Artists/Matthew Barney
Matthew Barney: Auction Results & Market Statistics
Matthew Barney (b. 1967, american) has 64 recorded auction sales between 2006 and 2025, totaling $4.4M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
64
Total volume
$4.4M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$68,861
Auction record
$1.2M
Sell-through rate
72%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
29%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
Volume by category
- Photograph
19 lots · $1.8M
- Drawing
2 lots · $1.2M
- Other
2 lots · $67,500
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | $7,880 | $3,940 |
| 2024 | 7 | $63,256 | $9,037 |
| 2023 | 4 | $128,717 | $32,179 |
| 2022 | 5 | $145,908 | $29,182 |
| 2021 | 6 | $285,802 | $47,634 |
| 2020 | 8 | $77,299 | $9,662 |
| 2019 | 6 | $409,049 | $68,175 |
| 2017 | 2 | $9,875 | $4,938 |
| 2016 | 3 | $232,670 | $77,557 |
| 2014 | 4 | $1.9M | $469,250 |
| 2011 | 3 | $358,000 | $119,333 |
| 2010 | 2 | $123,250 | $61,625 |
| 2009 | 5 | $85,360 | $17,072 |
| 2008 | 3 | $459,555 | $153,185 |
| 2007 | 2 | $2,420 | $1,210 |
| 2006 | 2 | $141,085 | $70,543 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.Matthew Barney'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=5ce85b14706a5f0017e0667d&limit=10" \
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