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Previous Sales 147

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1989
Bought In
May 2026
Christie's
Ohne Titel
Ohne Titel, 2004
$1,016,000
Nov 2025
Christie's
Aale im Saragossa-Meer (Eels in the Sargasso sea)
Aale im Saragossa-Meer (Eels in the Sargasso sea), 1981
Bought In
Jun 2025
Christie's
Understanding
Understanding, 2004
$1,502,000
May 2024
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2017
£378,000 ($499k USD)
Mar 2024
Sotheby's
Treppenhaus Spezial
Treppenhaus Spezial, 1983
$820,399
Dec 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2014
£866,442 ($866k USD)
Oct 2023
Christie's
Studio 1
Studio 1, 2005
£504,000 ($665k USD)
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 1993
$1,079,500
May 2023
Christie's
Blues nach Noten (Blues by Notes)
Blues nach Noten (Blues by Notes), 1996
£1,302,000 ($1.7M USD)
Feb 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
$2,107,000
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Baum 66)
Untitled (Baum 66), 2016
£427,201 ($427k USD)
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2012
$612,562
Jun 2022
Christie's
Untitled (22/87)
Untitled (22/87), 1987
£1,482,000 ($2.0M USD)
Jun 2022
Sotheby's
Freeway Express
Freeway Express, 1997
£1,176,204 ($1.2M USD)
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled
£1,178,228 ($1.2M USD)
Oct 2021
Sotheby's
Untitled (Baum 50)
Untitled (Baum 50)
£482,226 ($482k USD)
Oct 2021
Sotheby's
Vergessen auf Rädern | 《遺忘，輪子》
Vergessen auf Rädern | 《遺忘，輪子》, 2005
Unknown
Jun 2021
Christie's
Stilleben mit Ingwertopf (Still Life with Ginger Pot)
Stilleben mit Ingwertopf (Still Life with Ginger Pot), 2000
$1,830,000
May 2021
Sotheby's
M's Arm |《M的手臂》
M's Arm |《M的手臂》
$1,511,252
Mar 2021
Sotheby's
RAP
RAP
Unknown
Nov 2020
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 1982
£35,000 ($46k USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Mission Rohrfrei (Down Periscope)
Mission Rohrfrei (Down Periscope), 1996
£3,191,250 ($4.2M USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2014
$975,000
May 2019
Christie's
FM 29
FM 29, 2008
£200,000 ($264k USD)
Mar 2019

Upcoming Auctions 1

Christie's
Conduction 12
Conduction 12, 2011
Est. £200,000–£300,000
Jun 25, 2026

For Sale 2

Burnet Editions · Artsy
L.P.A.
L.P.A., 2007
For sale
Etching with aquatint
Galerie Crone · Artsy
Pfeifenbild
Pfeifenbild, 1982
Price on request
Dispersion, photography, pipes on wood
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Market596 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range
$7.9K – $7.6M
127 of 155 paintings lots with prices
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$927K
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$467K
127 priced paintings lots
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Mar 2026 · $467K
Latest tracked sale in this object type
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Paintings: $467K medianWorks on paper: $11.7K medianPhotographs: $11.1K medianSculpture/objects: $372K medianEditioned prints: $7.1K medianBooks/portfolios: $4.1K medianPosters/ephemera: $18.8K medianUnclassified lots: $1.7K median
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Galleries2

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Education1

Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg
Hamburg, Germany
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Publications8

Monograph 2

Albert Oehlen Author
Skira · 2022
Grau Author
Hatje Cantz · 2018

Exhibition Catalog 6

Albert Oehlen Author
Rizzoli · 2017
Albert Oehlen
Rizzoli · 2015
Die 80er: Figurative Malerei in der BRD
Hatje Cantz · 2015
Albert Oehlen: Terpentin
Hatje Cantz · 2012
Heisskalt Author
Hatje Cantz · 2004
Heißkalt: Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff
Hatje Cantz · 2003
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Current Exhibitions1

#7 Galerie Max Hetzler

ALBERT OEHLEN

Albert Oehlen

Bleibtreustraße 45, 10623 Berlin, Germany

Jun 12, 2026 — Aug 8, 2026

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Murdoch’s Basel Squeeze & Sotheby’s Takes Zurich
The article reports on two major developments in the art world: the impact of Rupert Murdoch's media empire on the Art Basel fair in Switzerland, and …
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Christie's presents Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next. Works from the Zabludowicz Collection
Christie's has announced a major two-part auction titled 'Beyond Ordinary - Then. Now. Next.', featuring 106 lots from the renowned Zabludowicz Collec…
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Art Basel has announced the list of artists participating in its new "Basel Exclusive" initiative at its flagship Swiss fair, which opens to VIPs on J…
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Phillips’s evening sale of modern and contemporary art on Tuesday achieved a 'white glove' result, selling all 41 lots for a total of $115.2 million w…
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East Africa meets Western Europe as Michael Armitage takes on Venice's Palazzo Grassi
The artist Michael Armitage opens a monographic exhibition titled 'The Promise of Change' at Venice's Palazzo Grassi, featuring 46 large paintings and…
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KAWS | Untitled (KAWS X Mocad) (2019)
Bidding has concluded for KAWS's 2019 screenprint, *Untitled (KAWS X Mocad)*, a limited-edition work produced for the artist's solo exhibition "Alone …
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Past Exhibitions24

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#11,436 Max Hetzler Gagosian

Endless Summer

Albert Oehlen

46 & 57 Rue du Temple, 75004 Paris, France

Oct 20, 2025 — Dec 20, 2025

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#1 Gagosian

Albert Oehlen: Endless Summer

Albert Oehlen

9 rue de Ponthieu, 75008 Paris, France

Oct 20, 2025 — Dec 20, 2025

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#1 Gagosian

Albert Oehlen: New Paintings

Albert Oehlen

20 Grosvenor Hill, London W1K 3QD, United Kingdom

Mar 21, 2024 — May 11, 2024

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#1 Gagosian

Albert Oehlen Works on Paper and a Sculpture

Albert Oehlen

22, Anapiron Polemou Street, Athina 115 21, Greece

Jun 9, 2022 — Jul 30, 2022

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#1 Gagosian

Albert Oehlen: Tramonto Spaventoso

Albert Oehlen

555 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Jun 10, 2021 — Sep 8, 2021

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#1,052 Nahmad Contemporary

ALBERT OEHLEN | SPIEGELBILDER

Albert Oehlen

Nov 5, 2019 — Jan 25, 2020

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#1,052 Nahmad Contemporary

ALBERT OEHLEN: GRAU

Albert Oehlen

Nov 7, 2017 — Dec 23, 2017

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#212 Skarstedt

Albert Oehlen Fabric Paintings

Albert Oehlen

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 4, 2014 — Jan 17, 2015

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#17 Thomas Dane Gallery

Painthing on the Möve: Albert Oehlen: Painthing on the Möve: Chicago Imagists 1966-1973

Albert Oehlen

3 and 11 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom

Oct 11, 2011 — Nov 19, 2011

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Albert Oehlen Works on Paper

Albert Oehlen

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Mar 3, 2010 — Mar 6, 2010

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Albert Oehlen

Albert Oehlen

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Apr 25, 2009 — Jun 13, 2009

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#17 Thomas Dane Gallery

Albert Oehlen

Albert Oehlen

3 and 11 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom

Feb 29, 2008 — Mar 29, 2008

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Out of Storage I : Peintures choisies de la Collection

Frédéric Prat, Rosson Crow, Federico Herrero, Jean-Luc Moerman, Albert Oehlen, Michel Majerus, Thomas Scheibitz, Frank Nitsche, Fiona Rae, Juan Uslé, Dominique Gauthier, Jonathan Lasker

3 Park Drai Eechelen, 1499 Clausen Luxembourg

Jan 1, 2008

Out of Storage I : Peintures choisies de la CollectionCollection presentation 06.03 – 26.05.2008

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#55 Luhring Augustine

Albert Oehlen Painter of Light

Albert Oehlen

17 White St, New York, NY 10013, USA

Sep 15, 2006 — Oct 28, 2006

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#17 Thomas Dane Gallery

New Paintings and Collages

Albert Oehlen

3 and 11 Duke Street St James's, London SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom

Oct 20, 2005 — Nov 26, 2005

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#212 Skarstedt

Albert Oehlen Paintings 1980-1981

Albert Oehlen

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Mar 8, 2005 — Apr 23, 2005

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#55 Luhring Augustine

George Condo, Albert Oehlen, Gerhard Richter, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Wool

George Condo, Albert Oehlen, Gerhard Richter, Rachel Whiteread, Christopher Wool

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jul 2, 2004 — Aug 7, 2004

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#262 David Nolan Gallery

ALBERT OEHLEN The Good Life

ALBERT OEHLEN

24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028, USA

Apr 29, 2004 — Jun 4, 2004

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#124 Galerie Nathalie Obadia

Albert Oehlen

Albert Oehlen

3 Rue du Cloître Saint-Merri, 75004 Paris, France

Oct 19, 2002 — Nov 30, 2002

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#107 Kerlin Gallery

paintings and computer collages

Albert Oehlen

Apr 26, 2001 — May 22, 2001

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#212 Skarstedt

Albert Oehlen Self Portraits

Albert Oehlen

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Jan 31, 2001 — May 1, 2001

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#262 David Nolan Gallery

Wings of Chickens

ALBERT OEHLEN

24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028, USA

Apr 23, 1999 — Jun 5, 1999

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#55 Luhring Augustine

refuse, light and a joke invented in drunkenness

Albert Oehlen

531 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 17, 1999 — Feb 27, 1999

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#262 David Nolan Gallery

ALBERT OEHLEN Drawings from Abortion of the Cool

ALBERT OEHLEN

24 E 81st St 4th floor, New York, NY 10028, USA

Oct 27, 1995 — Dec 1, 1995

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Art Fair Appearances22

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TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Paris Photo — Paris
2025
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2025
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2024
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
ART SG — Singapore
2023
Frieze New York — New York
2023
TEFAF Maastricht — Maastricht
2023
Art Basel — Basel
2022
Frieze New York — New York
2022
Art Basel — Basel
2021
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2021
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
Frieze London — London
2021
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
artgenève — Geneva
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
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Sold-out Phillips auction in New York brings in $115.2m, more than double 2025 result
May 20, 2026
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Phillips Posts $115.2 Million ‘White Glove’ Sale, Big Gain Over Last Year
May 20, 2026
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Keine Haltung, nirgends Gesinnung, null Bedeutung
May 20, 2026
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May 20, 2026
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May 8, 2026
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10 mostre da vedere a Berlino in questa primavera 2026
May 8, 2026
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Apr 29, 2026
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Apr 23, 2026
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Le marché asiatique porte Art Basel Hong Kong
Apr 2, 2026
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Mar 18, 2026
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Mar 14, 2026
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Jan 28, 2026
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Dec 12, 2025
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Nov 13, 2025
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Oct 23, 2025
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Albert Oehlen: Endless Summer
Oct 20, 2025
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Endless Summer
Oct 20, 2025
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Albert Oehlen: Endless Summer
Oct 20, 2025
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