Jirí Kolár Auction Prices and Value Guide
Jirí Kolár auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 1,033 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
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Jirí Kolár auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Jirí Kolár
- Source records
- 1,033
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Jirí Kolár
Jirí Kolár (1914–2002) was a Czech artist, poet, and translator whose career bridged literary experimentation and visual art. Born in Kladno, he was active from the late 1930s through the 1990s, producing work as a collagist, painter, sculptor, photographer, typographer, and paper artist. Kolár became best known for his innovative collage techniques and paper-based constructions that fused text, image, and found material. His visual practice ran parallel to a significant career as a poet and playwright, and he is associated with the Czech avant-garde and broader European experimental art movements. Major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and Tate in London hold his work. His wife, Bela Kolárová, was also a noted Czech artist. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Kolár developed a distinctive visual language that continues to appear in international collections and auctions.
Czech avant-gardeExperimental poetryFluxus (associated)CollagePhotographic collagePaper artPrintHomage and tribute works (to Albers, Picasso, etc.)Text and visual language
Common works and media
Kolár's auction and collection presence includes paper collages, photographic collages, prints from published portfolios (such as the Homage to Picasso suite, published 1973), mixed-media works on paper, paintings, sculptures, typographic works, and posters. Editioned prints and collage-based works are the most frequently offered categories. Subjects range from abstract compositions and text-based imagery to figurative studies and commemorative pieces such as his Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics work.
Market and appraisal context
Jirí Kolár maintains an established and active secondary-market presence, with 62 auction lots recorded between May 2007 and November 2025. Of these, 36 carry realized prices, yielding a well-defined price band: the interquartile range runs from approximately €440 to €2,400, with a median near €1,250. The ceiling sits at €12,500, with strong individual results at Sotheby's — notably a group of collage works that realized €7,620 and €6,985 in November 2023 — confirming that multi-work lots and well-documented pieces at major houses can materially exceed the median. Liquidity is moderate: 6 lots appeared in the most recent 12-month window versus 8 in the prior 12 months, indicating steady but not high-volume turnover. The market is predominantly European, with German and Swiss houses (Karl & Faber, Grisebach, Van Ham, Kornfeld, Kastern, Schmidt, Schloss Ahlden) accounting for the bulk of offerings, supplemented by Italian (Fabiani Arte), French (Cornette de Saint-Cyr), Spanish (Balclis), British (Sotheby's), and American (Weschler's, Swann) appearances. Editioned prints and collage-based works on paper are the most commonly offered categories.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Collage
- Paper art
- Works on paper
- Mixed media on paper
Value drivers
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Appraisal caveats
- Market data in this profile is inferred from museum holdings and published work types, not from a systematic auction-record survey.
- Kolár's output spans literary and visual media; not all works encountered at auction are visual art objects.
- Approximately 42% of recorded lots (26 of 62) have no realized price, which may reflect unsold lots, withdrawn works, or post-sale private negotiations. The price distribution is based on the 36 priced lots only.
- All prices are reported in mixed currencies (EUR, USD, CHF). The median and percentile figures from the Appraisily auction-record index may reflect currency conversion; direct comparison should account for exchange rates at sale date.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
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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