Art auction market report: April 2024
In April 2024, ArtSell recorded 10,205 auction lots from 47 auction houses, of which 7,603 sold (75% sell-through). The 7,537 sales with a published price total $47,237,623, with a median of $1,291 (USD at the sale-date rate). The top sale was Arthur Streeton, “Sunlight at the Camp 1894”, at $1,182,876 (Smith & Singer). 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 | $1,738,423 | 50 | Moonwalk (F. & S. 405) — $463,550 |
| 2 | Roy Lichtenstein American | $635,314 | 13 | Roommates, from Nudes Series (C. 282) — $317,500 |
| 3 | Guy Rose American | $508,500 | 1 | Lifting Fog, La Jolla Cliffs — $508,500 |
| 4 | Ed Ruscha American | $466,997 | 25 | Gasoline Stations — $133,350 |
| 5 | Wade Guyton American | $308,126 | 2 | U Sculpture (V. 5) — $252,821 |
| 6 | Jean-Michel Basquiat American | $260,350 | 2 | Untitled (from Leonardo) — $177,800 |
| 7 | Cindy Sherman American | $219,710 | 3 | Untitled (Bus Riders I) — $190,500 |
| 8 | Nicolai Fechin Russian | $202,520 | 2 | Monterey Bay Seascape — $191,000 |
| 9 | Donald Judd American | $180,572 | 2 | Untitled (S. 251-54) — $177,800 |
| 10 | Ansel Adams American | $179,705 | 11 | Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada from Lone Pine, California — $53,340 |
Top European artists
| # | Artist | Total sold | Priced sales | Top result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egon Schiele Austrian | $1,616,792 | 2 | Gertrude Schiele Seated — $815,342 |
| 2 | Gustav Klimt Austrian | $1,228,292 | 8 | Half Nude Sitting Upright — $321,435 |
| 3 | René Lalique French | $743,102 | 121 | CÉNOTAPHE, COUVERCLE ROSES VASE, CP521 — $75,322 |
| 4 | Arthur Boyd British | $436,876 | 5 | Mining Country (1966) — $236,575 |
| 5 | Invader French | $257,861 | 2 | Bruce Lee 3D — $252,821 |
| 6 | David Hockney British | $252,022 | 7 | An Image of Gregory, from Moving Focus (T. 285, M.C.A.T. 276) — $139,700 |
| 7 | Nicholas Harding British | $217,649 | 4 | River Figures (Two Hats) 2009 — $110,402 |
| 8 | Adolph von Menzel German | $214,764 | 1 | Portrait study of a Moroccan man — $214,764 |
| 9 | Eugene von Guerard Austrian | $197,146 | 1 | Mr Andrew Wittle's Residence at Apollo Bay with Cape Patton in Distance 1859 — $197,146 |
| 10 | Thomas Struth German | $191,897 | 2 | Pergamon Museum 1, Berlin — $190,500 |
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).
Auction houses this month
Phillips (1,186)Bonhams (994)Lyon & Turnbull (947)Artmark (504)León Gallery (459)Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) (455)Twents Veilinghuis (408)Levis Fine Art Auctions (306)Strauss & Co (304)Morton Subastas (285)Van Ham (270)Sworders (264)Barridoff Auctions (263)Rago Auctions (259)Bertolami Fine Art (259)Pananti (220)Pandolfini (215)Helmuth Stone Gallery (213)Wright (209)Sloans & Kenyon (205)Anderson & Garland (171)Morgan O'Driscoll (162)Crocker Farm (135)Lempertz (127)Sopocki Dom Aukcyjny (115)Brunk Auctions (107)Lawrences Auctioneers (105)Clarke Auction Gallery (103)Toomey & Co. (102)Maison Bibelot (102)Davidson Auctions (90)Austin Auction Gallery (87)Leonard Joel (81)Haynault (78)Smith & Singer (76)Chorley's (57)deVeres (55)Agra-Art (53)Michaan's Auctions (45)Aste Boetto (32)Elstob & Elstob (30)SOGA (22)im Kinsky (15)Hessink's Auctions (12)Bogotá Auctions (10)Jackson's International Auctioneers (6)Vogt Auction (2)