Yun-Fei Ji
Chinese · b. 1963 · Painter, Printmaker
Yun-Fei Ji is a Chinese-American painter who lives in New York City and Philadelphia. His art synthesizes old and new representational modes, subverting the classical idealism… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
Three FiguresPhillips · $3,048≈ £2,331≈ €2,714Sign up to see
The IntellectualWright · $2,772≈ £2,207≈ €2,574Sign up to see
Ink Growth IIIWright · $2,032≈ £1,517≈ €1,755Sign up to see
Yun-Fei Ji’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).
ArtSell has recorded 10 auction results for Yun-Fei Ji between 2019 and 2026, of which 10 sold (100%). Recorded sale prices range from $462Sign up free to see to $3kSign up free to see. The highest price recorded is $3kSign up free to see for Three Figures at Phillips in July 2023. The most common medium is drawings (8 lots). Most results come from Wright (6), Rago Auctions (3) and Phillips (1).
10 results
- $462≈ £342≈ €393Sign up free to see
- $635≈ £474≈ €542Sign up free to see
- $1,524≈ £1,145≈ €1,310Sign up free to see
- Ink Growth III, 1997$2,032≈ £1,517≈ €1,755Sign up free to see
- Mishaps I., 2000$635≈ £474≈ €548Sign up free to see
- Untitled, 1997$508≈ £379≈ €439Sign up free to see
- The Intellectual, 2003$2,772≈ £2,207≈ €2,574Sign up free to see
- Three Figures, 2005$3,048≈ £2,331≈ €2,714Sign up free to see
- Untitled (X-67-03), 2003$500≈ £368≈ €433Sign up free to see
- $500≈ £391≈ €450Sign up free to see
Yun-Fei Ji works on paper (10)Yun-Fei Ji drawings (8)
Yun-Fei Ji: quick facts
What is the highest price paid for a work by Yun-Fei Ji at auction?
$3,048Sign up free to see, for Three Figures at Phillips (July 2023) — the highest price in ArtSell’s records.
What is a typical auction price for Yun-Fei Ji?
The median sale price is $635Sign up free to see across 10 priced sales. Prices vary by medium, size and date — see the price chart & statistics.
How many works by Yun-Fei Ji have sold at auction?
10 of 10 recorded lots sold between 2019 and 2026.
Which auction houses sell Yun-Fei Ji?
Wright, Rago Auctions and Phillips account for the most recorded results. Wright · Rago Auctions · Phillips
About Yun-Fei Ji
Yun-Fei Ji is a Chinese-American painter who lives in New York City and Philadelphia. His art synthesizes old and new representational modes, subverting the classical idealism of centuries-old Chinese scroll and landscape painting traditions to tell contemporary stories of survival amid ecological and social disruption. He employs metaphor, symbolic allusion and devices such as caricature and the grotesque to create tumultuous, Kafka-esque worlds that writers suggest address two cultural revolutions: the first, Communist one and its spiritual repercussions, and a broader capitalist one driven by industrialization and its effects, both in China and the U.S. ARTnews critic Lilly Wei wrote, "Ancestral ghosts and skeletons appear frequently in Ji’s iconography; his work is infused with the supernatural and the folkloric as well as the documentary as he records with fierce, focused intensity the displacement and forced relocation of people, the disappearance of villages, and the environmental upheavals of massive projects like the controversial Three Gorges Dam."
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