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Japanese, b. 1948

Hiroshi Sugimoto

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1,859results on record
84%sell-through
$20,440median result (USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer)
$1,888,000record in our coverage

Drawn from 1,859 recorded results (1,716 sold · 143 passed) across 18 auction houses, 1998–2026. 15 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 100% observed, 0% estimated from hammer method · log scale

$9.4K$19K$28K1998: $14K median, 20 sold1999: $8.4K median, 18 sold2000: $9.4K median, 23 sold2001: $14K median, 25 sold2002: $19K median, 40 sold2003: $19K median, 20 sold2004: $25K median, 49 sold2005: $31K median, 52 sold2006: $33K median, 116 sold2007: $30K median, 96 sold2008: $32K median, 59 sold2009: $26K median, 36 sold2010: $28K median, 38 sold2011: $29K median, 23 sold2012: $21K median, 35 sold2013: $24K median, 58 sold2014: $24K median, 69 sold2015: $21K median, 77 sold2016: $21K median, 99 sold2017: $15K median, 109 sold2018: $21K median, 84 sold2019: $17K median, 71 sold2020: $8.9K median, 82 sold2021: $16K median, 84 sold2022: $19K median, 59 sold2023: $20K median, 90 sold2024: $19K median, 67 sold2025: $16K median, 52 sold2026: $5.2K median, 61 sold19982005201220192026

Where does a value land in this market?

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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.

$20K$139$1.9M

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

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian result (USD)
photography 659 86% $24,930
prints 142 88% $2,029
other 42 82% $10,000
painting 16 100% $23,403
ceramics & design 13 100% $20,320
sculpture 9 75% $28,209
works on paper 3 n/a $25,000

Medium is recorded for 884 of 1,859 results (48%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Andy Warhol Hiroshi Sugimoto Andy Warhol

$15K$30K$44K1998: $34K median1999: $17K median2000: $11K median2001: $12K median2002: $22K median2003: $17K median2004: $21K median2005: $21K median2006: $25K median2007: $46K median2008: $41K median2009: $33K median2010: $55K median2011: $35K median2012: $50K median2013: $40K median2014: $46K median2015: $46K median2016: $38K median2017: $38K median2018: $40K median2019: $37K median2020: $28K median2021: $32K median2022: $40K median2023: $36K median2024: $28K median2025: $18K median2026: $35K median1998: $14K median1999: $8.4K median2000: $9.4K median2001: $14K median2002: $19K median2003: $19K median2004: $25K median2005: $31K median2006: $33K median2007: $30K median2008: $32K median2009: $26K median2010: $28K median2011: $29K median2012: $21K median2013: $24K median2014: $24K median2015: $21K median2016: $21K median2017: $15K median2018: $21K median2019: $17K median2020: $8.9K median2021: $16K median2022: $19K median2023: $20K median2024: $19K median2025: $16K median2026: $5.2K median19982005201220192026
MetricHiroshi SugimotoAndy Warhol
Median result$20,440$32,500
Record price $1,888,000 $195,040,000
Results on record1,85915,103
Years active at auction 1998–2026 1998–2026

Related artists: Andy WarholDamien HirstVik MunizThomas Ruff

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

80/ 100
  • Sell-through84%
  • Meets estimate65%
  • Market depth1,859 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

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. estimate
Christie's 604 90% $23,674 —
Sotheby's 562 88% $25,857 0.93×
Phillips 252 84% $23,750 —
SBI Art Auction 167 82% $5,228 —
Heritage Auctions 94 86% $1,062 —
Bonhams 98 76% $3,912 0.80×
Wright 30 83% $3,500 —
Grisebach 21 — $24,860 —
Rago 17 100% $12,700 —
Chiswick Auctions 3 100% $1,860 —
Dorotheum 4 75% $1,122 —
Lempertz 3 67% $1,266 —
Ketterer Kunst 2 — $7,747 —
Koller 2 — $2,266 —
Freeman's | Hindman 1 100% $6,250 0.83×
Matsart 1 100% $2,375 0.84×
Finarte 2 50% $46,420 0.91×
Kruso Art 1 100% $16,096 0.66×

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 1,879 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 143 passed lots

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2020·10 'kunsthaus bregenz', (from the series architecture), 2000 $12,999–$19,498 Sotheby's
2020·10 Orinda Theatre $18,000–$22,000 Phillips
2020·10 Tri-City Drive-In, San Bernardino $20,000–$30,000 Phillips
2020·10 'tokyo international forum', 1999 $9,108–$13,011 Sotheby's
2020·10 North Atlantic Ocean, Cape Breton Island gelatin silver print flush-mounted on board $300,000–$500,000 Christie's
2020·10 Mathematical Form: Surface 0010 (Surface of revolution with constant negative curvature) gelatin silver print, mounted on card $12,000–$18,000 Christie's
2020·10 歴史の歴史 — SBI Art Auction
2020·10 Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese, Caprarola — SBI Art Auction
2020·10 m.c.a. chicago $30,000–$40,000 Sotheby's
2020·10 'lake superior, cascade river' $20,000–$30,000 Sotheby's
2020·09 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut (Le Corbusier), 1998 gelatin silver print, mounted on paper $12,000–$18,000 Christie's
2020·09 Four Selected Prints from Time Exposed, 1980-1991 offset lithograph, mounted on card $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2020·09 Paramount, Oakland $15,000–$20,000 Phillips
2020·09 Four Selected Prints from Time Exposed, 1989 offset lithograph, mounted on card $3,000–$5,000 Christie's
2020·09 Mathematical Form: Surface 0006 $8,000–$12,000 Phillips
2020·09 Tyrrhenian Sea, Priano $15,284–$22,926 Phillips
2020·09 Tasman Sea, Marion Bay $15,284–$22,926 Phillips
2020·09 Time Exposed $10,189–$15,284 Phillips
2020·09 Untitled: Five Works $2,587–$3,881 Phillips
2020·07 yasser arafat $26,018–$39,027 Sotheby's
2020·07 hiroshi sugito | the orange $7,805–$10,407 Sotheby's
2020·07 Miltoan Sea, Sounion 1990 #354 from the Time Exposed portfolio $400–$600 Rago
2020·07 Staircase at Villa Farnese II, Caprarola $762–$1,016 Phillips
2020·07 Time Exposed: Caribbean Sea, Jamaica Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·07 South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·07 The Speaker Room $7,584–$10,112 Phillips
2020·07 Spur Gears: 0034 $6,000–$8,000 Phillips
2020·07 E.U.R. San Pietro e Paolo - Piacentini $7,000–$9,000 Phillips
2020·07 Orinda Theatre $20,000–$30,000 Phillips
2020·07 Brooklyn Bridge $30,000–$50,000 Phillips
2020·07 Kunsthaus Bregenz, Peter Zumthor $10,000–$15,000 Phillips
2020·07 Palace, New Jersey $12,000–$18,000 Phillips
2020·07 Cinerama Dome, Hollywood $20,000–$30,000 Phillips
2020·07 Time Exposed $12,000–$18,000 Phillips
2020·07 South Pacific Ocean, Tearai $15,000–$25,000 Phillips
2020·07 Lake Superior, Eagle River $25,000–$35,000 Phillips
2020·07 Austrian Post Office Savings Bank – Otto Wagner gelatin silver print $10,322–$15,483 Christie's
2020·07 Signal B ox – Herzog & De Meuron gelatin silver print $10,322–$15,483 Christie's
2020·06 Time Exposed — SBI Art Auction
2020·06 1. Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese, Caprarola ／2. Paramount Theater, Newark — SBI Art Auction
2020·06 U.A. Walker, New York — SBI Art Auction
2020·06 Tempelhof Airport $11,210–$13,452 Lempertz
2020·06 Time Exposed, Ionian Sea, Santa Cesare Offset lithograph — Heritage Auctions
2020·06 Time Exposed, IBM Courtyard, Tokyo Offset lithograph — Heritage Auctions
2020·06 Time Exposed, Irish Sea, Isle of Man Offset Lithograph — Heritage Auctions
2020·06 Time Exposed, Irish Sea, Isle of Man Offset lithograph — Heritage Auctions
2020·05 Enter, 1996-97 acrylic and graphite $5,000–$7,000 Freeman's | Hindman
2020·05 Time Exposed # 355: Caribbean Sea Yucatan Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·05 Time Exposed #364: Bay of Biscay Bakio 1991 Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·05 mountain lion (#109) $6,000–$9,000 Sotheby's
2020·04 Lost Human Genetic Archive at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum $1,000–$1,500 Wright
2020·04 Quattro Ragazzi at The Museum of Art, Atami $1,000–$1,500 Wright
2020·04 Time Exposed #339: Marmara Sea, Silivli 1991 Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·04 Time Exposed #371: Marmara Sea, Silivli Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·04 Paramount Theatre, Newark (from Lost Human Genetic Archive series) $749–$998 Phillips
2020·04 postal scale $400–$600 Wright
2020·04 South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·04 Caribbean Sea, Jamaica Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·04 U.A. Walker, New York, 1978 $1,000–$2,000 Phillips
2020·04 catherine parr $30,000–$50,000 Sotheby's
2020·03 South Pacific Ocean Maraenui Offset lithograph on paper — Heritage Auctions
2020·03 Regency, San Francisco $15,000–$20,000 Wright
2020·03 red sea $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2020·03 Oscar Wilde $6,000–$8,000 Phillips
2020·03 U.A. Walker, New York $1,500–$2,500 Christie's
2020·02 In Praise of Shadow gelatin silver print flush-mounted on board $45,619–$71,686 Christie's
2020·02 Boden Sea, Uttwil Limited Edition Print — SBI Art Auction
2020·02 Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut - Le Corbusier — SBI Art Auction
2020·02 Einstein Tower — SBI Art Auction
2020·02 Bird Mountain — SBI Art Auction
2020·02 1. Tree.／2. Rock — SBI Art Auction
2020·02 Vladimir Ilyich Lenin — SBI Art Auction
2020·01 Quattro Ragazzi at The Museum of Art, Atami $1,000–$1,500 Wright
2019·12 South Pacific Ocean, Maraenui, #328, from 'Time Exposed Series' $784–$1,045 Bonhams
2019·12 Ostrich - Wart Hog, 1980 $7,902–$10,537 Bonhams
2019·12 The Blue Room $7,902–$10,536 Phillips
2019·11 Victory $2,812–$4,090 Phillips
2019·11 winnetka drive-in, paramount $15,533–$23,300 Sotheby's
2019·11 lake superior, cascade river $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2019·11 Lake Superior, Cascade River gelatin silver print mounted on paper $20,000–$30,000 Christie's
2019·11 Kattegat, Kullaberg gelatin silver print mounted on paper $20,000–$30,000 Christie's
2019·11 time exposed, 1991 $13,196–$19,795 Sotheby's
2019·11 hall of thirty-three bays - time exposed (from buddha series), 1995 $14,344–$22,068 Sotheby's
2019·11 hall of thirty-three bays (004, 005, 006), (3 works), 1995 $38,619–$60,687 Sotheby's
2019·11 Mathematical Form 006, 2004 $11,109–$16,664 Christie's
2019·11 Tyrrhenian Sea, Scilla, 1993 $16,664–$22,218 Christie's
2019·11 Time Exposed — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 Time Exposed — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 歴史の歴史 — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 Boden Sea, Uttwil Limited Edition Print — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 1. Paramount Theater, Newark／2．Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese, Caprarola／3. Time's Arrow, 1987 — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 1.「時間の終わり」展ポスター ゲムスボック／2-3. 歴史の歴史「放電場057」／4. Cinerama Dome, Hollywood — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 1. Staircase Ⅱ, Villa Farnese, Caprarola／2. Paramount Theater, Newark — SBI Art Auction
2019·11 1. 陰翳礼讃 980816／2. 陰翳礼讃 980806 — SBI Art Auction
2019·10 bay of sagami $147,957–$221,935 Sotheby's
2019·10 Anne of Cleves 1999 $30,834–$43,168 Bonhams
2019·10 Time Exposed, 1991 $15,000–$25,000 Christie's
2019·10 mandrill $8,000–$12,000 Sotheby's
2019·10 white mantled colobus $8,000–$12,000 Sotheby's
2019·10 Lake Superior, Jacobs Creek Falls $20,000–$30,000 Phillips

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