Gisèle Freund — auction results & prices

104results on record

66%sell-through

$1,728median result (USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer)

$42,558record in our coverage

Drawn from 104 recorded results (89 sold · 15 passed) across 11 auction houses, 2002–2026. 1 upcoming lot on the ledger. What we cover

Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 98% observed, 2% estimated from hammer method · log scale

Where does a value land in this market?

The same figure also answers the seller's question: which house clears a work like this, and for how much — expected proceeds by house, from the sell-through the rest of this page is built on.

Every sold result for this market, low to high (log scale) — the dashed line is the median. Enter a value to see where it lands.

By medium where medium is recorded or stated in the catalog line

Medium	Results	Sell-through	Median result (USD)
photography	44	71%	$2,211
other	5	n/a	$2,938
ceramics & design	4	0%	$2,438
prints	3	n/a	$3,120

Medium is recorded for 56 of 104 results (54%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.

Compared with Horst P. Horst Gisèle Freund Horst P. Horst

Metric	Gisèle Freund	Horst P. Horst
Median result	$1,728	$7,500
Record price	$42,558	$288,000
Results on record	104	1,006
Years active at auction	2002–2026	1998–2026

Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method

51/ 100

Sell-through66%
Meets estimate8%
Market depth104 results

How readily and near-estimate this market clears — sell-through, estimate reliability, and depth, blended into one score. "Meets estimate" is the share of sold lots hammering at or above the low estimate, over catalogs that print a real appraisal: a house whose printed low is a starting bid would meet its estimate on every lot, so those lots are excluded from this term only — their prices and outcomes still count in the other two. Method →

Where this artist sells best

House	Results	Sell-through	Median	vs. estimate
Grisebach	34	—	$2,438	—
Lempertz	34	52%	$1,400	—
Sotheby's	20	91%	$2,749	0.68×
Christie's	3	—	$2,183	—
Heritage Auctions	4	75%	$500	—
Bonhams	2	100%	$567	0.36×
Ketterer Kunst	2	—	$838	—
Freeman's \| Hindman	1	100%	$512	0.40×
Artcurial	1	—	$1,592	0.88×
Finarte	1	100%	$554	0.76×
Dorotheum	2	0%	—	—

The same artist across every house we cover — hammer-vs-estimate side by side. A dash in the estimate column can mean withheld rather than unpublished: the house publishes no hammer price, or its printed low is a starting bid rather than an appraisal. Method →

Prices realized 105 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 15 passed lots

Date	Lot	Medium	Estimate USD	Result USD, incl. premium	House
99 realized prices on this page are locked. A Research Pass reads 50 of them for $19, once — buy a pass
2026·01	Homme se coiffant sur la plage Brighton, 1935		$466–$699		Finarte
2025·12	Frida Kahlo in her garden, Coyoacán, Mexico City		$1,400–$1,750		Lempertz
2025·12	Frida Kahlo and the doctor Juan Farill at her home in Coyoacán, Mexico City		$933–$1,167		Lempertz
2025·12	Alberto Giacometti		$1,750–$2,334		Lempertz
2025·12	Simone de Beauvoir, Paris		$2,100–$2,334		Lempertz
2025·10	André Malraux. 1939	Dye transfer print, 1977	$584–$818		Grisebach
2025·10	Jean Paul Sartre. 1939	Dye transfer print, 1977	$818–$1,051		Grisebach
2025·10	[no title recorded]		—		Dorotheum
2025·05	Diego Rivera construit sa tombe		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Diego Rivera in front of his temple, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Mexico		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Diego Rivera in front of his temple, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Mexico		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Maison de Diego Rivera et Frida Kahlo à Coyoacán		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Untitled (Courtyard of Frida Kahlo's House, Coyoacán, Mexico City)		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Self portrait (Double exposure with Horst Schade)		$1,134–$1,701		Lempertz
2025·05	Diego Rivera construit sa tombe		$907–$1,134		Lempertz
2025·05	Portrait of Virginia Woolf	c-print	$800–$1,200		Freeman's \| Hindman
2023·11	Hanna Schygulla, 1984		$1,604–$2,138	upcoming	Christie's
2023·10	Portrait of Virginia Woolf	Dye coupler print, printed later	—		Heritage Auctions
2023·06	„Bertolt Brecht“. 1954	Vintage	$753–$969		Grisebach
2022·12	Arbeitsloser, Tyneside, England. Ein Sonntag in Newcastle-on-Tyne, England		$1,054–$1,581		Lempertz
2022·12	Jean Cocteau		$1,054–$1,581		Lempertz
2022·12	André Malraux, Paris		$843–$1,054		Lempertz
2021·11	Pablo Neruda at Home, Chile		$1,000–$1,500		Bonhams
2021·11	Le Corbusier		$1,000–$1,500		Bonhams
2021·06	Henri Matisse, Paris		$1,194–$1,432		Lempertz
2021·06	James Joyce with Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier in the bookshop "Shakespeare & Co", rue de l'Odéon		$1,194–$1,432		Lempertz
2021·05	Henri Matisse		$500–$1,000		Sotheby's
2021·05	Marcel Duchamp, Neuilly		$500–$1,000		Sotheby's
2021·03	au pays des visages, 1977		$2,394–$3,591		Sotheby's
2020·12	Virginia Woolf vor einem Fresko von Vanessa Bell, London		$1,213		Lempertz
2020·12	Simone de Beauvoir surpris dans la rue par le photographe		$970–$1,213		Lempertz
2020·12	Virginia Woolf, son bureau dans sa maison de campagne à Rodmell		$970–$1,213		Lempertz
2020·12	Le Mur de "La Santé"		$1,213		Lempertz
2020·12	„James Joyce in Sylvia Beach's bookshop „Shakespeare & Co“, rue de l'Odéon, with Sylvia Beach and Adrienne Monnier, his publishers in English and French of 'Ulysse'“. 1938	Later gelatin silver print	$1,448–$2,172		Grisebach
2020·06	Une rue à Paris		$1,121		Lempertz
2020·06	Rue Boulard, Paris, 14 Juillet		$1,121		Lempertz
2020·02	frida kahlo dans son jardin, 1948		$1,088–$2,175		Sotheby's
2020·02	alberto giacometti dans son atelier, 1964		$1,088–$2,175		Sotheby's
2019·11	Marché aux Puces		$1,098		Lempertz
2019·11	Frida Kahlo, Mexico City		$1,537		Lempertz
2019·11	frida kahlo in her garden of casa azul, mexico, 1948		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·11	andré breton in his studio, 1957		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·11	portrait de diego rivera, 1951		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·11	james joyce, paris, 1939		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·11	man ray, paris, 1967		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·11	jean cocteau, 1939		$1,100–$1,650		Sotheby's
2019·05	Der Arbeitstisch von Virginia Woolf in Monk's House, Sussex		$1,115–$1,338		Lempertz
2019·05	Frida Kahlo und ihr Arzt Dr. Farill, Mexiko-City. 1951	Later gelatin silver print	$2,231–$3,347		Grisebach
2018·11	Le Corbusier, Paris		$1,136		Lempertz
2018·11	Hôtel du Chatelet		$1,136		Lempertz
2018·10	James Joyce in seiner Wohnung, Rue Edmond-Valentin, Paris. 1939	Later C-print	$2,042–$2,496		Grisebach
2018·10	Frida Kahlo in ihrem Garten, Coyoacan, Mexico City. Um 1948	Dye destruction print, 1970s	$2,269–$2,836		Grisebach
2018·10	Virginia Woolf (3 photographs)	Gelatin silver and dye coupler, printed later	—		Heritage Auctions
2018·09	Vitrine de coiffeur, Paris	Dye transfer, printed later	—		Heritage Auctions
2018·09	Simone de Beauvoir, the day of the Prix Goncourt, next to a window writing, Paris	Gelatin silver, printed later	—		Heritage Auctions
2018·06	Simone de Beauvoir the day when she received the Prix Goncourt		$1,167		Lempertz
2018·06	André Breton au marché aux puces		$1,400		Lempertz
2018·06	Ile Saint Louis, Paris		$1,167		Lempertz
2017·12	Josef Sudek in seinem Atelier		$951		Lempertz
2017·12	Le Corbusier in his studio, Paris		$1,188		Lempertz
2017·05	Simone de Beauvoir		$1,010		Lempertz
2017·05	Pantouflor		$1,010		Lempertz
2017·05	Bismarckdenkmal, Berlin. 1933	Later gelatin silver print	$785–$1,010		Grisebach
2016·11	Bergleute am Meer, Nordengland, aus der Serie „Pays en détresse“. 1935	Gelatin silver print, late 1980s	$851–$1,276		Grisebach
2016·11	Frida Kahlo, Mexico City. 1951	Gelatin silver print, late 1980s	$851–$1,276		Grisebach
2016·06	[no title recorded]		—		Dorotheum
2015·11	Frida Kahlo und ihr Arzt Dr. Farill, Mexiko. 1951	Vintage or early gelatin silver print	$2,117–$3,176		Grisebach
2015·06	Jean-Paul Sartre, Paris – 1939	Tirage argentique d'époque monté sur carton	$1,113–$1,670		Artcurial
2014·12	réunion de 6 photographies et de 3 ouvrages avec envois.		$2,457–$4,914		Sotheby's
2014·11	Angleterre. 1936	Later gelatin silver print	$1,248–$1,497		Grisebach
2014·11	'les mains de suzana soka [sic!]', 1938'james joyce avec la loupe', 1939'virginia wolf', 1939'samuel beckett, paris', 1964		$7,462–$9,949		Sotheby's
2014·11	'jean-paul sartre, paris', 1939'simone de beauvoir, paris', 1952'simone de beauvoir, paris', 1952'simone de beauvoir et jean-paul sartre', 1964		$6,218–$8,705		Sotheby's
2014·05	James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., Paris. 1938	Later gelatin silver print	$1,361–$2,041		Grisebach
2014·05	14. Juli, Rue Boulard, Paris. 1952	Later gelatin silver print	$1,361–$2,041		Grisebach
2014·05	group of 7 photographs, 1930s - 50s		$6,788–$10,182		Sotheby's
2013·11	Frida Kahlo malt ihren Vater, Mexico-City. 1952	C-print, 1990s	$2,039–$2,719		Grisebach
2013·11	Frida Kahlo, Mexico-City. 1951	Dye destruction print, circa 1980	$2,039–$2,719		Grisebach
2013·11	Colette, 1939	tirage C-print, tiré vers 1975	$1,344–$2,687		Christie's
2013·11	Virginia Woolf, 1939	tirage C-print, tiré vers 1975	$1,344–$2,687		Christie's
2013·05	louis aragon, paris, vers 1958marcel duchamp, paris, vers 1966eugène ionesco, paris, vers 1968jean-paul sartre, paris, vers 1968		$5,181–$7,771		Sotheby's
2012·11	„James Joyce, Paris“. 1939	Later C-Print	$1,289–$1,934		Grisebach
2012·11	Jean-Paul Sartre und Simone de Beauvoir bei der Arbeit, Boulevard Raspail 222, Paris. 1964	Later gelatin silver print	$1,289–$1,934		Grisebach
2012·11	Frida Kahlo und ihr Arzt Dr. Farill, Mexiko. 1951	Later gelatin silver print	$2,320–$2,836		Grisebach
2012·11	Jean Cocteau, Paris. 1939	Later C-Print	$1,289–$1,934		Grisebach
2012·05	James Joyce mit Adrienne Monnier und Sylvia Beach in der Buchhandlung Shakespeare & Co., Paris. 1938	Later gelatin silver print	$1,244–$2,488		Grisebach
2012·05	„Simone de Beauvoir“. 1952	Vintage or Early C-print	$1,866–$2,488		Grisebach
2012·05	„Colette, Paris“. 1939	Later C-print	$1,866–$2,488		Grisebach
2011·11	„André Breton“, Paris. 1939	Vintage	$1,606–$2,008		Grisebach
2011·05	Henri Matisse, Paris. 1948	C-Print, 1970s	$1,417–$2,125		Grisebach
2011·05	Frida Kahlo, Mexiko. 1952	Vintage	$2,125–$2,550		Grisebach
2011·05	„Giacometti, Paris“. 1965	Vintage	$2,125–$2,550		Grisebach
2010·11	„James Joyce“. 1938	Silbergelatineabzug, um 1960	$1,332–$1,998		Grisebach
2010·11	„Virginia Woolf“. 1939	Späterer Silbergelatineabzug	$1,332–$1,998		Grisebach
2010·11	Frida Kahlo. 1948	Silbergelatineabzug, um 1950	$1,998–$3,330		Grisebach
2010·06	„Victoria en 1939 à Paris“. 1939	Späterer C-Print	$1,227–$1,840		Grisebach
2009·11	ensemble de 5 ouvrages.		$2,261–$3,014		Sotheby's
2009·06	album de photographies originales (22) et 5 pages tapuscrites.les sans-travail dans les pays en détresse.angleterre, 1935.		$41,520–$55,360		Sotheby's
2009·06	Walter Benjamin, Paris. 1938	C-Print, printed later	$2,114–$2,819		Grisebach
2009·06	Simone de Beauvoir, Paris. 1948	C-Print, printed later	$2,114–$2,819		Grisebach
2009·06	„Table de cuisine“. 1938	C-Print, printed later	$2,114–$2,819		Grisebach

Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.