Yue Minjun
Chinese · b. 1962 · Painter, Sculptor
Yue Minjun is a Chinese contemporary artist based in Beijing, China. He is best known for oil paintings depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. He has also… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Enchanted SpringRavenel · HK$11,500,000≈ $1,483,500≈ £990,188≈ €1,176,634Sign up to see
Untitled (Magritte Stone)Phillips · £965,000≈ $1,291,749≈ €1,166,575Sign up to see
HometownPhillips · £321,000≈ $422,789≈ €360,066Sign up to see
Yue Minjun’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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Price trend
2 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
2 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 | 36 | 28 | 78% | $250kSign up | $117kSign up | $1.5MSign up |
| Oil | 18 | 14 | 78% | $379kSign up | $243kSign up | $1.5MSign up |
| Acrylic | 18 | 14 | 78% | $121kSign up | $102kSign up | $304kSign up |
| Works on paper | 2 | 2 | 100% | $32.2kSign up | $32.2kSign up | $33.5kSign up |
| Drawing | 2 | 2 | 100% | $32.2kSign up | $32.2kSign up | $33.5kSign up |
| Prints & multiples | 83 | 72 | 87% | $4.1kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $72.9kSign up |
| Lithograph | 60 | 56 | 93% | $4kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $72.9kSign up |
| Screenprint | 7 | 6 | 86% | $7.5kSign up | $2.9kSign up | $20.2kSign up |
| Woodcut / linocut | 1 | 1 | 100% | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up | $1.9kSign up |
| Print (other) | 10 | 6 | 60% | $895Sign up | $830Sign up | $1.7kSign up |
| Multiple | 5 | 3 | 60% | $4.5kSign up | $4.4kSign up | $4.9kSign up |
| Sculpture | 7 | 6 | 86% | $75.9kSign up | $60.4kSign up | $133kSign up |
| Other | 10 | 10 | 100% | $3.2kSign up | $2.6kSign up | $10.5kSign 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 | 22 | 20 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2025 | 32 | 27 | $1.4kSign up |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | $48.7kSign up |
| 2023 | 13 | 10 | $2.4kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | $3.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | $64.6kSign up |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | $18.3kSign up |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | $112kSign up |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | $2.3kSign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 4 | $4.4kSign up |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 | $43kSign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2013 | 4 | 2 | $204kSign up |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | $123kSign up |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 | $119kSign up |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | —Sign up |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | $1.5MSign up |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | $69.9kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $30.2kSign up |