Russian/American, 1887–1964
Alexander Archipenko
393results on record
81%sell-through
$68,750median result (USD, incl. premium; 93% observed, 7% estimated from hammer)
$5,132,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 393 recorded results (364 sold · 29 passed) across 23 auction houses, 1998–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 93% observed, 7% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.
Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.
By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line
| Medium | Results | Sell-through | Median result (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| sculpture | 172 | 76% | $109,000 |
| works on paper | 33 | 78% | $13,750 |
| prints | 13 | 100% | $1,367 |
| ceramics & design | 12 | 60% | $77,675 |
| painting | 7 | 100% | $8,000 |
| other | 6 | 50% | $39,062 |
Medium is recorded for 243 of 393 results (62%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Pablo Picasso Alexander Archipenko Pablo Picasso
| Metric | Alexander Archipenko | Pablo Picasso |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $68,750 | $10,507 |
| Record price | $5,132,000 | $179,365,000 |
| Results on record | 393 | 29,706 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Pablo PicassoMarc ChagallJoan MiróHenry Moore
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
76/ 100
- Sell-through81%
- Meets estimate59%
- Market depth393 results
How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →
Where this artist sells best
| House | Results | Sell-through | Median | vs. estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 175 | 80% | $93,000 | 0.91× |
| Christie's | 149 | 77% | $90,000 | — |
| Hammersite | 16 | 81% | $3,750 | 0.33× |
| Rago | 13 | 85% | $10,080 | — |
| Bonhams | 8 | 88% | $3,380 | 0.83× |
| Phillips | 7 | 86% | $137,882 | — |
| Tiroche | 3 | 100% | $18,750 | 0.65× |
| Art collect | 3 | — | $625 | 0.52× |
| Wright | 2 | 100% | $26,140 | — |
| Grisebach | 2 | — | $22,016 | — |
| PASAREL | 2 | 100% | $106 | 0.51× |
| Dorotheum | 2 | 100% | $46,417 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 1 | 100% | $38,400 | 0.60× |
| Lempertz | 1 | 100% | $258,736 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 1 | — | $173,904 | — |
| Auktionshaus Kloss | 1 | 100% | $725 | 0.62× |
| Ishtar | 1 | 100% | $1,062 | — |
| Finarte | 1 | 100% | $171 | 0.80× |
| Hermitage Fine Art | 1 | 100% | $1,367 | 1.00× |
| Locati LLC | 1 | 100% | $312 | 0.83× |
| Heritage Auctions | 3 | 33% | $375 | — |
| HELIOS | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Strauss & Co | 1 | 0% | — | — |
The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →
Prices realized 396 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 29 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | Seated Woman | $15,000–$20,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·07 | Cubist Female Figure | Charcoal on paper | $12,000–$14,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2026·07 | Cubist Dancer | Gouache on paper | $22,000–$28,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2026·05 | nach | $812–$1,044 | Auktionshaus Kloss | |||
| 2026·05 | Woman Combing Her Hair | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Silver Torso | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·05 | Angelica, Angelica's Sarcophagus | gilded bronze | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·05 | Woman with Folded Arms | bronze with brown patina | $150,000–$250,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·05 | Figure | terracotta on wooden base | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·05 | Flat Torso | white marble | $500,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·04 | Torso (Female Figure), Torse (Var. II), 1945 | polished terracotta on a round black wooden base | $40,000–$60,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·04 | Femme assise | $106,173–$141,564 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Two Figures or Two Figures XIV | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | The Back | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Nude Resting on Right Hip or Seated Woman VI | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | The Couple | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Sadness, Tristesse | $70,000–$100,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Dignity | $120,000–$180,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·11 | Symmetrical Torso | bronze with green and brown patina | $180,000–$250,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | King Solomon | bronze with brown patina | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Angelica, Angelica's Sarcophagus | gilded bronze | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Flat Torso | bronze with green patina on onyx base | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Graceful Movement | silver plated bronze | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Espagnola | bronze with brown and green patina | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Group (Feminine Solitude) | marble | $600,793–$867,812 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Coquette | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2025·09 | Le Repos | $136,152–$204,228 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Seated Nude Pencil on Paper | $12,000–$15,000 | HELIOS | |||
| 2025·07 | Red Dust Finger Drawing of a Nude | $8,000–$12,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·07 | 1887 – 1964 | Bronze | $8,000–$12,000 | Tiroche | ||
| 2025·06 | Symmetrischer Torso, 1921/1997 | Bronze with greenish patina Estimate: € 70,000 / $ 79,800 Sold: € 152,400 / $ 173,735 (incl | $79,877–$79,877 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2025·05 | Untitled (Two Women) | $30,000–$50,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | White | $12,000–$18,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Untitled (Pink) | $12,000–$18,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Untitled (Profile) | $8,000–$12,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Flat Torso | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·05 | Birth of Venus | bronze with green patina, granite, marble and turquoise | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Woman with Folded Arms | bronze with reddish brown patina | $150,000–$250,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Graceful Movement | silver plated bronze | $70,000–$100,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Small Sculpture of an Abstract Female Figure | $25,000–$60,000 | Hammersite | |||
| 2025·05 | Figures in Red | Oil on Paper | $10,000–$20,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2025·02 | Femme assise | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·02 | Lithograph | $200–$400 | Locati LLC | |||
| 2025·02 | Dancing Figures | Charcoal on paper | $6,000–$7,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2024·12 | 1887 - 1964 | Bronze | $5,000–$8,000 | Tiroche | ||
| 2024·11 | Les formes vivantes, 1963 | $2,640–$3,697 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·11 | Figures in Red | Oil on paper | $4,000–$8,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2024·11 | Dancing Figures | Pastel on paper | $2,000–$5,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2024·11 | Concave within Concave | $120,000–$180,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·11 | Nature morte | gouache on paper | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·11 | Walking Torso | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | Femme assise | $120,000–$180,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | Seated | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | Two Nudes | $6,000–$8,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | The Well of Life | $10,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | M. West & Josephine | $10,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | Untitled (Cleopatra) | $40,000–$60,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·11 | Orange and Black | $12,000–$18,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Les Formes vivantes (Karshan 44-53) | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | The Kiss | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·10 | Leda with Swan | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Birth of Venus | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Untitled | $31,642–$44,299 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·05 | Madonna | white marble | $40,000–$60,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·05 | Woman Combing Her Hair | bronze with brown patina | $1,500,000–$2,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·04 | The Broken Runner | ink on paper | $8,000–$12,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2024·03 | Spring Torso | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | The Sculptor | $400–$600 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·02 | Egyptian Motif | bronze with green patina, on a stone base | $1,053–$1,579 | Strauss & Co | ||
| 2023·11 | Figures in Red | Oil on paper | $10,000–$20,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2023·11 | The Broken Runner | ink on paper | $10,000–$20,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2023·11 | Figures in Red | Oil on paper | $10,000–$20,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2023·11 | Femme assise | $7,000–$9,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·11 | Woman Standing | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Walking Torso | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Seated Figure in an Oval (Femme) | watercolor, colored pencils, chalk and pencil on paper | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | Madonna | white marble | $80,000–$120,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | Arabian | bronze with brown patina | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·11 | Fiancée | bronze with reddish brown patina | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·07 | Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen | $4,000–$6,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·07 | Spring Torso | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·06 | Bending nude | $875–$1,313 | Hermitage Fine Art | |||
| 2023·06 | The Sculptor, n.d. | Lithograph on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Egyptian Motif | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Statue on a Triangular Base | $120,000–$180,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Dancer | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Femme dans un fauteuil | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·05 | Femme assise | pencil on paper | $5,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2023·03 | Two Drawings - Sketches for Sculptures 1910-21 | Pencil on paper | $3,000–$4,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2023·03 | Madonna of the Rocks | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·03 | Three Fragmented Figures | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·03 | Untitled (Standing Figure) | $18,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·03 | Kimono | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·03 | Still Life with Book and Vase on Table | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·03 | Dreizehn Steinzeichnungen | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·01 | 1887 - 1964 | Bronze | $30,000–$50,000 | Tiroche | ||
| 2022·11 | Female Figure and Two Other Sketches | Pencil on paper | $2,000–$4,000 | Hammersite | ||
| 2022·11 | A Preparation for a Sculpture | $10,000–$15,000 | Hammersite | |||
| 2022·11 | Illuminated Figures | colored wax crayons and pen and India ink on paper laid down on board | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2022·11 | Flat Torso | silver-plated bronze | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
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