' By continuing to use our sites and applications, you agree to our use of cookies. * Generic setCookie() method, used by setNewsletterCookie(). Her most expensive work ever sold is Blueberry from 1969, sold for $14,500,000 at Christie's New York in 2018; followed by Plowed Field from 1971, sold for $11,500,000 at Christie's New York in 2019; Untitled from 1960, sold for $10,500,000 at Chisrite's New York in 2014; and Hans from 1981, sold for $10,500,000 at Christie's New York in 2019. The total turnover for her works is $123,932,030, with the majority being sold at the price range between $10k and $50k (a total of 33), while there are 6 works sold for over $5m. o[this.name] = [o[this.name]]; With the help of the artnet Analytics team, we crunched the numbers to assemble a definitive list of the world’s top-selling female artists at auction. Works by female artists comprise a small share of major permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe, while at auction, women’s artworks sell for a significant discount compared with men’s. However, the list of the most expensive artists at auction is still heavily dominated by males, as female artists represent just 2% of the market. Featured image: Joan Mitchell - Blueberry, 1969. + '
' She sold the biggest number of works in 2017 - 11, while in 2019, she sold 7 works. timeout: 10000 d.setTime(d.getTime() + (expMinutes*60*1000)); if (!$modal.length) { Want to stay ahead of the art world? var ca = document.cookie.split(';'); Her most expensively sold paintings in auction are Black Ground (Deep Light) from 2006, sold for $4,713,405 at Sotheby's Hong Kong in 2019; Rise Of The New Suprematists from 2001, which went for $4,000,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2019; Conjured Parts (Dresden) from 2007, hammer price $2,800,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2018; and Arcade from 2005, sold for $2,500,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2019. } function initNewsletterSignup() { slideInModal('Down'); Following is a complete tally of the top 50 female artists (living or deceased) from the past three decades. Featured image: Agnes Martin - Orange Grove, 1965. pagetypeforce = pagetypeurl.substr(pagetypeurl.length - 3); + 'Please enter a valid email address' o[this.name] = this.value || ''; The majority of her works went for between $100k and $500k (a total of 24), while only 7 went for over $1m. Her most expensive works are Suddenly Last Summer from 1999, sold for $5,800,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2018; Night Passage from 1999, sold for $3,391,707 at Christie's London in 2019; The Skin Of Our Teeth from 1999, sold for $3,364,625 at Sotheby's London in 2018; and Have You Not Known, Have You Not Heard [Triptych] from 2011, sold for $3,100,000 at Sotheby's New York in 2019; among others. }); head.appendChild(link); Featured image: Yayoi Kusama - Interminable Net #4, 1959. } var c = ca[i]; }, Featured image: Jenny Saville - Propped (detail), 1992. if (generalSettings.loadFontAwesome) { The Female Triumphant, a cornerstone event highlighting women artists of the premodern era has led Masters Week in New York. setNewsletterCookie('signedUp', 1); // Append ouibounce to page }); }, 100); Over the past decade, just 29,247 works by female artists were acquired by 26 top museums in the United States, out of 260,470 total works. script.src = "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"; The total turnover for her works is $21,729,529, with the majority of the works (the total of 12) being sold in the price range of between $10k and $50k, while seven of her works sold for between $1m to $5m. 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