Dutch/American, 1904–1997
Willem De Kooning
1,240results on record
85%sell-through
$50,400median result (USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% estimated from hammer)
$68,937,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 1,240 recorded results (1,153 sold · 87 passed) across 14 auction houses, 1998–2026. 3 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 97% observed, 3% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 227 | 91% | $7,350 |
| painting | 148 | 87% | $783,750 |
| works on paper | 130 | 74% | $37,650 |
| other | 30 | 100% | $38,400 |
| sculpture | 29 | 75% | $361,750 |
| ceramics & design | 18 | 80% | $16,250 |
Medium is recorded for 582 of 1,240 results (47%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Willem De Kooning Andy Warhol
| Metric | Willem De Kooning | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $50,400 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $68,937,500 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 1,240 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholRoy LichtensteinAlexander CalderKeith Haring
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
77/ 100
- Sell-through85%
- Meets estimate55%
- Market depth1,240 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 | 499 | 90% | $146,500 | 0.86× |
| Christie's | 396 | 92% | $75,000 | — |
| Phillips | 105 | 76% | $15,180 | — |
| Bonhams | 74 | 76% | $4,528 | 0.75× |
| Rago | 48 | 100% | $3,500 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 55 | 80% | $8,245 | — |
| Wright | 20 | 80% | $3,125 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 9 | 89% | $9,785 | 0.81× |
| SBI Art Auction | 4 | 100% | $8,689 | — |
| Ketterer Kunst | 4 | — | $12,702 | — |
| Dorotheum | 5 | 60% | $2,294 | — |
| Artcurial | 1 | — | $6,061 | 0.88× |
| A & C Auctions of Pendle | 1 | 100% | $570 | 0.90× |
| 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 1,794 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 87 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026·03 | You Are Gorgeous and Im Coming | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Three Airs II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Three Airs III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 7 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
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| 2026·03 | Composition for Lisa | Lithograph in colors on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·03 | How To Get There | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Ode to Willem De Kooning I | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Hotel Transylvanie | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Ode to Willem De Kooning I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Figures in Landscape VI , 1980 | offset lithograph in colors | $12,000–$18,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2026·03 | America | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | A Young Poet | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Autobiographia Literaria | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Poem I | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·03 | Untitled (For Frank O'Hara) | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Poems | $2,500–$3,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled | charcoal on paper | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·02 | Woman | graphite on paper | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled | charcoal on paper laid down on paper | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·02 | Minnie Mouse | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·02 | Clam Digger | $6,000–$9,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled | $600,000–$800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 6 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Untitled #12 | $71,244–$94,992 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Rainbow: Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard | $10,000–$15,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs I | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Three Airs II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | You Are Gorgeous and Im Coming | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·02 | In Favor of Ones Time | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 7 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Untitled | $12,000–$15,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·01 | Untitled | $13,526–$20,289 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·01 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Hotel Transylvanie | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | How To Get There | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Ode to Willem De Kooning I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Ode to Willem De Kooning I | $800–$1,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2026·01 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 6 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Rainbow: Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard | $10,000–$15,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | In Favor of Ones Time | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | You Are Gorgeous and Im Coming | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Three Airs I | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·12 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 7 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (For Frank O'Hara) | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Autobiographia Literaria | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Poem I | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | A Young Poet | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | America | $600–$700 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | oil and charcoal on paper laid down on canvas | $150,000–$200,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Reclining Woman | graphite on paper | $40,000–$60,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Clam Digger | $6,000–$9,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Composition III | $600,000–$800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Woman | $600,000–$800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled (Woman) | Oil on textured paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | Two Women | $2,400–$3,400 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Two Figures, circa 1973 | $930–$1,394 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 6 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Three Airs II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Three Airs III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Rainbow: Thelonious Monk, Devil at the Keyboard | $10,000–$15,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·11 | Three Airs I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Three Airs III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Three Airs I | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Three Airs II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | You Are Gorgeous and Im Coming | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | In Favor of Ones Time | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | $116,120–$174,180 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled: six prints (G. 42-45, 47 & 48) | $7,000–$10,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Ode to Willem De Kooning II | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Signed Check from Willem de Kooning 5 | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Untitled, from Quatre Lithographies | Lithograph in colors on Arches paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Ode to Willem De Kooning I | $1,000–$1,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Ode to Willem De Kooning III | $2,500–$3,500 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2025·10 | Clam Digger | $6,000–$9,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.