Yoshitomo Nara

Japanese · b. 1959 · Painter, Printmaker

Yoshitomo Nara is a Japanese artist. He lives and works in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, though his artwork has been exhibited worldwide. Nara has had nearly 40 solo… (Wikipedia)

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598lots offered2005–2026years recorded90%sold (528)$21.6kSign up free to seemedian price

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Missing in ActionPhillips · Jun 2021HK$123,725,000≈ $15,944,441≈ £11,268,952≈ €13,088,525Sign up to see
Hothouse DollPhillips · Dec 2020HK$103,115,000≈ $13,302,866≈ £9,892,078≈ €10,947,960Sign up to see
Lookin' for a TreasurePhillips · Mar 2023HK$83,850,000≈ $10,681,652≈ £8,651,212≈ €9,812,283Sign up to see

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Average price

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median $21.6kfree account

High

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Lots sold

528

of 588 offered · 2005–2026

Sell-through

90%

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.

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

10 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.

51 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	88	84	95%	$1.4MSign up	$248kSign up	$16MSign up
Oil	4	4	100%	$287kSign up	$312kSign up	$484kSign up
Acrylic	61	57	93%	$2MSign up	$555kSign up	$16MSign up
Mixed media	18	18	100%	$47.5kSign up	$55kSign up	$106kSign up
Works on paper	148	124	84%	$112kSign up	$54kSign up	$1.6MSign up
Watercolor	3	1	33%	$97.4kSign up	$97.4kSign up	$97.4kSign up
Gouache	3	3	100%	$47.6kSign up	$6.4kSign up	$131kSign up
Pastel	1	1	100%	$74.6kSign up	$74.6kSign up	$74.6kSign up
Drawing	94	81	86%	$73kSign up	$48.6kSign up	$318kSign up
Prints & multiples	243	222	91%	$40.3kSign up	$9.5kSign up	$2.2MSign up
Etching	14	14	100%	$34kSign up	$14kSign up	$260kSign up
Aquatint	3	2	67%	$5.5kSign up	$5.5kSign up	$6.3kSign up
Lithograph	61	60	98%	$13.4kSign up	$2.8kSign up	$87.5kSign up
Screenprint	17	14	82%	$12.1kSign up	$9.4kSign up	$32.4kSign up
Woodcut / linocut	52	50	96%	$93.2kSign up	$44.8kSign up	$756kSign up
Print (other)	72	62	86%	$10.5kSign up	$6.9kSign up	$199kSign up
Multiple	24	20	83%	$125kSign up	$1.2kSign up	$2.2MSign up
Photography	6	5	83%	$6.3kSign up	$6.1kSign up	$8.9kSign up
Photograph	6	5	83%	$6.3kSign up	$6.1kSign up	$8.9kSign up
Sculpture	60	59	98%	$50.1kSign up	$15.1kSign up	$561kSign up
Other	43	34	79%	$18.9kSign up	$1.3kSign up	$269kSign 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	22	21	$4.7kSign up
2025	56	51	$3.2kSign up
2024	65	60	$20.9kSign up
2023	42	35	$24.6kSign up
2022	55	42	$11.3kSign up
2021	69	60	$48.7kSign up
2020	49	47	$17.9kSign up
2019	60	53	$30kSign up
2018	35	34	$42.8kSign up
2017	45	43	$31.9kSign up
2016	34	30	$18.2kSign up
2015	17	17	$11.7kSign up
2014	14	13	$34kSign up
2013	7	6	$29kSign up
2012	5	4	$98.8kSign up
2011	3	2	$14kSign up
2010	5	5	$8.1kSign up
2008	1	1	$12.2kSign up
2007	1	1	$28.3kSign up
2006	2	2	$27.1kSign up
2005	1	1	$13.1kSign up