Matt Mullican Auction Prices and Value Guide
Matt Mullican auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 183 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Matt Mullican auction prices: quick answer
Matt Mullican auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Matt Mullican
- Source records
- 183
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Matt Mullican
Matt Mullican (born 1951, Santa Monica, California) is an American visual artist who works across painting, installation, and photography. The son of artists Lee Mullican and Luchita Hurtado, he grew up within a creative household that shaped his engagement with sign systems, cosmologies, and the structure of perception. Mullican divides his time between Berlin and New York City and has held teaching positions, contributing to arts education alongside his studio practice. His work is held in major museum collections including Tate and is documented in the Getty Union List of Artist Names, VIAF, and the RKD Netherlands Institute for Art History. Mullican's output spans a wide range of media—from oil painting and rubbings to lightboxes, banners, and video—unified by an ongoing investigation into how images encode meaning and how individuals map their subjective experience of the world.
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Common works and media
Collectors may encounter Mullican's work in the form of oil and acrylic paintings on canvas, rubbings on paper, lightbox and glass constructions, printed banners and posters, photographs, and video or performance documentation. Multiples and editioned prints also appear with some regularity at auction. His imagery frequently involves simplified pictographic signs, city-plan diagrams, and cosmological charts rendered in bold color palettes.
Market and appraisal context
Mullican's work appears in the contemporary art market across several categories, including paintings, works on paper, prints and multiples, and installation-based pieces. His institutional presence—with works held by museums such as Tate—supports ongoing collector interest. Valuation of individual works depends on medium, scale, date of execution, provenance, exhibition history, and whether a piece is from a recognized series. Collectors should also consider condition reports and the distinction between unique works and editions. Specific realized prices should be checked against current auction records, as the source material for this page does not include individual sale results.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Value drivers
- Medium and scale (painting, installation, photography, works on paper)
- Provenance and exhibition history given extensive institutional presence
- Estate and gallery representation affecting availability
Appraisal caveats
- No specific auction records were available in the source pack; market context is inferred from institutional recognition and medium range. Realized prices should be verified against current auction databases.
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
How much is Matt Mullican 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 Matt Mullican artwork?
Yes. Appraisily can review photos, dimensions, signatures, condition, provenance, and comparable market data to prepare a current valuation.