# Norman Bluhm - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-01T11:44:58.634Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 272
- Lots with prices: 209
- First auction date: 2003-02-03
- Latest auction date: 2025-11-19
- Median realised price: $15,000
- Price range: $350 to $1,138,600

## Market Takeaway
Norman Bluhm shows deep auction liquidity with 272 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $15,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-11-19.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($15,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $7,750 and $37,500.
- 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: 2.4% (5 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 28.7% (60 sales)
- $10,000\+: 68.9% (144 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 16
- Previous 12 months sales: 18
- Recent 12 months median: $8,255
- Previous 12 months median: $8,000
- Median shift: 3.2%
- Latest sale date: 2025-11-19
- Days since latest sale: 91
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 88 lots
- Sotheby's: 46 lots
- Bonhams: 22 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 16 lots
- Hindman: 8 lots
- Freeman’s \| Hindman: 6 lots
- Phillips: 6 lots
- Artcurial: 5 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 5 lots
- STAIR: 5 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2024-05-29 | Norman Bluhm \(1921\-1999\), SLEEPING GODDESS, 1983 | Waddington's | CA$27,500
2. 2015-04-29 | Norman Bluhm | Barridoff Auctions | $7,750
3. 2025-11-19 | Norman Bluhm, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,100
4. 2025-10-21 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
5. 2025-08-22 | Norman Bluhm \(1921\-1999\) American \- USA | Art\-Torg | N/A
6. 2025-08-19 | Norman Bluhm \(American, 1921–1999\) Untitled \(Abstraction\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
7. 2025-08-19 | Norman Bluhm \(American, 1921\-1999\) Untitled \(Abstraction\) | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $2,500
8. 2025-07-15 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $10,795
9. 2025-06-05 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921\-1999\) Balaclava 1960 | Bonhams | €52,000
10. 2025-05-30 | Norman Bluhm, Untitled | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $13,000
11. 2025-05-27 | Norman Bluhm \(1921\-1999\) Bear trap Norman Bluhm \(1921\-1999\) Bear trap sign | Christie's | €25,200
12. 2025-05-15 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921\-1999\) Untitled 28 1/4 x 39 1/8 in \(71.6 x 99.3 cm\) \(Executed in 1960\) | Bonhams | $5,000
13. 2025-05-15 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921\-1999\) Passing Waterfall 44 5/8 x 57 1/4 in \(113.4 x 145.3 cm\) \(Painted in 1958\) | Bonhams | N/A
14. 2025-05-13 | Norman Bluhm \(American, 1921\-1999\) Untitled, 1980 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $3,500
15. 2025-05-13 | Norman Bluhm \(American, 1921\-1999\) Untitled, 1980 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | $5,500
16. 2025-03-05 | Norman Bluhm \(American, 1921\-1999\) Coelus II, 1971 | Freeman’s \| Hindman | N/A
17. 2025-02-28 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $8,255
18. 2025-02-28 | Untitled | Sotheby's | $10,160
19. 2024-12-18 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921\-1999\). Blue & Red. oil on canvas 47 ¼ x 23 5⁄8 in. \(120 | Christie's | $20,000
20. 2024-12-15 | Norman Bluhm \(1921\-1999\) American \- USA | Art\-Torg | N/A
21. 2024-12-05 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921\-1999\) Sculpture's Landscape 1960 | Bonhams | €45,000
22. 2024-12-04 | Norman BLUHM | Artcurial | N/A
23. 2024-12-04 | Norman BLUHM | Artcurial | N/A
24. 2024-11-12 | NORMAN BLUHM \(1921 \- 1999, AMERICAN\) Untitled. | Swann Auction Galleries | $5,250

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