# Ellsworth Kelly - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T16:20:36.763Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,616
- Lots with prices: 1,238
- First auction date: 2000-12-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-24
- Median realised price: $4,800
- Price range: $5 to $9,809,000

## Market Takeaway
Ellsworth Kelly shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,613 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $4,800. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 108 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2026-02-03.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($4,800\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,500 and $9,000.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 12.1% (149 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 65.1% (804 sales)
- $10,000\+: 22.8% (282 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 108
- Previous 12 months sales: 129
- Recent 12 months median: $4,064
- Previous 12 months median: $4,000
- Median shift: 1.6%
- Latest sale date: 2026-02-03
- Days since latest sale: 15
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 445 lots
- Sotheby's: 134 lots
- Bonhams: 125 lots
- Phillips: 89 lots
- Beowulf Art and Books: 70 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 65 lots
- Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery: 49 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 38 lots
- RoGallery: 37 lots
- Los Angeles Modern Auctions: 31 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-19 | ELLSWORTH KELLY \(American 1923\-2015\) A PRINT, "Blocks \(Blue and Red\)," CIRCA 1966, | Curated Gallery Auctions | $100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-american-1923-2015-a-print-blocks-blue-and-red-circa-1966-260-c-49894deabc
2. 2025-01-05 | Ellsworth Kelly Original Lithograph, 1966 | Kaminski Auctions | $425
3. 2024-12-18 | Ellsworth Kelly, The Paris Review | Wright | $2,200
4. 2024-12-18 | Ellsworth Kelly, Blue, Yellow, Red | Wright | $5,000
5. 2024-12-18 | Ellsworth Kelly \(1923\-2015\) | DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers | $1,700
6. 2024-11-26 | Ellsworth Kelly \(1923\-2015\); Black and White Pyramid; | Bonhams | N/A
7. 2024-10-01 | Ellsworth Kelly \(1923\-2015\); Woodland Plant; | Bonhams | $6,000
8. 2024-06-06 | ELLSWORTH KELLY \(AMERICAN, 1923 \- 2015\) | Vallot Auctioneers | $125 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-american-1923-2015-27-c-db54447bcb
9. 2024-05-15 | ELLSWORTH KELLY \(1923\-2015\) Red White 100 x 100 in \(254 x 254 cm\) \(Painted in 1968\) | Bonhams | $400,000
10. 2026-03-24 | Ellsworth Kelly \(American, 1923\-2015\), 'Blue / Black' Lithograph | Leonard Auction | $4,250 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-american-1923-2015-blue-black-lithograph-108-c-08b614ffe2
11. 2026-02-28 | Ellsworth Kelly \(American, 1923\-2015\). Blocks \(Red and Blue\) \(1966\). Framed Original Color Lithograph on Paper. Numbered R27. Edition of 2000. | Woodard Lipe | $400 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-american-1923-2015-blocks-red-and-blue-1966-framed-original-color-lithograph-on-paper-numbered-r27-edition-of-2000-84-c-9f84b9ccbb
12. 2026-02-26 | ELLSWORTH KELLY \(1923 \- 2015\) OHNE TITEL \(ORANGE \- GRÜN\) / ELLSWORTH KELLY \(1923 \- 2015\) UNTITLED \(ORANGE \- GREEN\) | Kunstauktionhaus Georg Rehm | €2,800 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-1923-2015-ohne-titel-orange-grun-ellsworth-kelly-1923-2015-untitled-orange-green-5572-c-8b2147976d
13. 2026-02-03 | Ellsworth Kelly Orange/Black Lithograph 1972 | Revere Auctions | $3,400
14. 2026-01-26 | Ellsworth Kelly, Ohne Titel | Ressler Kunst Auktionen | N/A
15. 2026-01-26 | Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Green Black Red | Ressler Kunst Auktionen | N/A
16. 2026-01-25 | Ellsworth Kelly \(1923\-2015\): Blue and Orange, 1964\-65 | Santa Monica Auctions | $10,000
17. 2025-12-18 | Ellsworth Kelly, Blue Curve, 1999. | Swann Auction Galleries | $4,826 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-ellsworth-kelly-blue-curve-1999-48-c-57d0bf2d01
18. 2025-12-16 | Ellsworth Kelly, Small Blue Curve | Wright | $4,500
19. 2025-12-16 | Ellsworth Kelly, White Curve | Wright | $3,500
20. 2025-12-12 | Ellsworth Kelly, 1923\-2015, Untitled | Abell Auction | $13,000
21. 2025-12-09 | Ellsworth Kelly \(American, 1923\-2015\) Untitled, from The New York Collection for Stockholm Screenprint in colours, 1973, on wove paper, signed with the initials and numbered 46/300 in pencil, printed by Styria Studio Inc., with theirs and the arti... | Bonhams | £1,600
22. 2025-12-07 | ELLSWORTH KELLY 'RED CURVE' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $50
23. 2025-12-07 | ELLSWORTH KELLY 'GREEN CURVE' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $70
24. 2025-12-07 | ELLSWORTH KELLY 'LIGHT BLUE WITH ORANGE' | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $200

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