Kevin Red Star Auction Prices and Value Guide
Kevin Red Star auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 196 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Kevin Red Star auction prices: quick answer
Kevin Red Star auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Kevin Red Star
- Source records
- 196
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Artist context
About Kevin Red Star
Kevin Red Star is a Native American painter and enrolled member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation, born in 1943 on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana. He studied at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a formative institution in the development of contemporary Native American fine art. Red Star's work draws deeply on Crow cultural traditions, depicting Plains Indian life, ceremonial gatherings, horses, and the material culture of the Apsáalooke people. His paintings employ oil and mixed-media techniques with bold color and a compositional style that bridges representational imagery and expressive abstraction. Exhibited widely across the United States, Red Star is recognized as one of the most prominent living Native American painters, and his work is held in numerous public, museum, and private collections.
Contemporary Native American Artoil paintmixed technique (painting)Crow/Apsáalooke cultural life and ceremonial subjectshorsesPlains Indian material culture and habitat
Common works and media
Common works include oil paintings on canvas and mixed-media works on paper and board. Recurring subjects feature Crow warriors, horses, buffalo, tipi scenes, and ceremonial gatherings, often rendered in rich, saturated color palettes. Smaller-format works on paper, drawings, and limited-edition prints also appear in the auction market and may be more accessible entry points for collectors.
Market and appraisal context
Kevin Red Star's paintings appear regularly at public auction, with nearly 200 recorded lots. Oil paintings on canvas and mixed-media works on paper are the most commonly encountered formats. Key valuation factors include the size and medium of the work, subject matter, provenance, condition, and any documented exhibition or publication history. Signed works with clear attribution and museum or gallery provenance tend to generate stronger auction results. Collectors should be aware that Red Star has produced a large body of work across decades, leading to considerable variation in scale, format, and realized prices.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Appraisal caveats
- The artist has been prolific over several decades, resulting in a wide range of sizes, formats, and price points at auction.
- Market data in this research is limited to authority-file and biographical sources; no major auction-house cataloguing was available in the source pack.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) library authority
- VIAF (OCLC) library authority
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Library of Congress 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 Kevin Red Star 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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