American, 1915–1991
Robert Motherwell
2,411results on record
86%sell-through
$5,000median result (USD, incl. premium; 90% observed, 10% estimated from hammer)
$12,690,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 2,411 recorded results (2,224 sold · 187 passed) across 20 auction houses, 1998–2026. 24 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 90% observed, 10% estimated from hammer method · log scale
Where does a value land in this market?
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 1,035 | 94% | $4,500 |
| painting | 114 | 73% | $149,000 |
| works on paper | 70 | 76% | $48,438 |
| ceramics & design | 39 | 77% | $7,500 |
| other | 19 | 71% | $6,000 |
| sculpture | 5 | 75% | $9,472 |
Medium is recorded for 1,282 of 2,411 results (53%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Robert Motherwell Andy Warhol
| Metric | Robert Motherwell | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $5,000 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $12,690,000 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 2,411 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholRoy LichtensteinPablo PicassoJim Dine
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
77/ 100
- Sell-through86%
- Meets estimate55%
- Market depth2,411 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christie's | 612 | 95% | $5,975 | — |
| Sotheby's | 603 | 85% | $13,750 | 0.95× |
| Bonhams | 313 | 79% | $3,570 | 0.80× |
| Heritage Auctions | 221 | 94% | $3,500 | — |
| Phillips | 220 | 85% | $6,000 | — |
| Rago | 113 | 90% | $2,570 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 83 | 95% | $2,750 | 0.75× |
| Wright | 72 | 82% | $2,875 | — |
| Dorotheum | 12 | 75% | $5,633 | — |
| Doyle | 9 | 78% | $2,880 | — |
| SBI Art Auction | 8 | 62% | $1,840 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 4 | — | $2,521 | — |
| Barridoff Auctions | 4 | 100% | $3,594 | 1.15× |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 2 | 100% | $1,203 | 0.77× |
| Grisebach | 1 | — | $43,476 | — |
| Artcurial | 1 | — | $14,745 | 0.40× |
| Matsart | 1 | 100% | $4,062 | 1.08× |
| Kruso Art | 2 | 50% | $41 | 0.10× |
| Clark's Auction Company | 1 | 100% | $12,500 | 0.33× |
| Auktionshaus am See | 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 3,094 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 187 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·04 | Three Forms (E. & B. 469) | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Put Out All Flags (E. & B. 263) | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from The Basque Suite (Walker Art Center 87) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | The Basque Suite (Walker Art Center 79-88) | $20,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Alphabet Series : One Plate (Walker Art Center 375) | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Three Figures (Walker Art Center 489) | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Flags (Walker Art Center 470) | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from London Series I (Walker Art Center 93) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from London Series I (Walker Art Center 92) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from London Series I (Walker Art Center 89) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Elegy Study (Walker Art Center 240) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from The Basque Suite (Walker Art Center 88) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled, from The Basque Suite (Walker Art Center 85) | $1,500–$2,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled 20 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·04 | Untitled 21 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·04 | Untitled 15 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·04 | Untitled 14 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·04 | Lament for Lorca (Handprinted | $800–$1,100 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 5 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 10 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 9 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 8 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 7 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 24 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 23 | $4,000–$6,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 2 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | The Octavio Paz Cover | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 3 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Je t'aime, from Three Poems | $600–$800 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 19 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 16 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 17 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Africa Suite No. 2 | Screenprint in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled | $1,500–$2,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 11 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 13 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled 12 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled (from A La Pintura ), ca. 1970 | aquatint in colors on wove paper | $3,000–$4,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·03 | America – La France Variations IX | $1,348–$2,697 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·03 | Through Black Emerge Purified | $404–$674 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Dublin Harbor, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Molly as Tower, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; River Liffey, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Tower Study, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook; Untitled, from the Dedalus Sketchbook [Ten Works] | ink on paper | $40,000–$60,000 | upcoming | Christie's | |
| 2026·02 | Untitled | gouache and ink on paperboard | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·02 | Lines for St. Gallen | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2026·02 | Madrid Suite E (from the Madrid Suite) | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2026·02 | Signs on Copper | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Djarum | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Elegy Sketch, State I | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled | $30,000–$40,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 21 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 20 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | #1, from Hollow Men Suite | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled, from The Basque Suite | $1,800–$2,200 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 14 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 15 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Lament for Lorca (Handprinted | $800–$1,100 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | The Streets - Episode X (Wandering Rocks) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Star of the Sea - Episode XIII (Nausikaa) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Cyclops - Episode XII | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Capriccio | $6,000–$8,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | French Revolution Bicentennial IV (E. & B. 385) | $2,000–$4,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled, from London Series I (E. & B. 89) | $1,000–$1,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Black with No Way Out, from El Negro (T. 434, E. & B. 313) | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 2 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 7 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Architecture - Episode VIII (Lestrygonians) | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Scylla and Charybdis - Episode IX | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 24 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 5 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 3 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Lungs - Episode VII (Eolus) | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Hades - Episode VI (Telemachus) | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 23 | $4,000–$6,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 10 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 9 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | The Octavio Paz Cover | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled 8 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Nymph - Episode IV (Calypso) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Communicants- Episode V (Lotuseaters) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | The Tower - Episode I (Telemachus) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Untitled 19 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Untitled 17 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Philology - Episode III (Proteus) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | History - Episode II (Nestor) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Untitled 16 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | The Basque Suite (Belknap 50-59) | $13,483–$20,225 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·01 | In Celebration | Offset lithograph in color on B.F.K. Rives paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 21 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 20 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Star of the Sea - Episode XIII (Nausikaa) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 15 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | The Streets - Episode X (Wandering Rocks) | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Lament for Lorca (Handprinted | $800–$1,100 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Cyclops - Episode XII | $2,000–$3,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 14 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 7 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 3 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 2 | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Untitled 23 | $4,000–$6,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Hades - Episode VI (Telemachus) | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Lungs - Episode VII (Eolus) | $2,000–$2,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $39, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.