Eugenio Carmi Auction Prices and Value Guide
Eugenio Carmi auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 425 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Eugenio Carmi auction prices: quick answer
Eugenio Carmi auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Eugenio Carmi
- Source records
- 425
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Eugenio Carmi
Eugenio Carmi (1920–2016) was an Italian painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and designer regarded as one of the leading figures of abstractionism in Italy. Born in Genoa, he spent the war years in Switzerland (1939–1946), where exposure to the European avant-garde in Zurich shaped his artistic direction. After returning to Italy, he studied in Genoa and Turin before emerging as a prominent exponent of Art Informel during the 1960s and 1970s. Carmi relocated to Milan in 1971 and taught at institutions including the Rhode Island School of Design and the Academies of Fine Arts in Macerata and Ravenna. In 2001 he was elected to the Accademia nazionale di San Luca. His work is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. With over four hundred lots recorded at auction, Carmi's output spans paintings, sculptures, collages, graphic works, and design pieces that collectors encounter across the Post-War and Contemporary Art market.
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Common works and media
Collectors and appraisers most frequently encounter Carmi's abstract paintings on canvas and panel, painted metal sculptures, collages, screen prints and other graphic editions, and design objects. His work typically engages geometric and gestural abstraction. Signed and numbered prints form a notable share of recorded auction lots, alongside unique paintings and sculptural pieces.
Market and appraisal context
Eugenio Carmi's secondary-market footprint is well established: 215 auction lots recorded between July 2002 and February 2026, of which 140 carry a realized price. The price distribution is wide and right-skewed—median €200, interquartile range €80–€700, ceiling at €5,490—reflecting the broad spread between small graphic editions or multiples at the low end and unique paintings and sculptures commanding four-figure results. The market is predominantly Italian, with Art-Rite, Finarte, Cambi Casa d'Aste, Capitolium Art, Picenum, Felima Art, and Mediartrade accounting for most volume, though international houses such as Bonhams and Old Kinderhook Auction Company also appear. Liquidity has moderated recently: 13 priced lots in the trailing 12 months versus 25 in the prior 12 months, suggesting a quieter but still active market. Lots appear across Post-War and Contemporary Art and Prints and Multiples categories, with works ranging from original serigraphs and screen prints (often selling in the €30–€300 band) to unique abstract paintings and sculptural pieces that reach €700–€1,500 at houses like Finarte, Bonhams, and Itineris. A design piece produced for Acerbis (Morphos series) realized €700, indicating crossover design-art interest as well.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Post-War and Contemporary Art
- Prints and Multiples
- painting
- sculpture
- graphic art
Value drivers
- Medium and support: paintings, sculptures, works on paper, and graphic editions may each command different price ranges
- Institutional recognition: works held by MoMA and membership in the Accademia di San Luca support long-term collector interest
- Period significance: Art Informel and Italian abstraction works from the 1960s–1970s are a noted collecting area
- Medium and uniqueness: unique paintings and sculptures generally command higher prices than graphic editions and multiples; the dataset shows prints as low as €10–€60 alongside paintings reaching €1,000–€1,500
- Period and date: works from Carmi's mature 1960s–1970s Art Informel period may carry a premium over later works; lot titles reference dates from 1972 through 1991
- Dimensions and scale: larger works on canvas or panel typically realize higher prices than small works on paper or multiples
Appraisal caveats
- No specific auction price records are cited here; comparable lot results should be reviewed for individual appraisal
- All price data are drawn from the Appraisily auction-record index, which aggregates public auction feeds; private sale and gallery prices are not represented
- Prices span EUR and USD; cross-currency comparison requires adjustment for exchange rates at the time of sale
- Lot titles are as recorded by the auction houses and may not fully describe medium, dimensions, or edition details; appraisers should verify catalog entries directly
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Library of Congress library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- RKD library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- VIAF 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
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