Vija Celmins
American · b. 1939 · Painter, Printmaker
Vija Celmins is a Latvian American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and drawings of natural environments and phenomena such as the ocean, spider webs,… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Untitled (Ocean)Phillips · $7,748,000≈ £5,539,033≈ €6,483,139Sign up to see
UntitledPhillips · $2,890,000≈ £2,325,394≈ €2,700,430Sign up to see
Night Sky #3Phillips · $2,405,000≈ £1,435,392≈ €1,760,744Sign up to see
Vija Celmins’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
140
of 143 offered · 2007–2026
Sell-through
98%
sold ÷ offered
Price trend
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 5 | 5 | 100% | $2.3MSign up | $588kSign up | $7.7MSign up |
| Oil | 5 | 5 | 100% | $2.3MSign up | $588kSign up | $7.7MSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.3MSign up | $1MSign up | $2.9MSign up |
| Drawing | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1MSign up | $1MSign up | $1MSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 132 | 131 | 99% | $14.3kSign up | $10.1kSign up | $83.8kSign up |
| Etching | 16 | 15 | 94% | $10.2kSign up | $9.4kSign up | $21.4kSign up |
| Engraving | 32 | 32 | 100% | $11.1kSign up | $8.6kSign up | $38.7kSign up |
| Aquatint | 8 | 8 | 100% | $11kSign up | $8.8kSign up | $31.3kSign up |
| Drypoint | 4 | 4 | 100% | $22.9kSign up | $17.1kSign up | $41.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 34 | 34 | 100% | $18.2kSign up | $10.8kSign up | $83.8kSign up |
| Screenprint | 28 | 28 | 100% | $12.5kSign up | $9.8kSign up | $31kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 10 | 10 | 100% | $22.1kSign up | $20.6kSign up | $35.8kSign up |
| Photography | 3 | 1 | 33% | $5.3kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $5.3kSign up |
| Photograph | 3 | 1 | 33% | $5.3kSign up | $5.3kSign up | $5.3kSign 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 | 7 | 7 | $33.3kSign up |
| 2025 | 19 | 19 | $14kSign up |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | $7.2kSign up |
| 2023 | 14 | 13 | $12.1kSign up |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | $19.4kSign up |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | $9.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 | $21.4kSign up |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | $26.9kSign up |
| 2018 | 6 | 6 | $17.5kSign up |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | $12.2kSign up |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | $9.7kSign up |
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2013 | 8 | 6 | $11.3kSign up |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | $4.9kSign up |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | $9.4kSign up |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | $7.5kSign up |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | $8.4kSign up |
| 2007 | 3 | 3 | $9.7kSign up |