Frank Auerbach — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works313

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

Met

NGA Washington

Cleveland Museum of Art

Hammer Museum

Tate

Previous Sales 175

Christie's

Sketch for Camden Theatre

£24,130 ($32k USD)

Mar 2026

Christie's

Christmas Tree at Mornington Crescent, 2004

£2,002,000 ($2.6M USD)

Mar 2026

Christie's

Tower Blocks, Hampstead Road II, 2007

£304,800 ($402k USD)

Mar 2026

Christie's

Reclining Head of Julia, 2009

Christie's

Bonhams

Head of Catherine Lampert (Painted in 1996)

£200,000 ($264k USD)

Mar 2026

Christie's

Reclining Figure, 1971

£476,250 ($629k USD)

Oct 2025

Christie's

Primrose Hill, 1959

Bought In

Mar 2025

Christie's

Nude on Bed III, 1961

£1,492,000 ($2.0M USD)

Mar 2025

Christie's

Portrait of J.Y.M. Seated, 1976

£453,600 ($599k USD)

Mar 2025

Christie's

Primrose Hill - Early Summer, 1981

£2,460,000 ($3.2M USD)

Mar 2025

Sotheby's

From the Studios, 1986

£2,995,058 ($3.0M USD)

Mar 2025

Christie's

Head of David Landau, 1988

Bought In

Oct 2024

Christie's

Catherine Lampert Seated, 1992

£441,000 ($582k USD)

Oct 2024

Christie's

Looking Towards Eversholt Street III, 2003

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

J.Y.M. Seated , 1989

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Mornington Crescent II, 1991

Christie's

Christie's

The Studios under Snow, 1991

£579,600 ($765k USD)

Mar 2024

Sotheby's

Head of E.O.W. II, 1964

Christie's

Christie's

J.Y.M. Seated II, 1992

£756,000 ($998k USD)

Oct 2023

Christie's

Reclining Figure I, 1965

£529,200 ($699k USD)

Jun 2023

For Sale 9

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Ruth, 2006

For sale

Etching and aquatint

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Primrose Hill, 1979

For sale

Mixed media drawing

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Euston Steps, 1981

For sale

Mixed media on paper

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Study for "From the Studios", 1986

For sale

Mixed media on paper

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Ruth, 2002

For sale

Etching

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Reclining Head of Julia, 1988

For sale

Etching

Nicholas Gallery · Artsy

Study for Park Village East, 2005

For sale

Mixed media on paper

Marlborough London · Artsy

Reclining Head of Julia, 1998

For sale

Etching with engraving

Marlborough London · Artsy

J.Y.M., 1989

For sale

Etching

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Market815 auction results

trending_upPaintings Range

$11.4K – $7.0M

133 of 150 paintings lots with prices

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$1.1M

Object-type specific

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$797K

133 priced paintings lots

calendar_todayLast Paintings Sale

Mar 2026 · $402K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Paintings: $797K medianWorks on paper: $31.4K medianEditioned prints: $4.5K medianUnclassified lots: $18.8K medianPosters/ephemera: $4.9M medianBooks/portfolios: — median

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Education3

Leicester Polytechnic

Royal College of Art

London, UK

Saint Martin's School Art

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Publications6

Monograph 3

Frank Auerbach

Yale University Press · 2022

Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Frank Auerbach

Thames & Hudson · 1992

Survey 3

How Painting Happens: and why it matters

Thames & Hudson · 2024

The National Gallery. Paintings, People, Portraits

Taschen · 2024

Encounters with Artists

Thames & Hudson · 2023

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Current Exhibitions1

#3,285 Osborne Samuel

Modern British Art

Henry Moore, Frank Auerbach, Lynn Chadwick, John Craxton, Ben Nicholson, Eduardo Paolozzi, Ivon Hitchens, Paul Feiler, Christopher Wood, Keith Vaughan, Bryan Wynter

Jun 8, 2026 — Jul 31, 2026

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