Vasari Codex · Artist Status Report

David Rayson

b. 1966

0–33 band

Discovery profile: limited tracked signals

Descriptive Codex signal report built from ranking, institutional history, representation, auction records, high-quality press, audience attention, and current activity. Generated May 12, 2026.

Overall22

Composite Codex score

Institutional58

Museums/acquisitions may be sparse

Market0

Thin auction dataset expected

Momentum0

Recent activity and interest

Representation12

Gallery and exhibition traction

Codex Rank#179,030Unclassified

Exhibitions00 current · 0 upcoming

Museum Signal11 acquisitions · 0 exhibitions

Core Median—— tracked lots

Sell-through—Recent 3-year market

Signal summary

David Rayson: limited tracked signals. Auction and institutional fields are sparse, so this report emphasizes traction signals rather than market depth.

Observed evidence:
Data gaps: Thin auction dataset (0 tracked lots). No high-quality tracked press in the last 12 months. No current primary representation recorded in Codex.

Representation

No current primary representation recordedNo active gallery relationship in Codex

Institutional holdings

Tate

Recent Exhibitions

No exhibition history recordedConfirm manually before using externally

Market profile

No recent public auction record is currently tracked in Codex. Sell-through: —.

Annual median hammer price, USD

$127$64$0

$127

2025

Education & awards

No education/prize records in CodexCheck CV and gallery documentation

Press Signals

No recent high-quality tracked pressReport press signal shows tier-3/4 sources with substantive artist coverage

Publications

No publications trackedNo monographs or catalogs recorded in Codex

Peer bands

Peer bands intentionally exclude historical/deceased artists. Each list is a contemporary cohort for one specific question: pricing, career trajectory, or practice context.

Price Band Peers

Comparable contemporary artists clustered around No price band.

Peer set

No defensible cohort from current data.

Career Stage Peers

Contemporary artists at a similar tracked career stage (unclassified).

Peer set

No defensible cohort from current data.

Practice / Medium Peers

Artists with similar medium/practice signals; price and rank are secondary checks.

Peer set

Gerhard Richter#1 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Photorealist (style), Conceptual · #1 Codex rank
Yayoi Kusama#5 · Paintings · $500K–1M · David Zwirner #4 · Iconicpainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #5 Codex rank
Peter Doig#6 · Paintings · $250K–500K · Crown Point Press #32 · Iconicpainting · #6 Codex rank
Jeff Koons#8 · Sculpture/objects · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Iconicsculpture · #8 Codex rank
Takashi Murakami#9 · Paintings · $100K–250K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chippainting · Pop (fine arts styles) · #9 Codex rank
Kerry James Marshall#10 · Paintings · $1M+ · Hauser & Wirth #3 · Iconicpainting · #10 Codex rank
Yoshitomo Nara#11 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Pace #2 · Establishedpainting · #11 Codex rank
Maurizio Cattelan#12 · Sculpture/objects · Under $5K · Gagosian #1 · Blue-Chipsculpture · #12 Codex rank
Christopher Wool#13 · Paintings · $500K–1M · Gagosian #1 · Establishedpainting · #13 Codex rank
David Rayson

Selected works

Top five visible works from each Codex selected-works category, ordered by the same priority used on the artist profile.

Previous Sales

Top 1

Sotheby's

Study for Oaklands, 1988

$100

Jun 2025

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