Peter Doig Auction Prices and Value Guide
Peter Doig auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 942 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Peter Doig auction prices: quick answer
Peter Doig auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Peter Doig
- Source records
- 942
- Market update
- 2026-02-06
Artist context
About Peter Doig
Peter Doig (born 1959, Edinburgh, Scotland) is a painter whose work draws on the landscapes and cultures of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Trinidad. His peripatetic upbringing—moving between Scotland, Trinidad, and Canada as a child—shaped a distinctive visual language in which memory, atmosphere, and autobiographical suggestion merge within figurative landscape compositions. After studying at Central Saint Martins (B.A., 1983) and the Chelsea School of Art (M.A., 1990) in London, he established himself through paintings such as Pink Snow (1991), which layers decorative surface effects over a solitary figure in a snowy Canadian forest. From 2002 to 2021 he lived and worked in Trinidad, a period that shifted his palette and subject matter toward Caribbean light and architecture, as seen in works like Lapeyrouse Wall (2004). He has since returned to London. Major institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Tate, and the Centre Pompidou hold his work, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential figurative painters of his generation.
Contemporary figurative paintingoil paintingwatercolorgouacheetchinglandscapessolitary figures in landscapesnow and winter scenesCaribbean and Trinidad settings
Common works and media
Collectors and appraisers most frequently encounter Peter Doig's oil paintings on canvas, which range from intimate scales to large-format compositions. He also works in watercolor, gouache, and etching, and drawings appear periodically at auction. Common subjects include wooded or snowy landscapes with solitary figures, canoes on reflective water, and architectural or wall motifs drawn from Trinidad's built environment. Screen-based visual interference—where surface pattern partially obscures the depicted scene—is a hallmark of his technique across mediums.
Market and appraisal context
Peter Doig maintains one of the most active and wide-ranging secondary markets among living contemporary painters. Appraisily auction records index 627 lots, of which 463 carry a realized price, spanning from February 2001 through May 2026. The price distribution is exceptionally wide: the median lot sells near $3,250, while the 75th percentile jumps to $50,800, reflecting the steep tiering between prints/works on paper and major oil paintings. The upper bound of $18,085,000 is anchored by large-format canvases sold at Christie's. Recent annual volume is stable at 43 lots in the trailing twelve months versus 46 in the prior period, indicating sustained but not oversupplied liquidity. Ten distinct auction houses appear among the top houses by frequency—Christie's, Sotheby's, Phillips, Bonhams, Artcurial, Grisebach, Dreweatts 1759, Forum Auctions, Roseberys, and Auctionata Paddle8 AG—confirming deep cross-regional demand across London, New York, Paris, and Berlin sale rooms. Lower-value lots (posters, giclée prints, small works on paper) trade through regional houses such as Lawsons, Rago, Swann, and Kastern, providing accessible entry points for collectors.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- oil painting
- watercolor
- gouache
- etching
- drawing
Value drivers
- Medium: oil paintings on canvas generally command the highest values; works on paper, prints, and etchings trade at lower price tiers
- Subject and period: paintings from the artist's recognized series (Canadian landscapes, Trinidad scenes) are widely exhibited and documented
- Provenance: exhibition history at major institutions such as MoMA and Tate strengthens collector confidence
- Attribution: the artist has used the alternate name Che Lovelace in related contexts (per Library of Congress authority record), which collectors and appraisers should verify carefully
- Size, date, and condition significantly affect value, as with most contemporary painters of this standing
- Medium is the strongest price determinant: large oil paintings on canvas trade in the hundreds of thousands to millions; watercolors in the mid-six figures; prints and multiples in the hundreds to low thousands.
Appraisal caveats
- Public auction records and comparable lots should be consulted for current market values; Appraisily artist pages do not provide price estimates.
- The high volume of auction appearances (over 900 records) indicates active secondary-market trading, but frequency alone does not determine value.
- Collectors should verify attribution carefully, as the LoC authority file lists a related alternate form (Lovelace, Che) that may refer to a distinct Trinidadian artist rather than an alias.
- Price dispersion is extreme ($20 AUD to over $18M); any appraisal must be grounded in closely comparable lots filtered by medium, size, date, and provenance rather than broad averages.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context passed Appraisily's promotion threshold: high confidence, strong sources.
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Library of Congress library authority
- The Museum of Modern Art museum or university
- Tate museum or university
- RKD (Netherlands Institute for Art History) 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 Peter Doig 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 Peter Doig artwork?
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