Wassily Kandinsky

Russian · 1866–1944 · Painter, Printmaker

Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky was a Russian painter and art theorist active in Germany during the late Belle Époque and Interwar eras. Kandinsky is generally credited as one… (Wikipedia)

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270lots offered2002–2026years recorded93%sold (243)$13.2kSign up free to seemedian price

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Villa Seeburg am StaffelseeKetterer Kunst · Jun 2026€5,500,000≈ $6,361,850≈ £4,746,941Sign up to see
MurnauKetterer Kunst · Dec 2023€3,920,000≈ $4,224,584≈ £3,358,976Sign up to see
BehauptendKetterer Kunst · Dec 2025€3,135,000≈ $3,650,708≈ £2,735,842Sign up to see

Wassily Kandinsky’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 $13.2kfree account

High

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Lots sold

243

of 261 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

93%

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.

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

9 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.

By medium

Medium	Offered	Sold	Sell-through	Average	Median	High
Paintings	17	16	94%	$1.3MSign up	$303kSign up	$6.4MSign up
Oil	17	16	94%	$1.3MSign up	$303kSign up	$6.4MSign up
Works on paper	37	34	92%	$331kSign up	$185kSign up	$1.8MSign up
Watercolor	20	18	90%	$494kSign up	$252kSign up	$1.8MSign up
Gouache	6	5	83%	$361kSign up	$356kSign up	$737kSign up
Drawing	11	11	100%	$52kSign up	$49.3kSign up	$100kSign up
Prints & multiples	186	177	95%	$24.7kSign up	$8.4kSign up	$889kSign up
Etching	8	7	88%	$5.1kSign up	$4.6kSign up	$10.4kSign up
Aquatint	1	1	100%	$2.3kSign up	$2.3kSign up	$2.3kSign up
Drypoint	18	18	100%	$6.4kSign up	$6.6kSign up	$14.1kSign up
Lithograph	90	87	97%	$17kSign up	$15.9kSign up	$93.8kSign up
Screenprint	1	1	100%	$1.7kSign up	$1.7kSign up	$1.7kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	52	48	92%	$38.8kSign up	$7.6kSign up	$889kSign up
Print (other)	16	15	94%	$58.1kSign up	$2.6kSign up	$826kSign up
Other	21	16	76%	$146kSign up	$10.3kSign up	$1.2MSign 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	9	$11.8kSign up
2025	25	23	$3.4kSign up
2024	23	23	$9.4kSign up
2023	14	13	$7kSign up
2022	10	9	$29.6kSign up
2021	15	14	$17.8kSign up
2020	18	13	$2.6kSign up
2019	28	24	$13.9kSign up
2018	15	15	$10.4kSign up
2017	5	4	$3.4kSign up
2016	15	14	$12.4kSign up
2015	4	4	$71.8kSign up
2014	8	7	$35.8kSign up
2013	6	6	$119kSign up
2012	8	8	$17.4kSign up
2011	6	6	$116kSign up
2010	5	5	$6.5kSign up
2009	4	4	$21.3kSign up
2008	4	4	$18.5kSign up
2007	9	9	$28.3kSign up
2006	9	9	$9.1kSign up
2005	4	4	$18.9kSign up
2004	7	7	$13.5kSign up
2003	6	5	$1.1kSign up
2002	4	4	$3.5kSign up