Chinese, b. 1955
Gu Wenda
126results on record
69%sell-through
$30,638median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$809,611record in our coverage
Drawn from 126 recorded results (115 sold · 11 passed) across 9 auction houses, 2001–2026. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| works on paper | 43 | 62% | $24,142 |
| other | 7 | 50% | $46,875 |
Medium is recorded for 50 of 126 results (40%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Yue Minjun Gu Wenda Yue Minjun
| Metric | Gu Wenda | Yue Minjun |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $30,638 | $8,750 |
| Record price | $809,611 | $5,950,225 |
| Results on record | 126 | 551 |
| Years active at auction | 2001–2026 | 2002–2026 |
Related artists: Yue MinjunWang GuangyiQiu ZhijieZeng Fanzhi
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
69/ 100
- Sell-through69%
- Meets estimate58%
- Market depth126 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 | 64 | 100% | $45,998 | 0.85× |
| Christie's | 32 | 100% | $30,636 | — |
| Bonhams | 14 | 71% | $14,020 | 0.93× |
| Heritage Auctions | 11 | 64% | $6,250 | — |
| Phillips | 1 | 100% | $7,905 | — |
| Rago | 1 | 100% | $2,772 | — |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 50% | $2,837 | 0.67× |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Tiroche | 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 127 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 11 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·05 | Pseudo Character H9 | $3,830–$7,660 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Body Landscape | $4,081–$6,802 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Landscape | $1,543–$1,928 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Landscape | $1,028–$1,543 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Untitled | $3,214–$4,499 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·06 | Untitled (Character) | Ink on rice paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2023·05 | Forest of Stone Stele #16, 2000, | $1,246–$2,492 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·05 | Storm Clouds Gathering Over a Small Hut, 1993 | $7,477–$9,970 | Bonhams | |||
| 2023·03 | H25 (from the Mythos of Lost Dynasties series) | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2022·12 | Lost Dynasties Series D #6 | Ink and colour on paper | $5,142–$7,713 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·09 | Untitled (Pseudo Character) | ink on paper | $4,000–$6,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·05 | Untitled (Large Pseudo Character) | Ink on rice paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·03 | Mythos of Lost Dynasties - H14 | ink on paper | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2020·06 | Wenda Gu | Mixed media | $2,270–$4,539 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2019·11 | Wind and Sand from the Phrase Series | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·10 | Wenda Gu | Mixed media | $2,229–$4,458 | Kruso Art | ||
| 2019·10 | 遺失的王朝j系列之二十 mythos of lost dynasties j series - no. 20 | $7,648–$15,296 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·09 | Untitled from the series Mythos of Lost Dynasties | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·09 | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind and Bamboo | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·05 | Pseudo Character Series: Wind Storm | Ink on paper | $19,109–$31,849 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·11 | Silk Road (Form A:a-2) | ink and hair on paper | $25,557–$38,335 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·11 | Untitled (Pseudo Character) | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2017·10 | mythos of lost dynasties series - tranquillity comes from meditation, no. 4: deconstruction of words | $76,809–$102,412 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·10 | exclamatory word and bound human innards series: xu! xu! xu! (triptych) | $409,690–$512,113 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·01 | Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series J No. 2 | $10,312–$15,468 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Untitled | Ink on paper | $25,788–$38,681 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Calligraphy - Poem by Zhengming | Ink on paper | $19,341–$25,788 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Zodiac Series: Year of the Snake | ink on paper | $19,340–$32,233 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·11 | Untitled | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·11 | Untitled (Pseudo Characters) | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·10 | Zodiac Series: Year of the Monkey | $19,340–$32,233 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·10 | gu's phrase series no.1: sinking & floating | $38,680–$58,019 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | b. 1955 | $8,000–$12,000 | Tiroche | |||
| 2016·05 | Mythos of Lost Dynasties H35: Pseudo Seal-Script in Ancient Wrap | Ink on paper | $19,314–$25,752 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Mythos of Lost Dynasties: A Series #23 | Ink on paper | $19,314–$25,752 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | 谷文達 Pseudo Seal-Script in Ancient Wrap J14 虛構文字系列J14 | $11,587–$12,875 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·05 | Untitled (Pseudo Characters) | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2016·04 | mythos of lost dynasties c series #6: cloud & water | $51,578–$77,368 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·04 | Metamorphosis: Pseudo-Chinese | $51,578–$77,368 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·04 | Ink Valley and White Water | $25,789–$38,684 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·04 | exclamatory word and bound human innards series: ha! ha! ha! (triptych) | $257,907–$386,861 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Zodiac Series #8: Year of the Ram | ink on paper | $19,353–$32,256 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Untitled (Pseudo Character) | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2015·10 | Gu's Phrase: Wind series, Feng Shui | $32,258–$45,161 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·10 | Wonderland | $19,355–$32,258 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·10 | Pseudo Seal-Script in Ancient Wrap J13 & J14 | $30,967–$43,870 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·04 | Untitled | $51,597–$77,396 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·04 | united nations series: hong kong monument (set of two) | $90,295–$116,094 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·04 | exclamatory word and bound human innards series: ba! ba! ba! (triptych) | $412,778–$515,972 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·04 | exclamatory word and bound human innards series: he! he! he! (triptych) | $412,778–$515,972 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·03 | Pseudo Character No. 18 | $14,000–$22,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·01 | body landscape no.1 & no.2 | $9,029–$12,898 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·01 | Gu's Phrase - Happy Chinese Year of the Tiger | $9,029–$12,898 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·12 | Forest of Stone Steles | ink rubbing | $6,450–$10,320 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·11 | Gu's Phrase Wind Series: Fengjing (Landscape) | $19,537–$32,562 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·11 | Mouth Actions | Ink and colour on paper | $644,595–$773,514 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·11 | Gu's Phrase Stone Steles #6: Yi Shu Ai Lian | Ink rubbing on paper | $25,784–$38,676 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·11 | Untitled (Pseudo Character No. 18) | Ink on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2014·10 | Lost Dynasties J Series D #5 | ink and red color on paper | $19,620–$26,160 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·10 | Pseudo Character G Series No.10 | $51,567–$64,459 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·10 | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind and Bamboo | $19,338–$32,230 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·10 | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind and Sand | $19,338–$32,230 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·10 | Gu Wenda | ink and red color on paper | $19,330–$25,773 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·05 | Pseudo Character Series : Wind Flow | ink on paper | $19,350–$25,800 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·05 | Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap H35 | $10,320–$19,350 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·05 | Mythos Of Lost Dynasties: A Series #23 | $10,320–$14,190 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·05 | Pseudo Character Series - Wind Rush | ink on paper | $19,350–$25,800 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·05 | Pseudo Character Series: High Wind | ink on paper | $28,380–$36,120 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·04 | Pseudo Character H3 | $12,890–$19,336 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·04 | pseudo character: wind (sky dynasty format #4-1) | $51,562–$64,452 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·04 | Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series | $45,117–$58,007 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·04 | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind | $15,469–$23,203 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·04 | Gu Wenda | $28,359–$36,093 | Christie's | |||
| 2013·12 | Ink World | $24,611–$32,815 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·12 | lost dynasty, no.4, b series | $45,941–$57,426 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·12 | Gu's Phrase Series: Wind | $68,911–$88,600 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·11 | Untitled | ink on paper | $6,449–$10,319 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·11 | Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap H35 | $10,319–$19,348 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·11 | Wind Series: Feng Lei | $32,247–$45,145 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·11 | Untitled; & Untitled | two ink on paper | $19,348–$32,247 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·10 | Pseudo Character H9 and H12 (two works) | $38,688–$64,479 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | red drawing (set of two) | $15,475–$23,213 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | metamorphosis: pseudo latin | $28,371–$41,267 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·10 | Chang Shen | $12,896–$19,344 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·05 | Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap H28 | $10,305–$19,322 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·05 | Pseudo Seal-script in Ancient Wrap H36 | $10,305–$19,322 | Bonhams | |||
| 2013·05 | Lost Dynasties Series No. 7 | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·04 | The Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series | $41,208–$57,948 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2013·03 | gu's phrase - study from nature series #6: wind & rain | — | Unsold listing | Sotheby's | ||
| 2012·11 | Gu Wenda | ink on rice paper | $7,742–$10,322 | Christie's | ||
| 2012·04 | Drama of Two Culture Formats Merge C1-C3 (three works) | $244,671–$321,936 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2011·11 | Gu Wenda | ink on paper | $7,695–$10,261 | Christie's | ||
| 2011·10 | Pseudo Character Series - Storm-Thunder | $28,246–$44,936 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2011·04 | Pseudo Character Series | $32,147–$45,006 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·10 | The Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series | $41,244–$51,555 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2010·10 | Gu's Phase Series: Chinese Zodiac, The Year of Chicken | $15,466–$20,622 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2009·11 | Gu Wenda | ink on paper | $15,484–$23,225 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·11 | Gu Wenda | ink on paper, mounted on silk | $12,903–$19,354 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·11 | Gu Wenda | ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll | $19,354–$25,806 | Christie's | ||
| 2009·10 | The Mythos of Lost Dynasties Series | $38,708–$45,160 | Sotheby's | |||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.