40. Adrian Ghenie

40. Adrian Ghenie

The artists who power the $1m+ market
The artists who power the $1m+ market

40. Adrian Ghenie (b.1977)

YOUNG CONTEMPORARY, b. Baia Mare, Romania

Adrian Ghenie, Self-Portrait as Charles Darwin, 2012

Power Rank: 101

Value and supply

Auction totals

Price confidencePrice momentumAverage lot Price
55.2%-58.3%$4.3m
Percentage of lots sold above low estimateChange in average lot value 2022 to 2023 (H1)Average lot value over the period 2018–23

Sotheby’s private sales

(2018 to H1 2023)
$11.5m3$3.8m
Private sales valueSold lotsAverage price

Bidders by region

Bidders by age

Top 10 artworks sold at auction

(2018 to H1 2023)
RANKTITLEDATEWHEREWHENSOLD FOR
1Pie Fight Interior 122014Christie's Hong Kong26 May 2022$10.3m
2Degenerate Art2016Sotheby's New York19 May 2022$9.3m
3The Collector I2008Christie's Hong Kong24 May 2021$8.5m
4Charles Darwin at the Age of 752014Christie's Hong Kong1 Dec 2021$7.4m
5Degenerate Art (Self Portrait as Vincent Van Gogh with Bandaged Ear)2018Christie's Hong Kong30 Nov 2022$7.3m
6Lidless Eye2018Sotheby's Hong Kong6 Oct 2020$7.1m
7The Death of Charles Darwin2013Sotheby's Hong Kong9 Oct 2021$7.1m
8Boogeyman2010Sotheby's London5 Oct 2018$6.4m
9The Trip2016Sotheby's Hong Kong19 Apr 2021$6.2m
10Duchamp's Funeral I2009Sotheby's London5 Mar 2019$5.7m

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