Giuseppe Penone Auction Prices and Value Guide

Giuseppe Penone auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 169 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Giuseppe Penone auction prices: quick answer

Giuseppe Penone auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Giuseppe Penone
Source records
169
Market update
2026-02-16

Giuseppe Penone market snapshot

Giuseppe Penone shows solid auction liquidity with 115 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $28,750. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 9 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-09-11.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (2.6% · 2 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (30.3% · 23 sales)
  • $10,000+ (67.1% · 51 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$17,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
9
Median shift vs prior year
+100.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-09-11

Artist context

About Giuseppe Penone

Giuseppe Penone portrait
Hafenbar 16:06, 22. Jun. 2010 (CEST) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Born

1947

Nationality

Italian

Giuseppe Penone (born 1947) is an Italian artist and sculptor best known in the collected reference material for large-scale sculptures centered on trees. His practice is presented as an inquiry into connections between human beings and the natural world. Reference summaries frequently place his early work in relation to Arte Povera, although the accessible institution-grade excerpts in this source pack do not independently establish that classification. Penone’s public identity is anchored by Wikidata and stable Getty, MoMA, Tate, and National Gallery of Art profiles, helping distinguish him from similarly named makers and supporting reliable entity matching. Collectors are most likely to encounter his name in connection with sculpture, nature-focused work, and auction records grouped under his artist identity. The available pack is stronger on identification and broad artistic context than on chronology, materials, individual series, or a complete catalogue of works, so those details should be checked against object-specific documentation.

Arte Povera association, particularly in early workSculptureTreesConnections between human beings and the natural world

Common works and media

The source pack most clearly supports sculpture, particularly large-scale works involving the form or subject of trees and a broader human-nature theme. It does not provide enough verified detail to list specific materials, editions, prints, drawings, named series, or recurring auction subtypes. For an object submitted as a Penone work, its medium and format should be established from the object and its documentation before comparable lots are selected.

Market and appraisal context

Appraisal should begin by confirming that an object is correctly identified and described. For Penone, comparison should remain within genuinely comparable sculpture records and should account for sale date and realized price when those fields are available. The supplied Appraisily signal contains 169 artist-linked records, but this source pack does not expose the individual lots, materials, dimensions, edition information, condition reports, provenance, or attribution wording. Those gaps prevent a defensible price forecast here. A qualified appraisal should reconcile the object’s documentation and physical characteristics with appropriate public auction records rather than treating the artist-level record count as a valuation.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Sculpture

Value drivers

  1. Comparable public auction records, including sale dates and realized prices when available

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied artist-level signal contains 169 records, but individual lot details were not included in the source pack.
  • The collected sources do not establish object-specific materials, dimensions, edition status, condition, provenance, authenticity, or attribution.
  • Artist-level record counts should not be treated as a valuation without reviewing genuinely comparable lots and the submitted object's documentation.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.

Source-grounded artist Markdown

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.

LLM-readable Markdown summary for Giuseppe Penone

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Giuseppe Penone 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.

Can Appraisily value my Giuseppe Penone artwork?

Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.