Alice Neel's Auction Record Jumps 87% with $5.69m Sale
3 min read · 19 May 2026
Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia). Image courtesy of Christie's
Alice Neel, Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) (1967) sold for $5.69m, more than four and a half times the low estimate at Christie's in New York on May 18. The oil on canvas work has been traded twice in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $2.66m, a 87% rise.
Dr. Finger's Waiting Room (1966). Sold for $3.03m in 2021. Image courtesy of Christie's
The previous record was set by Dr. Finger's Waiting Room (1966), which sold for $3.03m at Christie's on May 13, 2021. The work had been traded twice in the past.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 18, 2026 | Mother and Child (Nancy and Olivia) | $5.69m | 88 % | Christie's | New York |
May 13, 2021 | Dr. Finger's Waiting Room | $3.03m | 84 % | Christie's | New York |
November 11, 2009 | Jackie Curtis And Rita Red | $1.65m | 136 % | Sotheby's | New York |
November 05, 2008 | Robert Smithson | $698,500 | 38 % | Christie's | New York |
May 14, 2008 | Vera Beckerhoff | $505,000 | 13 % | Christie's | New York |
September 10, 2007 | Portrait (Roberta Johnson Roensch) | $445,000 | 27 % | Christie's | New York |
November 08, 2005 | Nazis murder Jews | $350,000 | 312 % | Christie's | New York |
May 15, 2003 | Portrait of Dr John J Lucca | $85,000 | 13 % | Christie's | New York |
September 26, 2002 | Peter B. Kaplan | $75,000 | 67 % | Christie's | New York |
May 15, 2002 | Benjamin | $45,000 | - | Christie's | New York |
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