Kerry James Marshall Auction Prices and Value Guide

Kerry James Marshall auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 175 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.

Kerry James Marshall auction prices: quick answer

Kerry James Marshall auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Kerry James Marshall
Source records
175
Market update
2026-02-06

Kerry James Marshall market snapshot

Kerry James Marshall shows solid auction liquidity with 112 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $18,900. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 16 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-13.

Realized price distribution

  • Under $1,000 (3.4% · 3 sales)
  • $1,000 to $10,000 (27.6% · 24 sales)
  • $10,000+ (69.0% · 60 sales)
Median sale (last 12 months)
$21,000
Sales recorded (last 12 months)
16
Median shift vs prior year
+5.0%
Latest recorded sale
2025-12-13

Artist context

About Kerry James Marshall

Born

1955

Nationality

American

Kerry James Marshall, born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1955, is an American artist, painter, and professor. He moved to South Central Los Angeles during childhood and later established much of his career in Chicago, where he formerly taught painting at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Marshall is especially known for paintings that place Black figures at the center of the composition. The available sources identify him principally through his practice, subject matter, and teaching career rather than through a single named movement. Collectors encounter his name across museum and authority databases as well as in public auction listings. For appraisal and entity matching, his full name, 1955 birth year, American identity, painting practice, and association with depictions of Black figures provide the strongest documented signals in the current source pack.

PaintingBlack figures

Common works and media

Paintings are the clearly documented work type in the supplied sources, particularly figurative works depicting Black subjects. The source pack does not establish a dependable category breakdown for prints, editions, sculptures, drawings, posters, or other media. Such objects should therefore be classified from their own cataloguing, inscriptions, materials, and attribution evidence rather than assigned to a category by assumption.

Market and appraisal context

The current Appraisily source pack associates 175 catalogued auction records with Kerry James Marshall, but that count should not be treated as a price forecast or proof of a market trend. Relevant comparisons should be selected at the individual-object level, beginning with work type, medium, subject matter, attribution, and identity match. Where auction records provide them, sale date, realized price, and comparable-lot context can help establish a defensible reference set. This source pack does not include the records needed to assess dimensions, condition, provenance, creation date, edition status, or direct comparability, so those details require separate verification before an appraisal conclusion is formed.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • Paintings

Value drivers

  1. Work type and medium
  2. Subject matter, including the representation of Black figures
  3. Comparable auction records, sale dates, and realized prices when matching records are available
  4. Attribution and identity matching against established artist and authority profiles

Appraisal caveats

  • The supplied source pack does not expose lot-level dimensions, condition, provenance, creation dates, edition information, or realized prices.
  • The reported auction-record count is a retrieval signal, not evidence of value, scarcity, liquidity, or a market trend.
  • Object-level cataloguing and documented attribution should be reviewed before selecting comparable sales.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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

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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 Kerry James Marshall

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Artist value FAQ

How much is Kerry James Marshall 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 Kerry James Marshall artwork?

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