# On Kawara - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-06-18T18:00:22.473Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 147
- Lots with prices: 119
- First auction date: 2001-02-09
- Latest auction date: 2026-05-12
- Median realised price: $15,000
- Price range: $90 to $6,700,000

## Market Takeaway
On Kawara shows solid auction liquidity with 144 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $16,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 7 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-04.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($16,250\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $5,850 and $194,500.
- 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: 8.4% (10 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 36.1% (43 sales)
- $10,000\+: 55.5% (66 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 7
- Previous 12 months sales: 9
- Recent 12 months median: $381,000
- Previous 12 months median: $7,000
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-04
- Days since latest sale: 76
- Market velocity: steady

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 50 lots
- Sotheby's: 24 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr\-Bruxelles: 11 lots
- Cornette de Saint\-Cyr: 9 lots
- Artcurial: 8 lots
- Bernaerts Auctioneers: 8 lots
- Bonhams: 6 lots
- Mallet Auction: 6 lots
- Piasa: 5 lots
- Kunsthaus Lempertz KG: 4 lots

## Top Categories
- N/A

## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-04 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) Thirty\-one postcards to R. Mazarguil Mars\-Avril 1974 Série I Got Up \(1968\-1979\) | Bonhams | €80,000
2. 2025-11-27 | On Kawara \(1932\-2014\) NOV. 27, 1984 | Bonhams | HK$6,700,000
3. 2025-10-09 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | N/A
4. 2025-06-25 | On Kawara 1932–2014 | Artcurial Beurret Bailly Widmer | CHF 250,000
5. 2025-06-25 | NOV. 11. 1981 | Sotheby's | £381,000
6. 2025-05-16 | 8 JAN. 1973 | Sotheby's | $533,400
7. 2025-03-06 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\). Dec. 24, 2006. liquitex on canvas and handmade cardb | Christie's | £529,200
8. 2025-01-28 | On Kawara \(1932\-2014\), "One Million Years \(Past and Future\)," 2000 | John Moran Auctioneers | $396 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-on-kawara-1932-2014-one-million-years-past-and-future-2000-1304-c-60a4a008f7
9. 2024-10-15 | On Kawara \(1932\-2014\), "One Million Years \(Past and Future\)," 2000 | John Moran Auctioneers | $528 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-on-kawara-1932-2014-one-million-years-past-and-future-2000-110-c-ea84ba680c
10. 2024-10-10 | Thanatophanies | Mallet Auction | ¥250,000
11. 2024-10-02 | On Kawara: Thanatophanies | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €2,600
12. 2024-10-02 | On Kawara: I met | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €7,000
13. 2024-10-02 | On Kawara: I read | Van Ham Kunstauktionen | €9,300
14. 2024-06-04 | On Kawara, I Got up, 1973 | Kunsthaus Lempertz KG | N/A
15. 2024-05-21 | ON KAWARA \(1933\-2014\) I Got Up ink on postcard and chromogenic print each: | Christie's | $8,820
16. 2023-12-06 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €900
17. 2023-12-06 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €650
18. 2023-12-06 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) | Bernaerts Auctioneers | €90
19. 2023-09-29 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) DEC. 11, 1975, from Today, 1966\-2013 acrylic on canva | Christie's | $604,800
20. 2023-08-01 | On Kawara, One Million Years | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,400
21. 2023-06-30 | On Kawara \(1933 Kariya \- New York 2014\) – I am still alive \(I am still alive\) | Karl & Faber | N/A
22. 2023-05-18 | ON KAWARA \(1932\-2014\) JAN. 19, 1982, from Today, 1966\-2013 acrylic on canva | Christie's | $756,000
23. 2023-03-02 | Thanatophanies | Mallet Auction | ¥270,000
24. 2022-12-20 | On Kawara \(1933\-2014\) 100 Years Calendar \- 1968 | Piasa | €450

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