# Willem De Kooning - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-05-02T08:56:25.843Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 1,500
- Lots with prices: 1,051
- First auction date: 2000-12-12
- Latest auction date: 2026-04-18
- Median realised price: $18,750
- Price range: $39 to $68,937,500

## Market Takeaway
Willem De Kooning shows very deep auction liquidity with 1,504 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $18,000. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 83 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-18.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($18,000\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $3,600 and $175,000.
- 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: 11.4% (120 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 30.9% (326 sales)
- $10,000\+: 57.7% (609 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 83
- Previous 12 months sales: 122
- Recent 12 months median: $10,080
- Previous 12 months median: $4,500
- Median shift: 100%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-18
- Days since latest sale: 61
- Market velocity: high

## Top Auction Houses
- Christie's: 511 lots
- Sotheby's: 270 lots
- Bonhams: 66 lots
- RoGallery: 66 lots
- Beowulf Art and Books: 60 lots
- Phillips: 39 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 38 lots
- Morgan Auctions: 35 lots
- Swann Auction Galleries: 28 lots
- Novartia: 22 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2025-12-18 | Willem De Kooning, Reflections: To Kermit for Our Trip to Japan, 1971. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
2. 2025-12-16 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled; Untitled \[Two Works\]. | Christie's | $5,715
3. 2025-12-16 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled; Untitled \[Two Works\]. | Christie's | $10,795
4. 2025-12-16 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled. ink on paper mounted on board19 ¼ | Christie's | $19,050
5. 2025-12-12 | Willem De Kooning, 1904\-1997, Composition for Lisa | Abell Auction | $1,000
6. 2025-12-07 | WILLEM DE KOONING 'SEATED FIGURE' LITHOGRAPH | Antiques & Modern Auction Gallery | $40
7. 2025-11-20 | Willem de Kooning \(1904\-1997\): Untitled \(Face\) | STAIR | $7,000
8. 2025-11-20 | Willem de Kooning \(1904\-1997\): Untitled | STAIR | $7,000
9. 2025-11-20 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Reclining Woman. graphite on paper8 ½ x 10 7 | Christie's | $50,800
10. 2025-11-20 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled. oil and charcoal on paper laid dow | Christie's | $203,200
11. 2025-11-13 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\) Two Figures, circa 1973 Lithographie offset sur papier vélinSignée et numérotée 75/100Porte le timbre sec de l'éditeurPubliée par Abrams Original Editions, New York 56 x 75,2 cmOffset lit... | Bonhams | €850
12. 2025-10-25 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\) Sans titre, circa 1978. | Louiza Auktion & Associés | €41,000
13. 2025-10-24 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
14. 2025-10-17 | Willem De Kooning \(American/Dutch, 1904\-1997\) Oil, Pastel, Ink, Gouache And Watercolor on Paper, Ca. 1950\-60, 'Untitled \(Woman\)', H 24" W 19" Frame Size: H 31" W 29.25" Depth 1" | DuMouchelles | $80,000
15. 2025-10-15 | Willem de Kooning \(1904\-1997\) | Venduehuis der Notarissen | N/A
16. 2025-10-07 | Willem de Kooning \(American, 1904\-1997\), "Untitled", from "Quatre Lithographies", 1986, Lithograph on Arches paper. pencil\-signed, dated, and numbered. sight size 27 x 24 inches. Overall framed size 37 x 33 inches. | Bill Hood & Sons Arts & Antiques Auctions | $15,000
17. 2025-09-30 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled. charcoal on paper8 3/8 x 10 7/8 in | Christie's | $21,590
18. 2025-09-30 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Woman. charcoal on vellum23 x 18 5/8 in. \(58 | Christie's | $40,640
19. 2025-09-30 | WILLEM DE KOONING \(1904\-1997\). Untitled. oil, charcoal and newspaper collag | Christie's | $158,750
20. 2025-09-30 | Willem De Kooning \(1904\-1997\), "Paris Review," 1979 | John Moran Auctioneers | $6,985
21. 2025-09-26 | Woman in Motion | Sotheby's | N/A
22. 2025-09-26 | Untitled | Sotheby's | N/A
23. 2025-09-26 | Woman on the Beach | Sotheby's | N/A
24. 2025-09-26 | Figure | Sotheby's | N/A

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