# Etel Adnan - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-28T21:56:50.754Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 192
- Lots with prices: 166
- First auction date: 2015-04-21
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-19
- Median realised price: $18,900
- Price range: $240 to $630,000

## Market Takeaway
Etel Adnan shows deep auction liquidity with 187 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $20,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 38 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-15.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($20,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,900 and $76,200.
- 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: 9.9% (16 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.6% (46 sales)
- $10,000\+: 61.5% (99 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 38
- Previous 12 months sales: 42
- Recent 12 months median: $16,510
- Previous 12 months median: $24,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-15
- Days since latest sale: 65
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 55 lots
- Sotheby's: 38 lots
- Bonhams: 25 lots
- Millon & Associes: 12 lots
- Tate Ward Auctions: 10 lots
- Antique Arena Inc: 7 lots
- Forum Auctions \- UK: 7 lots
- Art\-Torg: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Aguttes: 4 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-06-05 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925\-2021\) Planète 4 2019 | Bonhams | €60,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-1925-2021-planete-4-2019-8-c-3474d90a97
2. 2025-02-22 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $20,000 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-88-c-2dd49b89d1
3. 2025-02-08 | Staring at the Sun | Sotheby's | $180,000
4. 2024-12-19 | Etel Adnan \(Liban, 1925 \- 2021\) Le cycle des tilleuls \[with an Original Drawing\] | Millon & Associes | €3,200
5. 2024-12-19 | Etel Adnan \(Liban, 1925 \- 2021\) untitled | Millon & Associes | €600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-liban-1925-2021-untitled-49-c-d724578a35
6. 2024-12-19 | Etel Adnan \(Liban, 1925 \- 2021\) Untitled | Millon & Associes | €1,800
7. 2024-10-10 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925\-2021\) Untitled \(Painted in 2014\) | Bonhams | £115,000
8. 2024-08-18 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $1,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-148-c-b074772a48
9. 2024-06-22 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $1,600 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-115-c-aca4447a32
10. 2024-05-18 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $2,100 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-58-c-4cc426bbce
11. 2024-05-18 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $3,900 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-57-c-e9a4c7da6f
12. 2024-03-02 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $7,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-65-c-7b4459c871
13. 2024-03-02 | ABSTRACT ARAB LEBANESE OIL PAINTING BY ETEL ADNAN | Antique Arena Inc | $7,750 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-abstract-arab-lebanese-oil-painting-by-etel-adnan-64-c-e1b40e1867
14. 2026-04-19 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925–2021\), LEBANESE\-AMERICAN, ATTRIBUTED TO OIL ON CANVAS | Hotspot Auctions | $2,200 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-1925-2021-lebanese-american-attributed-to-oil-on-canvas-294-c-e0414de4f6
15. 2026-04-02 | Etel Adnan \(1925\-2021\) & Anne Slacik \(Née en 1959\) Ce ciel...qui n'est pas, 1997 | Aguttes | €3,500 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-1925-2021-anne-slacik-nee-en-1959-ce-ciel-qui-n-est-pas-1997-13-c-a1e58c776f
16. 2026-03-15 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925–2021\),LEBANESE\-AMERICAN,ATTRIBUTED TO, OIL ON CANVAS | Hotspot Auctions | $950 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-1925-2021-lebanese-american-attributed-to-oil-on-canvas-292-c-91a31fc29d
17. 2025-12-15 | Etel Adnan \(Liban, 1925 \- 2021\) Untitled | Millon & Associes | €1,300 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-liban-1925-2021-untitled-95-c-2e5b4d2041
18. 2025-12-15 | Etel ADNAN \(Liban, 1925 \- 2021\) L'état actuel des choses | Millon & Associes | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-etel-adnan-liban-1925-2021-l-etat-actuel-des-choses-94-c-940ed1f5be
19. 2025-12-10 | Etel Adnan \(Lebanese 1925\-2021\), 'Fil du temps \(Thread of Time\)', 2021 | Tate Ward Auctions | N/A
20. 2025-12-10 | Etel Adnan \(Lebanese 1925\-2021\), 'We Have To Reconnect What Words Separated', 2021 | Tate Ward Auctions | £900
21. 2025-11-25 | Etel Adnan \(Lebanon, 1925\-2021\) Belles Creatures | Bonhams | £65,000
22. 2025-11-20 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925\-2021\). Untitled. oil on canvas16 x 12 ½ in. \(40.6 x 30.7 c | Christie's | $76,200
23. 2025-11-20 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925\-2021\). Untitled. oil on canvas13 x 16 1/8 in. \(33 x 41 cm. | Christie's | $171,450
24. 2025-11-19 | ETEL ADNAN \(1925\-2021\) ET ANNE SLACIK \(née en 1959\) Ce ciel...qui n'est pas, 1997 | Aguttes | €4,400

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