French/American, 1911–2010
Louise Bourgeois
858results on record
88%sell-through
$18,375median result (USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% estimated from hammer)
$32,804,500record in our coverage
Drawn from 858 recorded results (792 sold · 66 passed) across 21 auction houses, 1998–2026. 9 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 99% observed, 1% 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| prints | 171 | 95% | $5,219 |
| sculpture | 56 | 82% | $410,878 |
| works on paper | 36 | 100% | $36,347 |
| ceramics & design | 34 | 90% | $95,714 |
| other | 20 | 89% | $22,680 |
| photography | 3 | 100% | $2,188 |
Medium is recorded for 320 of 858 results (37%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Andy Warhol Louise Bourgeois Andy Warhol
| Metric | Louise Bourgeois | Andy Warhol |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $18,375 | $32,500 |
| Record price | $32,804,500 | $195,040,000 |
| Results on record | 858 | 15,103 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Andy WarholDamien HirstRoy LichtensteinDavid Hockney
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
83/ 100
- Sell-through88%
- Meets estimate68%
- Market depth858 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sotheby's | 325 | 91% | $72,000 | 0.91× |
| Christie's | 216 | 96% | $16,380 | — |
| Phillips | 163 | 90% | $9,375 | — |
| Bonhams | 72 | 79% | $5,100 | 0.82× |
| Heritage Auctions | 20 | 95% | $4,000 | — |
| Rago | 20 | 80% | $3,826 | — |
| Wright | 13 | 85% | $920 | — |
| Grisebach | 8 | — | $17,876 | — |
| Dorotheum | 13 | 62% | $2,538 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 5 | 100% | $4,375 | 1.17× |
| Ketterer Kunst | 5 | — | $12,278 | — |
| Lempertz | 4 | 100% | $58,455 | — |
| Lyon & Turnbull | 4 | 100% | $2,553 | 0.85× |
| Kruso Art | 3 | 100% | $2,037 | 0.75× |
| Artcurial | 2 | — | $92,740 | 0.83× |
| Doyle | 1 | 100% | $2,880 | — |
| Chiswick Auctions | 1 | 100% | $3,415 | — |
| SBI Art Auction | 1 | 100% | $1,227 | — |
| Koller | 1 | — | $22,902 | — |
| Art collect | 1 | — | $575 | 0.84× |
| Lamas Bolaño | 4 | 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 891 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 66 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2026·07 | The Happy House, from La Réparation | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·07 | Untitled (no. 11 of 12), from Anatomy | $1,500–$2,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2026·07 | Give or Take (How Do You Feel This Morning?) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·07 | Give or Take (How Do You Feel This Morning?) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·06 | Eight in Bed (MoMA 224.3) | $1,500–$2,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·06 | Please Hang in There | $2,643–$3,965 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·06 | Male and Female | $1,982–$2,643 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·06 | Hamlet and Ophelia | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·05 | Champfleurette, the White Cat (MoMA 133) | $2,013–$2,683 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Together (MoMA 1094-1099) | $6,709–$9,392 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Untitled, plate 9 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 452) | $1,342–$2,013 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Untitled, plate 1 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 444) | $1,342–$2,013 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Untitled | $70,000–$100,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·05 | Fallen Woman - 1996 | $6,960–$9,280 | Artcurial | |||
| 2026·04 | Untitled | $2,000–$4,000 | Doyle | |||
| 2026·04 | Don't Worry | Aquatint in color on Somerset paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·04 | Arched Figure (MoMA 1071/B) | $1,500–$2,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Embracing the Tree (MoMA 278/II) | $2,000–$4,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Caryatid (MoMA 123) | $12,000–$18,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Homely Girl, A Life (MoMA 926-935) | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·04 | Sleep | bronze à patine dorée et socle en bois | $117,820–$176,730 | Christie's | ||
| 2026·04 | The Bad Mother (MoMA 654) | $30,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature: One Plate (MoMa 449/II) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Together (MoMA 1094-1099) | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature: One Plate (MoMa 448/III) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·04 | Sainte Sébastienne | $12,000–$18,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | He Disappeared Into Complete Silence 11 | $30,000–$50,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | Glass Object | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | La Réparation 7 | $20,000–$30,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | A Flower in the Forest, from The Geldzahler Portfolio | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·04 | Metamorfosis 5 | $5,000–$7,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·03 | Bed | Engraving, etching, and drypoint on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2026·03 | Sheaves; Inner Life (two works) | $800–$1,200 | Rago | |||
| 2026·03 | Untitled | $20,043–$26,723 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·03 | Untitled (House #5) | $80,170–$106,894 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2026·03 | Fallen Woman | $9,320–$13,314 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature | $30,000–$50,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·02 | Untitled (I Have Been to Hell and Back) | — | Chiswick Auctions | |||
| 2026·02 | Le lit gros édredon (with lips) | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2026·02 | Medical Print | $1,500–$2,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Madeleine | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Hanging Figure | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·02 | Champfleurette, the White Cat (MoMA 133.2/IV) | $2,000–$4,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·02 | Eight in Bed (MoMA 224.3) | $1,500–$2,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Le Petit Objet V | — | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·01 | Femme | — | Bonhams | |||
| 2026·01 | Champfleurette (The White Cat) (MoMA 133) | $2,684–$4,026 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Untitled, plate 4 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 447) | $6,711–$9,395 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Untitled, plate 3 from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature (MoMA 446) | $6,711–$9,395 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Fear, from 11 Drypoints (MoMA 64) | $2,013–$2,684 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Fallen Woman | $6,711–$9,395 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | The Olive Branch, from L'art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2) | $2,684–$4,026 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Les fleurs (The Flowers) (MoMA 698) | $5,368–$8,053 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Janus (MoMA 227) | $6,711–$9,395 | Phillips | |||
| 2026·01 | Where I Live (MoMA 519) | $1,342–$2,013 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·12 | Spider Woman. Galerie Karsten Greve | $879–$996 | Lamas Bolaño | |||
| 2025·12 | In the Bottom. Grabado a punta seca | $7,033–$7,619 | Lamas Bolaño | |||
| 2025·12 | I Do | $3,997–$6,661 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·12 | Spider web 2002 | $29,165–$40,831 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | „Anatomy“. 1989/90 | Original linen-covered box with 10 etchings and drypoints, one etching, one multiple (object collage), each on wove paper | $13,879–$17,349 | Grisebach | ||
| 2025·11 | Black Arcs/Untitled (Black) | $100,000–$150,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled | stainless steel, glass, fabric and wood | $400,000–$600,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·11 | Ode à la Bièvre | Illustrated book reproducing images of the original fabric work | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·11 | A Flower in the Forest, from The Geldzahler Portfolio | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·11 | Untitled, 1998 | pencil on paper | $10,000–$15,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2025·11 | Rameau d'olivier, 2005 | $1,743–$2,324 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·10 | I Do (MoMA 226) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Le Lit Gros Édredon (with lips) (MoMA 480.3) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·10 | Hanging figure | drypoint on fabric | $9,399–$13,427 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Paris Review | Aquatint and drypoint in colors on Somerset paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·10 | Sheaves; Inner Life (two works from the Repères 19 catalog) | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2025·10 | Le lit gros edredon (with lips) | $5,000–$7,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·10 | Untitled | bronze, stainless steel and mirror | $1,602,114–$2,403,171 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·10 | Ex-Libris - 2005 | $1,061–$1,591 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2025·10 | In the Bottom. Grabado a punta seca | $7,034–$7,621 | Lamas Bolaño | |||
| 2025·10 | Spider Woman. Galerie Karsten Greve | $879–$997 | Lamas Bolaño | |||
| 2025·09 | À Baudelaire (#5) 致波特萊爾（5號） | $796,820–$1,053,859 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·09 | Untitled (Ex-Libris), bookplate from Recueil des secrets de Louyse Bourgeois (Collection of Secrets of Louyse Bourgeois) (see MoMA 612) | $1,089–$1,634 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·09 | Echo I, 2007 | $544,608–$816,912 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·07 | Pregnant Caryatid | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·07 | The Ainu Tree | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·07 | Untitled, no. 10 of 12, from Anatomy | $2,000–$3,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2025·07 | Caryatid | $12,000–$18,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2025·06 | The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix | $2,058–$2,745 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·06 | Louise Bourgeois | $500–$600 | Art collect | |||
| 2025·06 | Program for a Helmut Lang fashion show | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | The Welcoming Hands, 1996 | Bronze with silver nitrate patina Estimate: € 250,000 / $ 285,000 Sold: € 495,300 / $ 564,642 (incl | $285,275–$285,275 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2025·06 | Have You Saved a Soul Today? (MoMA 704) | $6,784–$9,498 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2) | $4,070–$6,784 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·06 | Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature | $40,000–$60,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·05 | Rameau d'olivier, 2005 | $1,703–$2,839 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·05 | Ode à ma mère - exemplaire avec suite, 1995 | $24,983–$31,797 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·05 | Untitled | fabric, aluminum, steel, wood and glass | $600,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·05 | Untitled | pink marble, steel and wood | $500,000–$700,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·04 | I Do | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·04 | Together (MoMA 1119) | $40,000–$60,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·04 | Untitled | $22,692–$34,038 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·04 | Untitled (double sided) | $11,346–$17,019 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·04 | Untitled | $15,822–$23,733 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·03 | Bed | Engraving, etching, and drypoint on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
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