Art auction market report: April 2022
In April 2022, ArtSell recorded 9,569 auction lots from 37 auction houses, of which 7,583 sold (79% sell-through). The 7,583 sales with a published price total $75,769,154, with a median of $1,846 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Howard Terpning, “The Shaman and His Magic Feathers”, at $1,506,000 (Scottsdale Art Auction). 15 artists set a new high compared with every earlier result in the database.
Top sales
Top American artists
Ranked by total of priced sales in the month; region from the artist’s recorded nationality.
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Warhol American | $3,879,414 | 49 | Flowers (F. & S. 64-73) — $1,482,000 |
| 2 | Howard Terpning American | $1,740,000 | 2 | The Shaman and His Magic Feathers — $1,506,000 |
| 3 | Frank Tenney Johnson American | $1,339,650 | 5 | The Rimrock Wrangler — $585,000 |
| 4 | Harry Bertoia American | $1,126,750 | 31 | Untitled (Gong) — $162,500 |
| 5 | Roy Lichtenstein American | $989,573 | 23 | Thinking Nude (from the Nude series) — $237,500 |
| 6 | Keith Haring American | $865,580 | 16 | The Blueprint Drawings (L. pp. 174-183) — $554,400 |
| 7 | Edgar Alwin Payne American | $687,938 | 6 | Arizona Indians — $438,750 |
| 8 | Joseph Henry Sharp American | $564,210 | 8 | Indian Couple in Interior — $257,400 |
| 9 | Wayne Thiebaud American | $480,395 | 16 | Candy Apples — $81,900 |
| 10 | Thomas Moran American | $462,150 | 2 | Solitude, Coconino Forest, Arizona — $374,400 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | René Lalique French | $736,152 | 118 | RENARD CAR MASCOT, NO. 1182 — $100,994 |
| 2 | David Hockney British | $636,466 | 20 | A Bigger Book, Art Edition A, B, C, and D — $163,800 |
| 3 | Zdzisław Beksiński Polish | $492,376 | 5 | BEZ TYTUŁU — $142,210 |
| 4 | Franz West Austrian | $352,933 | 5 | Manhattan — $208,029 |
| 5 | Pablo Picasso Spanish | $347,518 | 62 | Engraved bottle (Bouteille gravée) (R. 249) — $23,940 |
| 6 | Arnulf Rainer Austrian | $339,011 | 17 | Übermalung — $72,092 |
| 7 | Arthur Boyd British | $332,348 | 4 | A Mother, Child and Dog on Hampstead Heath (1963) — $146,087 |
| 8 | Anton Faistauer Austrian | $313,099 | 6 | Taormina (Piazza IX Aprile and Chiesa di San Giuseppe) — $98,282 |
| 9 | Rafa Macarrón Spanish | $297,574 | 1 | Viaje al Espacio — $297,574 |
| 10 | Julian Opie British | $288,527 | 11 | Woman Posing in Pants. 03. 2003 — $93,971 |
New artist records
The artist’s best price this month exceeded every earlier priced result for them in the ArtSell database (artists with at least three earlier priced results).
| Artist | Work | Price | Previous high |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rafa Macarrón | Viaje al Espacio Phillips | $297,574 | $189,000 (3 earlier) |
| G. Harvey | At The Mission Well Scottsdale Art Auction | $292,500 | $257,400 (55 earlier) |
| Kyle Polzin | Strength & Pride Scottsdale Art Auction | $257,400 | $117,000 (28 earlier) |
| David Bates | Floral Still Life Palm Beach Modern Auctions | $250,000 | $1,248 (7 earlier) |
| Emily Kngwarreye | Desert Tracks 1992 Smith & Singer | $210,000 | $45,666 (6 earlier) |
| Mayuka Yamamoto | Snow Rabbit Phillips | $176,715 | $100,158 (11 earlier) |
| Dylan Lewis | Sitting Cheetah II (S238) Strauss & Co | $155,451 | $102,039 (31 earlier) |
| Wm. Moyer | Exceedingly Rare and Important WM. MOYER / HARRISBURG, PA Stoneware Pedestal Water Cooler Crocker Farm | $144,000 | $5,700 (8 earlier) |
| RETNA | Sorcery of My Style Phillips | $125,294 | $68,750 (16 earlier) |
| Gunnar Widforss | Catalina Island Bonhams | $113,775 | $45,000 (57 earlier) |
| Nicola Samorì | Miriade Phillips | $101,802 | $72,975 (26 earlier) |
| Gregory Crewdson | Untitled Phillips | $81,900 | $75,600 (57 earlier) |
| Glenna Goodacre | Sacagawea and Jean Baptiste Scottsdale Art Auction | $81,900 | $18,720 (5 earlier) |
| Richard Phillips | Artist Phillips | $78,309 | $77,088 (14 earlier) |
| Penny Siopis | Act I Scene II Strauss & Co | $77,725 | $73,119 (31 earlier) |
Auction houses this month
Lyon & Turnbull (928)Phillips (912)Toomey & Co. (828)León Gallery (622)Bonhams (556)Strauss & Co (547)im Kinsky (476)Scottsdale Art Auction (444)Twents Veilinghuis (407)Levis Fine Art Auctions (335)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (280)Sworders (276)Art+Object (238)Pananti (226)Wright (220)Sloans & Kenyon (219)Helmuth Stone Gallery (203)Morgan O'Driscoll (179)Morton Subastas (155)Leonard Joel (153)Pandolfini (152)Clarke Auction Gallery (136)Artmark (135)Rago Auctions (128)Crocker Farm (116)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (109)Palm Beach Modern Auctions (88)Van Ham (86)Agra-Art (83)Brunk Auctions (82)Smith & Singer (75)Toovey's (69)Michaan's Auctions (41)Jackson's International Auctioneers (26)Olympia Auctions (22)Maison Bibelot (11)deVeres (6)