Artists/Irving Penn
Irving Penn: Auction Results & Market Statistics
Irving Penn (1917–2009) has 175 recorded auction sales between 2001 and 2025, totaling $7.5M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
175
Total volume
$7.5M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$42,901
Auction record
$252,000
Sell-through rate
78%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
27%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
Volume by category
- Photograph
115 lots · $5.7M
- Unknown
2 lots · $214,322
- Painting
1 lots · $813
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | $252,052 | $28,006 |
| 2024 | 30 | $1.2M | $40,634 |
| 2023 | 14 | $430,829 | $30,774 |
| 2022 | 11 | $551,880 | $50,171 |
| 2021 | 5 | $348,620 | $69,724 |
| 2020 | 33 | $1.4M | $43,433 |
| 2019 | 14 | $603,302 | $43,093 |
| 2018 | 12 | $683,002 | $56,917 |
| 2017 | 11 | $733,755 | $66,705 |
| 2016 | 3 | $166,314 | $55,438 |
| 2015 | 8 | $169,133 | $21,142 |
| 2014 | 18 | $577,149 | $32,064 |
| 2013 | 3 | $218,068 | $72,689 |
| 2011 | 1 | $27,500 | $27,500 |
| 2010 | 2 | $92,769 | $46,384 |
| 2001 | 1 | $938 | $938 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Irving Penn's complete lot-level auction history is available as structured JSON, filterable by date, price, category, and more.
curl "https://api.artmarketapi.com/api/v1/auction_records?artist=5ce9a0071cca2f00174f8ea6&limit=10" \
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