Anders Zorn Auction Prices and Value Guide
Anders Zorn auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,915 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Anders Zorn auction prices: quick answer
Anders Zorn auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Anders Zorn
- Source records
- 1,915
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Anders Zorn
Anders Leonard Zorn (1860–1920) was a Swedish painter, etcher, and sculptor who achieved wide international recognition during his lifetime. Born and raised in Mora, Sweden, he trained in Stockholm before building a career that spanned Europe and the United States. Zorn is best known for his accomplished portraiture, counting King Oscar II of Sweden and three American presidents—Grover Cleveland, William Howard Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt—among his sitters. Beyond formal portraits, he produced a substantial body of nudes, genre scenes, and landscapes, often rendered in oil or as finely detailed etchings. His technical fluency across painting and printmaking placed him among the most sought-after European artists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Late in life, Zorn returned to Mora, where he established the Swedish literary Bellman Prize and contributed to cultural life in Sweden until his death in 1920.
oil paintingetchingsculptureportraiture (royal, presidential, and society commissions)
Common works and media
Zorn's output spans oil paintings (portraits, nudes, and genre scenes), etchings of similar subjects, watercolors, and a smaller number of sculptures. His etched portraits and figure studies are especially common in the secondary market. Nudes in outdoor settings, Swedish rural life scenes, and formal commissioned portraits represent recurring subject categories that collectors encounter at auction.
Market and appraisal context
Anders Zorn commands a deep and well-documented secondary market spanning more than three decades of recorded auction activity. The Appraisily auction-record index tracks 942 total lots, of which 762 carry realized prices, with the earliest recorded sale dating to October 1993 and the most recent to April 2026. Price dispersion is exceptionally wide—ranging from $10 at the low end to $26,000,000 at the high—reflecting a stark medium-driven stratification. Original oil paintings, particularly full-length portraits and figure compositions, anchor the upper tier; attributed and signed oils have recently realized $12,000 at regional houses, while catalogue-verified major oils at top-tier houses account for the seven-figure and higher results. Etchings and prints constitute the bulk of turnover: recent Swann Auction Galleries lots from 2026 realized $1,397–$5,080 for individual etchings, and Revere Auctions lots from 2025 realized $250–$400 for single etchings. The market shows consistent liquidity, with 27 priced lots in the trailing twelve months and 36 in the prior twelve months. Ten named auction houses appear among the top sellers, including Christie's, Sotheby's, Bonhams, Bukowskis, and Stockholms Auktionsverket, alongside strong US regional representation from Swann, Revere, Skinner, and Rachel Davis Fine Arts. This breadth of house-level participation signals sustained international collector demand across both the painting and print segments.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Old Master / 19th-century European paintings
- prints and etchings
- oil painting
- etching
- sculpture
Value drivers
- Medium is a key differentiator: Zorn oil paintings and large-scale portraits command significantly higher values than etchings and prints.
- Provenance and portrait subject matter (royal, presidential, or well-known sitters) can materially affect value.
- Attribution should be confirmed against catalogue raisonné records, as Zorn's workshop and circle produced related works.
- Medium is the primary value driver: original oil paintings command orders of magnitude more than etchings or prints. An attributed oil recently realized $12,000 at a regional house, while authenticated major oils at Christie's and Sotheby's have reached seven and eight figures.
- Attribution confidence materially affects value: works signed by Zorn, works attributed to Zorn, works 'after' Zorn, and workshop or circle pieces occupy distinct value tiers. Catalogue raisonné verification is essential for oil paintings.
- For etchings, edition state, plate size, impression quality, and paper condition drive price differentiation. Early impressions on quality paper sell for multiples of later or trimmed impressions.
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack did not include specific auction-house results or price records; market observations above are inferential. Appraisers should consult dedicated auction databases for realized prices.
- The $26,000,000 maximum recorded price represents the extreme high end and likely reflects a major, fully authenticated oil painting sold through a top-tier house. This figure should not be used as a benchmark for typical Zorn material; the 75th percentile is $4,200 and the median is $850.
- Several recent lots are described as 'attributed to' Zorn or 'after' Zorn; these are not confirmed autograph works and their prices should not be compared directly to signed or catalogue-raisonné-listed pieces.
- One lot has an incorrect death year ('1922' instead of 1920) in its title, illustrating that auction cataloguing can contain errors that affect searchability and comparability.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
Data basis
This page is built from Appraisily's public auction market index. Private transactions, incomplete sale feeds, and attribution changes may not be fully represented.
Artist value FAQ
How much is Anders Zorn worth?
Comparable public auction sales are the best starting point, but final value depends on the specific artwork, condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence.
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