Willem de Kooning

American · 1904–1997 · Painter, Printmaker

Willem de Kooning was a Dutch abstract expressionist artist. Born in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, he moved to the United States in 1926, becoming a U.S. citizen in 1962. In… (Wikipedia)

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264lots offered2002–2026years recorded84%sold (217)$6.3kSign up free to seemedian price

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Untitled IIPhillips · May 2017$13,130,000≈ £10,071,335≈ €11,798,005Sign up to see
Untitled XXVIIIPhillips · Nov 2015$11,365,000≈ £7,531,478≈ €10,546,585Sign up to see
Untitled XVIPhillips · May 2019$10,268,000≈ £8,016,239≈ €9,165,402Sign up to see

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median $6.3kfree account

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Lots sold

217

of 258 offered · 2002–2026

Sell-through

84%

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.

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

6 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	25	18	72%	$2.7MSign up	$139kSign up	$13MSign up
Oil	23	16	70%	$3MSign up	$200kSign up	$13MSign up
Mixed media	2	2	100%	$20.1kSign up	$20.1kSign up	$26kSign up
Works on paper	63	43	68%	$461kSign up	$25kSign up	$4.9MSign up
Gouache	1	1	100%	$8.6kSign up	$8.6kSign up	$8.6kSign up
Pastel	4	4	100%	$156kSign up	$51.2kSign up	$495kSign up
Drawing	41	27	66%	$39kSign up	$20.3kSign up	$365kSign up
Prints & multiples	150	138	92%	$10.2kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$260kSign up
Aquatint	1	1	100%	$3.8kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$3.8kSign up
Lithograph	141	129	91%	$8.6kSign up	$3.8kSign up	$183kSign up
Screenprint	5	5	100%	$5.2kSign up	$5.3kSign up	$6.9kSign up
Print (other)	3	3	100%	$89.3kSign up	$4.4kSign up	$260kSign up
Sculpture	4	3	75%	$30.6kSign up	$32.5kSign up	$44.1kSign up
Other	16	15	94%	$10.6kSign up	$7.5kSign up	$30kSign 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	23	19	$10.9kSign up
2025	29	23	$7.6kSign up
2024	28	19	$4.4kSign up
2023	19	18	$4.3kSign up
2022	16	13	$3.8kSign up
2021	31	30	$3.3kSign up
2020	17	15	$4.4kSign up
2019	24	19	$22.5kSign up
2018	19	18	$13.4kSign up
2017	6	6	$13.7kSign up
2016	12	11	$11.1kSign up
2015	7	5	$32.5kSign up
2014	3	3	$7.5kSign up
2013	11	7	$3.8kSign up
2012	1	1	$5.6kSign up
2010	4	4	$5.4kSign up
2009	3	3	$9.4kSign up
2008	2	1	$7.7kSign up
2007	1	1	$35.2kSign up
2006	1	0	—Sign up
2002	1	1	$10.6kSign up