11. Willem de Kooning

11. Willem de Kooning

The artists who power the $1m+ market
The artists who power the $1m+ market

11. Willem de Kooning (1904–97)

MODERN, b. Rotterdam, Netherlands

Willem de Kooning. Photo: Henry Bowden/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Power Rank: 5

Value and supply

Auction totals

Price confidencePrice momentumAverage lot Price
55.7%-41%$10.4m
Percentage of lots sold above low estimateChange in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1)Average lot value over the period 2018–23

Sotheby’s private sales

(2018 to H1 2023)
$41m4$10.2m
Private sales valueSold lotsAverage price

Bidders by region

Bidders by age

Top 10 artworks sold at auction

(2018 to H1 2023)
RANKTITLEDATEWHEREWHENSOLD FOR
1Woman as Landscape1955Christie's New York13 Nov 2018$68.9m
2Untitled1979Sotheby's New York17 Nov 2022$34.8m
3Collage1950Sotheby's New York14 Nov 2022$33.6m
4Orestes1947Christie's New York11 May 2023$30.9m
5Untitled XXII1977Sotheby's New York14 Nov 2019$30.1m
6Untitled XXI1977Christie's New York12 May 2022$25m
7Untitled XXXIII1977Sotheby's New York15 Nov 2021$24.4m
8Woman (Green)1955Christie's New York6 Oct 2020$23.3m
9Untitled IV1983Sotheby's New York15 Nov 2021$18.9m
10Untitled1961Sotheby's New York16 May 2022$17.8m


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