William Wegman

American · b. 1943 · Painter, Draughtsman

William Wegman is an American artist best known for creating series of compositions involving dogs, primarily his own Weimaraners in various costumes and poses. (Wikipedia)

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160lots offered2002–2026years recorded88%sold (136)$2kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. William Wegman, Before / On / After: Permutations, 1972, Seven gelatin silver prints, each flush-mounted and mounted againBefore / On / After: PermutationsPhillips · $19,050≈ £14,716≈ €17,634Sign up to see
  2. William Wegman, Green Caramelle, 1998, Digital inkjet triptychGreen CaramellePhillips · $15,000≈ £10,617≈ €12,191Sign up to see
  3. William Wegman, Man Ray, New York: Holly Solomon Editions, 1982. Ten prints including eight gelatin silver and two dye transfer prints printed by Jeff BotzMan RayPhillips · $11,875≈ £8,405≈ €9,651Sign up to see

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Average price
median $2kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
136
of 155 offered · 2002–2026
Sell-through
88%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k200520082011201420172020202320262002-11-19 · $7,4752005-11-06 · $1,8802005-11-06 · $7642005-11-06 · $8232005-11-06 · $4,7002005-11-06 · $8232005-11-06 · $1,6452005-11-06 · $4702005-11-06 · $6,4632005-11-06 · $7052006-04-30 · $1,1952006-04-30 · $7172008-04-04 · $1,5092008-06-29 · $1,3202009-06-04 · $3,2502009-12-10 · $6252010-04-27 · $6,8752010-05-23 · $1,8382011-06-26 · $3,7502011-12-11 · $5,0002012-05-06 · $3,7502012-08-07 · $1,0332012-09-15 · $3002012-10-07 · $6,2502013-04-02 · $1,6252013-05-19 · $1,8752013-06-30 · $6252013-10-13 · $5,0002014-02-23 · $2,8132014-02-27 · $2,2502014-04-01 · $8,1252014-07-20 · $2,0002014-09-07 · $5002014-10-01 · $5,6252014-10-28 · $1,8752015-03-01 · $2,5002015-05-17 · $4,6882015-05-17 · $8132015-10-11 · $3,7502015-11-27 · $1,3122016-04-04 · $9,3752017-01-26 · $8752017-01-26 · $8752017-01-26 · $8752017-02-09 · $2422017-03-05 · $8002018-04-09 · $11,8752018-04-09 · $15,0002018-09-30 · $4,0632018-09-30 · $4,5002018-11-27 · $2,2502018-11-30 · $8452019-02-10 · $4502019-04-04 · $3,5002019-04-04 · $4,3752019-10-20 · $2,8132020-03-25 · $5,6252020-03-25 · $1,6642020-03-25 · $7,5002020-07-13 · $3,7502020-07-30 · $2,5002020-07-30 · $2,7502020-10-14 · $7,5002020-10-21 · $4,6882020-11-12 · $8752021-01-17 · $4,6882021-02-05 · $1,4032021-03-23 · $3,5002021-04-08 · $3,7802021-04-08 · $4,4102021-04-22 · $6252021-04-22 · $1572021-04-22 · $1252021-07-16 · $2,0002021-09-29 · $2,2502021-09-29 · $1,8202021-09-29 · $3,2502022-02-10 · $6002022-03-02 · $8752022-03-11 · $1,2602022-04-29 · $1,6252022-06-16 · $1,3752022-07-12 · $1,7502022-07-12 · $1252022-10-06 · $1,2752022-12-15 · $1,1882023-01-25 · $6,3002023-03-08 · $1,0082023-06-13 · $1,3862023-06-21 · $4,0322023-07-12 · $3,7802023-07-27 · $4412023-07-27 · $1892023-07-27 · $632023-08-02 · $2,5202023-08-23 · $2,3042023-11-18 · $5,4362023-12-07 · $2,0162024-03-08 · $2,3942024-04-05 · $8,6362024-06-04 · $2,1902024-07-10 · $2,5202024-09-09 · $1,1642024-09-23 · $5,3342024-11-01 · $8822024-12-02 · $2,5402024-12-10 · $5,3342024-12-18 · $2,7722025-01-08 · $1,5242025-01-23 · $1,2512025-03-04 · $6352025-03-04 · $8582025-03-04 · $2,5402025-04-02 · $19,0502025-05-22 · $1,4082025-06-10 · $2,7942025-06-26 · $1,2802025-06-26 · $1,0242025-07-31 · $1,7782025-09-10 · $2,1762025-10-09 · $9,0302025-10-09 · $5,1602025-10-15 · $1,5842025-10-17 · $6002025-10-21 · $8392025-11-04 · $3,0482025-11-12 · $2,4452025-11-12 · $2,4452025-11-12 · $4,5842025-11-21 · $10,9442026-01-22 · $2,1762026-02-25 · $1,7922026-02-25 · $3,3022026-02-27 · $1,4082026-03-13 · $1,3972026-03-29 · $9,507
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1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

5 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 classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202686$2kSign up
20252422$2kSign up
20241010$2.5kSign up
20231612$2.2kSign up
2022109$1.3kSign up
20211612$2.1kSign up
202099$3.8kSign up
201944$3.2kSign up
201866$4.3kSign up
201755$875Sign up
201621$9.4kSign up
201555$2.5kSign up
201487$2.3kSign up
201354$1.8kSign up
201264$2.4kSign up
201122$4.4kSign up
201022$4.4kSign up
200922$1.9kSign up
200822$1.4kSign up
200622$956Sign up
2005109$823Sign up
200211$7.5kSign up

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