# Martin Puryear - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-29T23:57:06.131Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 89
- Lots with prices: 63
- First auction date: 1998-05-14
- Latest auction date: 2025-10-18
- Median realised price: $3,750
- Price range: $400 to $1,805,000

## Market Takeaway
Martin Puryear shows solid auction liquidity with 89 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $3,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 6 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-10-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($3,750\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $2,100 and $228,600.
- 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: 12.7% (8 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 54% (34 sales)
- $10,000\+: 33.3% (21 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 6
- Previous 12 months sales: 15
- Recent 12 months median: $2,300
- Previous 12 months median: $2,500
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-10-18
- Days since latest sale: 123
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 37 lots
- Sotheby's: 9 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 5 lots
- Wright: 5 lots
- MDP Auction: 4 lots
- Black Art Auction: 3 lots
- Bonhams: 3 lots
- Eldred's: 3 lots
- VBA Auction Miami: 3 lots
- Abell Auction: 2 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-10-18 | Martin Puryear, b. 1941, untitled | Black Art Auction | $130,000
2. 2025-09-30 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Heaven Three Ways/Exquisite Corpse. bronze. | Christie's | $228,600
3. 2025-07-17 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Untitled. Image: 11 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. \(298 x 298 mm.\)S | Christie's | N/A
4. 2025-05-18 | MARTIN PURYEAR, UNTITLED, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
5. 2025-04-03 | Martin Puryear, Navy Pier | Wright | $400
6. 2025-03-15 | Martin Puryear, b. 1941, Black Cart | Black Art Auction | $2,300
7. 2024-12-14 | Martin Puryear, b. 1941, Untitled, from the MoCA portfolio | Black Art Auction | $5,500
8. 2024-11-21 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Dowager. basswood, wire mesh and tar 83 ½ x 73 x | Christie's | $453,600
9. 2024-11-21 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Larx. Alaskan yellow cedar 47 x 45 ½ x 6 in. \(119 | Christie's | $756,000
10. 2024-09-28 | Martin PURYEAR: "Shoulders". | Armstrong Fine Art | $1,500
11. 2024-09-28 | Martin PURYEAR: "Black Cart". | Armstrong Fine Art | $1,700
12. 2024-09-19 | MARTIN PURYEAR, UNTITLED, WOODCUT | RoGallery | N/A
13. 2024-09-18 | Martin Puryear, Untitled, from the MoCA portfolio, 1999 | Santa Fe Art Auction | $1,968
14. 2024-07-23 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Jug. Image: 23 7⁄8 x 17 7⁄8 in. \(606 x 454 mm.\) S | Christie's | $2,142
15. 2024-07-23 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\). Untitled. Image: 23 5⁄8 x 17 ¾ in. \(600 x 451 mm. | Christie's | $2,142
16. 2024-05-23 | Martin Puryear \(born 1941\); Phrygian; | Bonhams | $2,500
17. 2024-05-17 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\) Heaven Three Ways/Exquisite Corpse bronze | Christie's | N/A
18. 2024-05-14 | Up and Over | Sotheby's | $304,800
19. 2024-05-14 | MARTIN PURYEAR \(B. 1941\) Cask Cascade painted red cedar 61 ¾ x 59 ½ x 30 ½ | Christie's | $907,200
20. 2024-03-04 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $13,970
21. 2024-03-02 | Martin Puryear \(1941\- \), Original vintage silkscreen commemoration poster, 1984 | VBA Auction Miami | N/A
22. 2024-02-10 | Martin Puryear \(1941\- \), Original vintage silkscreen commemoration poster, 1984 | VBA Auction Miami | N/A
23. 2024-01-10 | Martin Puryear, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $2,800
24. 2024-01-06 | Martin Puryear \(1941\- \), Original vintage silkscreen commemoration poster, 1984 | VBA Auction Miami | N/A

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