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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| 2025·03 | Bed | Engraving, etching, and drypoint on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2025·03 | Happiness | gouache on paper | $38,654–$64,423 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·03 | Pillar | painted bronze, polished bronze, stainless steel and mirror | $1,664,934–$2,305,293 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·02 | Choker | silver | $12,000–$18,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2025·02 | Horseshoe | $2,500–$3,500 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Night | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Couples | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Guilty Girl Is Fragile, from twoandthreezeros: Exit Art Portfolio 2000 | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Crochet II, from Crochet I-V | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Crochet III, from Crochet I-V | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Eight in Bed | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Small Hours, no. 2 of 9, from What Is the Shape of This Problem? | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Hour Is Devoted to Revenge, no. 7 of 9, from What Is the Shape of This Problem? | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Crochet IV, from Crochet I-V | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Le Père et les 3 Fils | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Untitled, no. 10 of 12, from Anatomy | $2,000–$3,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2025·02 | The Song of the Blacks and the Blues | $8,000–$12,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Are you in Orbit? | $200,000–$300,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2025·02 | Caryatid | $15,000–$20,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2025·02 | Pregnant Caryatid | $6,000–$8,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2025·02 | Has the Day Invaded the Night, or Has the Night Invaded the Day?, no. 5 of 9, from What Is the Shape of This Problem? | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Crochet V, from Crochet I-V | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Ainu Tree | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Bad Mother | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | The Smile | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | A Flower In the Forest, from The Geldzahler Portfolio | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Reply to Stanley Hayter | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Henriette | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2025·02 | Rameau d'olivier, 2005 | $1,572–$2,620 | Bonhams | |||
| 2025·02 | Homely Girl, A Life (MoMA 926-935) | $15,000–$20,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·02 | The Ladders (MoMA 406/VII) | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2025·02 | The Guilty Girl is Fragile (from the Twoandthreezeros: Exit Art portfolio) | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2025·01 | Untitled (Ex-Libris), bookplate from Recueil des Secrets de Louyse Bourgeois (Collection of Secrets of Louyse Bourgeois) (see MoMA 612) | $985–$1,478 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·12 | The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio | $3,188–$4,463 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·12 | Untitled | $19,000–$25,334 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·12 | Untitled (double-sided) | $19,000–$25,334 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·12 | Give or take II | $10,492–$15,738 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·11 | Ode à ma mère | $31,686–$42,248 | Lempertz | |||
| 2024·11 | „Quarantania“. 1942-48/1990 | 9 etchings on wove paper, in original linen-covered box | $10,562–$15,843 | Grisebach | ||
| 2024·11 | Untitled | gouache on pink paper | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·11 | Les Fleurs | gouache on paper, in twelve parts | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·11 | Untitled | painted bronze with stainless steel | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·11 | A patinated Sterling silver shackle necklace. | $15,800–$21,066 | Lempertz | |||
| 2024·10 | Caryatid | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2024·10 | Hamlet and Ophelia | $4,000–$6,000 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | Untitled (from the Anatomy portfolio) | $1,500–$2,500 | Rago | |||
| 2024·10 | The Cross-Eyed Woman I | $13,067–$19,601 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·10 | Toi et Moi | $52,269–$78,404 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·10 | The Family | $32,658–$45,721 | Christie's | |||
| 2024·10 | Couple | gouache and coloured pencil on paper, in two parts | $104,505–$156,757 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·10 | Spider | gouache on paper | $52,252–$78,379 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·10 | Arched Figure No. 2 | $654,227–$915,918 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·07 | Father and Son | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | Rameau d'olivier, 2005 | $1,606–$2,676 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·06 | Ode à ma mère, 1995. 9 pointes-sèches monogrammées. Avec une des rares suites (9 planches signées). En feuilles. | $32,088–$53,480 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2024·06 | Sheaves (MoMA 606.1) | $1,277–$1,915 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·06 | The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2) | $3,831–$6,385 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·05 | The Young Girl | $15,000–$20,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2024·05 | (1911 - 2010) | $1,630–$2,716 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·05 | (1911 - 2010) | $1,630–$2,716 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·05 | (1911 - 2010) | $1,630–$2,716 | Kruso Art | |||
| 2024·04 | Les Fleurs, 2009 | $5,005–$7,507 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2024·04 | The Olive Branch (from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio) | lithograph in colours | $2,668–$3,736 | Christie's | ||
| 2024·04 | The Song of the Blacks and the Blues | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·04 | Champ fleury, The White Cat | Drypoint, etching, and aquatint on wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2024·04 | Reaching (MoMA 597) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | merci. mercy., from Documenta IX (MoMA 730/III) | $8,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Untitled, from Anatomy (MoMA 1043) | $1,500–$2,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Silence | $25,000–$35,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·04 | Seated Woman | $20,000–$30,000 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2024·04 | Ambition (MoMA 1056) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·03 | 11 Drypoints (set of 11) | $18,967–$31,612 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2024·03 | Autobiographical Series (set of 14) | $25,289–$37,934 | upcoming | Christie's | ||
| 2024·03 | Janus | $6,346–$8,885 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·03 | Red Room (Parents) | $1,269–$1,904 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·03 | Pregnant Woman | $51,004–$76,505 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·03 | Untitled (Fingers) | $250,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Untitled | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Untitled | $43,208–$64,812 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2024·02 | Topiary (MoMA 691/III) | $2,500–$3,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·01 | The Olive Branch, from L'Art pour la paix (Art for Peace) portfolio (MoMA 919.2) | $3,802–$6,337 | Phillips | |||
| 2024·01 | Sheaves (MoMA 606.1) | $1,901–$2,535 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·12 | Homely Girl, A Life, Volumes I and II | $2,000–$3,000 | Rago | |||
| 2023·11 | The Puritan (Triptych Set) | $7,668–$9,860 | Christie's | |||
| 2023·11 | Spider | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Untitled | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Untitled | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Untitled | $80,000–$120,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Les Beaux Blancs | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Nature Study #2 | $400,000–$600,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Woman with Packages | $1,800,000–$2,500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Harmless Woman | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·11 | Germinal | $100,000–$150,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·11 | Tits | $250,000–$350,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·11 | Nature Study | $400,000–$600,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Paris Review (MoMA 567) | $6,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2023·10 | Bed (MoMA 480.2/IV) | $3,000–$4,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Self Portrait (MoMA 545.1) | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2023·10 | Landscape | $48,714–$73,071 | Sotheby's | |||
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