Vik Muniz
American · b. 1961 · Painter, Sculptor
Vik Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer. His work has been met with both commercial success and critical acclaim, and has been exhibited worldwide. In 1998, he… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Marilyn Monroe (from Pictures of Diamond Dust)Phillips · $245,000≈ £162,037≈ €228,737Sign up to see
The Birth of Venus, after Botticelli (from Pictures of Junk)Phillips · $173,000≈ £112,360≈ €158,338Sign up to see
Three Flags, after Jasper Johns from Pictures of Magazines 2Phillips · $163,800≈ £120,450≈ €141,671Sign up to see
Vik Muniz’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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Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.
Price trend
86 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.
1 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 | 3 | 2 | 67% | $2.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up | $3kSign up |
| Acrylic | 3 | 2 | 67% | $2.2kSign up | $2.2kSign up | $3kSign up |
| Works on paper | 10 | 7 | 70% | $3.7kSign up | $3.3kSign up | $9.4kSign up |
| Watercolor | 2 | 2 | 100% | $3.4kSign up | $3.4kSign up | $4.1kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 26 | 24 | 92% | $14.5kSign up | $2.5kSign up | $82.3kSign up |
| Lithograph | 3 | 3 | 100% | $1.1kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $2kSign up |
| Screenprint | 4 | 4 | 100% | $7kSign up | $6.9kSign up | $11.3kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 0 | 0% | —Sign up | —Sign up | — |
| Print (other) | 17 | 16 | 94% | $19.7kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $82.3kSign up |
| Multiple | 1 | 1 | 100% | $710Sign up | $710Sign up | $710Sign up |
| Photography | 359 | 242 | 67% | $40.8kSign up | $32kSign up | $245kSign up |
| Photograph | 359 | 242 | 67% | $40.8kSign up | $32kSign up | $245kSign up |
| Sculpture | 6 | 6 | 100% | $2.2kSign up | $1.1kSign up | $6.9kSign up |
| Other | 9 | 2 | 22% | $1.4kSign up | $1.4kSign up | $1.5kSign 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 | 15 | 12 | $11.5kSign up |
| 2025 | 24 | 18 | $3.3kSign up |
| 2024 | 28 | 21 | $13.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 30 | 23 | $16.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 33 | 24 | $28.6kSign up |
| 2021 | 22 | 20 | $30.1kSign up |
| 2020 | 21 | 16 | $15.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 23 | 15 | $39.7kSign up |
| 2018 | 16 | 11 | $36.4kSign up |
| 2017 | 32 | 20 | $40.6kSign up |
| 2016 | 32 | 19 | $26.5kSign up |
| 2015 | 31 | 20 | $42.7kSign up |
| 2014 | 46 | 29 | $43.8kSign up |
| 2013 | 47 | 32 | $46.3kSign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2010 | 3 | 1 | $3.5kSign up |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | $15.3kSign up |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | $708Sign up |