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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| 2021·06 | Untitled | $47,748–$59,685 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·06 | Untitled | $47,748–$59,685 | Lempertz | |||
| 2021·06 | The cross-eyed woman I | drypoint printed on fabric | $7,274–$9,699 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Untitled | $42,518–$56,690 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Thompson Street (MoMA 540) | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·05 | Le Père et Les 3 Fils II | $4,500–$6,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·05 | Bed | $4,000–$6,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·05 | Couples | $3,000–$5,000 | Rago | |||
| 2021·05 | Seated Woman | etching with gouache, graphite and colored pencil | $30,000–$50,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Untitled | ink, wax crayon, colored pencil and correction fluid on paper | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Spider V | steel | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·05 | Toi et Moi , 2006 | screenprint on woven fabric | $5,000–$7,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·04 | Metamorfosis (MoMA 490b-496b) | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Pregnant Caryatid | Lithograph in colors on Okawara paper, second state (of 2) | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | He Disappeared into Complete Silence (MoMA 1229) | $70,000–$100,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Insomnia | Lithograph in colors on smooth wove paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2021·04 | Ode à la Bièvre (Ode to the Bièvre) (MoMA 380b-403b) | $5,000–$7,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Metamorfosis (MoMA 490a-494a) | $9,000–$12,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Untitled (The House is Waiting For You) | $15,000–$25,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Ode à Ma Mère (Ode to My Mother) (MoMA 4b-12b) | $30,000–$50,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Pink Days (MoMA 149.1) | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2021·04 | Dismemberment - 1994 | $2,071–$2,762 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2021·03 | Figure | $206,694–$275,593 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Mamelles | 《乳房》 | $548,497–$822,745 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Pregnant Woman II | polished bronze and painted steel | $1,240,713–$1,654,284 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·03 | Le Père et les 3 Fils, Version 2 (MoMA 518.2) | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | mother and child; fear; and fences are obsolete | $5,560–$8,339 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Untitled | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Ode á l'oubli | $150,000–$200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Topiary II | $350,000–$450,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | give or take (how do you feel this morning?) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Silence | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Untitled | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Topiary | $300,000–$500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | le père et les trois fils (version ii) | $3,591–$5,984 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Hamlet et Ophélie | $3,591–$5,984 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·02 | Untitled from the Anatomy portfolio | $1,000–$1,500 | Rago | |||
| 2021·02 | Sheaves; Inner Life (two works) | $1,200–$1,800 | Rago | |||
| 2021·01 | Ex-Libris | $959–$1,233 | Lyon & Turnbull | |||
| 2021·01 | I Said Yes With My Eyes (MoMA. 1000) | $34,296–$48,015 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·12 | Give or take II. 1991 | Bronze with brown golden patina | $18,238–$24,318 | Grisebach | ||
| 2020·11 | The loved hand | $66,648–$93,308 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $26,659–$39,989 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $26,659–$39,989 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $39,989–$53,319 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $19,994–$26,659 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled | $26,659–$39,989 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | la philosophie du chien qui se noie | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Untitled, from Metamorfosis | Etching on Rives BFK paper, with photographic reproductions | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·11 | Hamlet and Ophelia | $3,500–$4,500 | Rago | |||
| 2020·10 | Untitled (plate 6), from Topiary: The Art of Improving Nature Portfolio | $9,000–$12,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·10 | metamorfosis | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Reply to Stanley Hayter | $3,000–$5,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·10 | Toi et moi | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·10 | sainte sébastienne (moma 504.2) | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | the feeding | $52,379–$78,568 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | pregnant woman | $39,284–$52,379 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | femme | $130,947–$196,421 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | les fleurs (moma 698) | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | toi et moi (moma 151) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | anatomy (moma 1041-1052) | $25,000–$35,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | the puritan (moma 1072-1079) | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | i love you (moma 1139) | $6,000–$8,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | Ode à ma mère : one plate | $5,000–$7,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2020·10 | fragile goddess | $391,784–$652,974 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | life flower i | $522,379–$783,569 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | the family | $50,000–$70,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | untitled | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | embracing the tree | $2,578–$3,867 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | mother and child; fear; and fences are obsolete | $9,022–$12,889 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $195,136–$325,226 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | germinal | $130,090–$195,136 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | the bad mother | $39,027–$52,036 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $390,271–$520,362 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | the good mother | $52,036–$78,054 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | torso, self-portrait | $579,616–$837,223 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | fée couturière (fairy dressmaker) | $772,821–$1,030,428 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | arched figure | $386,411–$515,214 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | Ear | $4,000–$6,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·07 | Montée Difficile (Slow Climb): Version 2 | $7,000–$9,000 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·07 | Hands | $2,500–$3,500 | Phillips | |||
| 2020·07 | trani episode | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | give or take (how do you feel this morning?) | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | pink days (moma 149.2) | $2,000–$3,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | we love you (moma 561) | $800–$1,200 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | toi et moi (moma 151) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled (holiday laurel) (moma 126) | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | determination | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | rejection makes me wild [a double-sided drawing] | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | the puritan (moma 1072-1079) | $7,000–$10,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | topiary (moma 691) | $1,500–$2,500 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | anatomy (moma 1042-43, 1046-51) | $15,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·07 | untitled | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | untitled | $35,000–$45,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | untitled | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·06 | female portrait | $350,000–$450,000 | Sotheby's | |||
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