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Artnet News has compiled a list of the 10 top-selling living American artists at auction, with Jeff Koons leading the pack as the only artist to surpass $1 billion in auction sales. The list includes influential figures like Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha, Cindy Sherman, Christopher Wool, Richard Prince, George Condo, and KAWS, with Johns being the oldest at 95 and Sherman the sole woman. The US art market generated $4.3 billion in 2024, outpacing China and the UK, according to Artnet’s Auction Price Database.

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Who Are the 10 Top-Selling Living American Artists?

Artnet's Auction Price Database reveals the top 10 living American artists by auction sales value in 2024, with the U.S. art market generating $4.3 billion. The list includes Cindy Sherman ($180.9 million total sales, record $6.8 million for Untitled Film Stills), Mark Bradford ($226.6 million, record $12 million for Helter Skelter I), and Mark Grotjahn ($241 million, record $16.8 million for Untitled (S III Released to France Face 43.14)). Sherman is the only woman and photographer on the list; Bradford is the only African American and represented the U.S. at the 2017 Venice Biennale; Grotjahn is a California-based abstract painter.

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