Carroll Dunham's Auction Record Jumps 28%
3 min read · 15 May 2025
Bathers Seventeen (Black Hole). Image courtesy of Sotheby's
Carroll Dunham, Bathers Seventeen (Black Hole) (2011) sold for $762,000, more than three times the low estimate at Sotheby's in New York on May 15. The mixed media on canvas work has been traded once in the past.
The sale beat the artist’s previous auction record by $171,000, a 28% rise.
Integrated Painting Seven. Image courtesy of Sotheby's
The previous record was set by Integrated Painting Seven (1992), which sold for $591,000 at Sotheby's on November 17, 2017. The work had not been traded before.
Sale Date | Title | Price | Record Increase | Venue | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025-05-15 | Bathers Seventeen (Black Hole) | $762,000 | 29 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2017-11-17 | Integrated Painting Seven | $591,000 | 16 % | Sotheby's | New York |
2015-05-13 | Fourth Birch | $509,000 | 18 % | Christie's | New York |
2007-11-15 | Once I Land on Mars (Copied from Grace) | $433,000 | 106 % | Phillips de Pury | New York |
2007-05-17 | Purple planet in lavender space | $210,000 | 147 % | Christie's | New York |
2006-05-11 | Field | $85,000 | 42 % | Sotheby's | New York |
1988-05-03 | Untitled | $60,000 | - | Christie's | New York |
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