Artists/William Kentridge
William Kentridge: Auction Results & Market Statistics
William Kentridge (b. 1955) has 147 recorded auction sales between 2007 and 2026, totaling $10.7M in hammer-price volume. Statistics are computed from the Art Market API auction database and updated regularly.
Sold lots
147
Total volume
$10.7M
hammer prices, USD
Average price
$72,580
Auction record
$602,500
Sell-through rate
84%
share of offered lots that sold
Sold above estimate
34%
share of sold lots beating the high estimate
2007peak $1.8M2026
Volume by category
Yearly auction performance
| Year | Lots sold | Total volume | Average price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $178,416 | $89,208 |
| 2025 | 17 | $772,616 | $45,448 |
| 2024 | 23 | $1.8M | $77,500 |
| 2023 | 7 | $668,675 | $95,525 |
| 2022 | 7 | $536,274 | $76,611 |
| 2021 | 16 | $991,309 | $61,957 |
| 2020 | 26 | $1.2M | $44,894 |
| 2019 | 19 | $1.5M | $80,470 |
| 2018 | 7 | $665,074 | $95,011 |
| 2017 | 9 | $750,952 | $83,439 |
| 2016 | 1 | $18,432 | $18,432 |
| 2015 | 1 | $187,500 | $187,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | $256,250 | $85,417 |
| 2011 | 3 | $810,945 | $270,315 |
| 2009 | 2 | $34,874 | $17,437 |
| 2008 | 3 | $274,227 | $91,409 |
| 2007 | 1 | $45,000 | $45,000 |
Query this data programmatically
Every figure on this page is computed from the Art Market API's auction database.William Kentridge'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=5ce31ad3bf16530017ba433c&limit=10" \
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