Hilma af Klint Work Heads to Auction in Stockholm
Hilma af Klint's Ser III No. 5 (1920) will go up for sale in Stockholm on November 19. The Swedish artist's work is being offered by Bukowskis, a Stockholm auction house, where works are sold to the highest bidder.
Bukowskis expects the work to sell for between SEK 6 million and SEK 8 million, or roughly US$600,000 to US$800,000. That range is the estimate, the auction house's expected price. The final figure can land above, inside or below it.
The work is one of a series of eight abstractions known as "Serie III". It is the fifth work in that group.
Af Klint's auction record was set in 2019. Her abstract watercolour Mjältens kraft (1931) sold for about US$165,825 at Stockholms Auktionsverk, another Stockholm house. Artnet News reported that if Ser III No. 5 sells within its estimate, it could set a new high for her market.
Her recent results have also been strong. Last year, in 2025, Bukowskis sold a figurative picture of a studio interior by af Klint for US$118,660, her second-highest auction price. In June, her portrait Girl in Folk Costume (1890) sold for about US$80,090 at Stockholms Auktionsverk, the third-highest result of her career at auction.
Before the sale, the work will be on view at Bonhams, the London-founded auction house, in New York from November 12 to 17. Anyone who wants to see it in person before the bidding starts can visit the Bonhams galleries during those dates.
