Xiaogang Zhang Auction Prices and Value Guide
Xiaogang Zhang auction prices are tracked in Appraisily's artist market index, with source-directory coverage of 705 records. Use this page to review sold-lot activity, market context, and valuation factors before requesting a formal appraisal.
Xiaogang Zhang auction prices: quick answer
Xiaogang Zhang auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.
- Artist
- Xiaogang Zhang
- Source records
- 705
- Market update
- 2026-02-16
Xiaogang Zhang market snapshot
Xiaogang Zhang shows deep auction liquidity with 488 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $181,250. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-10.
Realized price distribution
- Under $1,000 (4.3% · 15 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000 (27.2% · 95 sales)
- $10,000+ (68.5% · 239 sales)
- Median sale (last 12 months)
- $7,620
- Sales recorded (last 12 months)
- 22
- Median shift vs prior year
- +100.0%
- Latest recorded sale
- 2025-12-10
Artist context
About Xiaogang Zhang
Born
1958
Nationality
Chinese
Also known as
Zhang Xiaogang, Zhang, Xiaogang, Xiaogang, Zhang, 张晓刚
Zhang Xiaogang (born 1958) is a Chinese painter whose identity is consistently recorded by Getty ULAN, Wikidata, and VIAF. Collectors most often encounter his work through contemporary Chinese portraiture and the Bloodline series. The portraits frequently restrict color, arrange sitters in formal frontal poses, and emphasize unusually large, dark irises. Their staged appearance recalls Chinese family photographs from the 1950s and 1960s. The source pack also documents sculptures that translate related figures into three dimensions, extending imagery associated with the Bloodlines—Big Family portraits beyond painting. His name appears in several cataloguing forms, including Zhang Xiaogang and Chinese-script variants, so authority matching is important when connecting works with artist and auction records. Appraisily users are therefore likely to encounter his name alongside portraits, family groups, paintings, or sculptures connected to the better-known Bloodline context.
PaintingSculptureStylized portraitureFamily-group imagery informed by Chinese family photographs from the 1950s and 1960s
Common works and media
Documented work types include paintings and sculptures. The best-supported recurring imagery consists of stylized portraits and family groups, often presented with restrained or predominantly monochromatic color and formal, frontal poses. The Bloodline and Bloodlines—Big Family names are especially relevant when organizing related records. Sculptures described in the source pack adapt figures associated with the portrait imagery into three-dimensional form. The collected evidence does not establish prints, drawings, posters, ceramics, or editioned works as common categories, so those classifications should be assessed object by object rather than assumed.
Market and appraisal context
An appraisal should first establish whether the object is a painting or sculpture and whether its documented title or history connects it to the Bloodline or Bloodlines—Big Family series. Comparable selection should prioritize the same medium and closely related portrait or family-group formats, then consider public sale dates and realized prices where suitable records exist. The collected source pack identifies an Appraisily auction-record presence but provides no accessible major-auction-house lot essays. A valuation should therefore remain tied to the specific object and genuinely comparable public records, rather than relying on the artist's general reputation or an unsupported assumption based on visual resemblance alone.
Auction categories and appraisal factors
Common auction categories
- Paintings
- Sculptures
Value drivers
- Correct classification by medium and work type, particularly painting versus sculpture
- Documented relationship to the Bloodline or Bloodlines—Big Family series
- Comparison with public auction records by work type, sale date, and realized price when suitable records are available
- Similarity of portrait subject and family-group format to documented works
Appraisal caveats
- The source pack contains no accessible major-auction-house biography or lot essay, so market commentary is limited to documented work types, series context, and the Appraisily auction-record signal.
- A series resemblance should not be treated as confirmation of authorship, authenticity, or inclusion in a recognized body of work.
- The supplied sources do not support a current price trend or prospective price prediction.
Evidence
Sources for artist context
This source-grounded artist context is based on collected public records: medium confidence, adequate source quality.
- Getty Vocabulary Program library authority
- Wikidata library authority
- VIAF library authority
- Wikipedia wikipedia
- Appraisily appraisily artist page
- Wikimedia Commons image repository
Recent sale records
Selected public auction records currently in the Appraisily lot index. Use them as market context, then request a formal appraisal before you sell, insure, or donate.

zhang xiaogang b 1958 bloodline series the big family no 2 oil on canva · Christie's · 2020-12-02 zhang xiaogang b 1958 bloodline series the big family no 2 oil on canva Christie's · 2020-12-02

zhang xiaogang · Sotheby's · 2011-04-03 zhang xiaogang Sotheby's · 2011-04-03

zhang xiaogang · Sotheby's · 2011-04-04 zhang xiaogang Sotheby's · 2011-04-04

zhang xiaogang · Sotheby's · 2012-04-02 zhang xiaogang Sotheby's · 2012-04-02

zhang xiaogang · Sotheby's · 2010-10-04 zhang xiaogang Sotheby's · 2010-10-04

zhang xiaogang b 1958 bloodline the big family no 3 oil on canvas · Sotheby's · 2008-04-09 zhang xiaogang b 1958 bloodline the big family no 3 oil on canvas Sotheby's · 2008-04-09
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 Xiaogang Zhang 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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