	$2.8kSign up
2015	38	27	$3.6kSign up
2014	25	23	$5.3kSign up
2013	40	34	$1.8kSign up
2012	22	21	$6.6kSign up
2011	23	23	$1.1kSign up
2010	12	8	$1.8kSign up
2009	20	15	$1.3kSign up
2008	15	15	$1.9kSign up
2007	26	26	$1.5kSign up
2006	5	5	$576Sign up
2005	6	6	$1.5kSign up
2004	6	6	$1.1kSign up
2003	11	10	$1.2kSign up
2002	5	5	$518Sign up
2001	9	9	$293Sign up
2000	5	5	$376Sign up
1999	1	1	$470Sign up
1997	1	1	—Sign up
1995	1	1	—Sign up
1993	2	2	—Sign up