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French/American, 1911–2010

Louise Bourgeois

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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

$108K$216K$324K1998: $1.8K median, 1 sold1999: $4.4K median, 16 sold2000: $920 median, 11 sold2001: $3.3K median, 9 sold2002: $340K median, 5 sold2003: $18K median, 8 sold2004: $41K median, 6 sold2005: $27K median, 18 sold2006: $46K median, 15 sold2007: $5.5K median, 17 sold2008: $80K median, 18 sold2009: $272K median, 4 sold2010: $25K median, 8 sold2011: $319K median, 12 sold2012: $57K median, 20 sold2013: $15K median, 23 sold2014: $12K median, 30 sold2015: $31K median, 32 sold2016: $38K median, 43 sold2017: $13K median, 54 sold2018: $41K median, 36 sold2019: $44K median, 33 sold2020: $37K median, 75 sold2021: $19K median, 56 sold2022: $21K median, 38 sold2023: $35K median, 47 sold2024: $14K median, 42 sold2025: $6.0K median, 65 sold2026: $4.7K median, 50 sold19982005201220192026

Where does a value land in this market?

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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.

$18K$205$33M

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

MediumResultsSell-throughMedian 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

$92K$183K$275K1998: $34K median1999: $17K median2000: $11K median2001: $12K median2002: $22K median2003: $17K median2004: $21K median2005: $21K median2006: $25K median2007: $46K median2008: $41K median2009: $33K median2010: $55K median2011: $35K median2012: $50K median2013: $40K median2014: $46K median2015: $46K median2016: $38K median2017: $38K median2018: $40K median2019: $37K median2020: $28K median2021: $32K median2022: $40K median2023: $36K median2024: $28K median2025: $18K median2026: $35K median1998: $1.8K median1999: $4.4K median2000: $920 median2001: $3.3K median2002: $340K median2003: $18K median2004: $41K median2005: $27K median2006: $46K median2007: $5.5K median2008: $80K median2009: $272K median2010: $25K median2011: $319K median2012: $57K median2013: $15K median2014: $12K median2015: $31K median2016: $38K median2017: $13K median2018: $41K median2019: $44K median2020: $37K median2021: $19K median2022: $21K median2023: $35K median2024: $14K median2025: $6.0K median2026: $4.7K median19982005201220192026
MetricLouise BourgeoisAndy Warhol
Median result$18,375$32,500
Record price $32,804,500 $195,040,000
Results on record85815,103
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

HouseResultsSell-throughMedianvs. 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

DateLotMediumvs. estimateEstimate USDResult USD, incl. premiumHouse
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2020·06 prison $120,000–$180,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 echo i $800,000–$1,200,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 eyes $10,000–$15,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 untitled $70,000–$100,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 cumulus $50,000–$70,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 the good mother $550,000–$700,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 untitled $80,000–$120,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 fallen woman $180,000–$250,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 le trani episode $400,000–$600,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 eye benches i $800,000–$1,200,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 untitled (with growth) $1,200,000–$1,800,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 observer $1,500,000–$2,000,000 Sotheby's
2020·06 house $90,240–$135,360 Sotheby's
2020·06 Crochet II, from the Crochet series $6,000–$8,000 Bonhams
2020·06 Pink Days $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2020·06 The Ainu Tree $5,500–$7,500 Bonhams
2020·06 Hamlet and Ophelia (State V) $6,000–$8,000 Bonhams
2020·06 femme $3,358–$5,597 Sotheby's
2020·02 Spiral $78,180–$104,240 Phillips
2020·02 Untitled $91,210–$117,270 Phillips
2020·02 The Hysterical Mother gouache on paper $65,169–$91,237 Christie's
2020·02 couple $77,903–$103,871 Sotheby's
2019·12 Untitled, from Anatomy portfolio $1,000–$1,500 Bonhams
2019·12 ode à ma mère.paris, éditions du solstice, 1995. $22,274–$33,411 Sotheby's
2019·11 Untitled bronze $50,000–$70,000 Christie's
2019·11 Untitled $70,000–$100,000 Phillips
2019·11 Labyrinthine Tower Siena marble $2,000,000–$3,000,000 Christie's
2019·11 Crochet II, from the Crochet series $7,000–$9,000 Bonhams
2019·11 Ear $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2019·11 Felix Harlan (born 1951) Louise Bourgeois $5,000–$7,000 Bonhams
2019·10 Progression Engraving on wove paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·10 Baby and Butterfly, State II $4,000–$6,000 Phillips
2019·10 I Love You $4,000–$6,000 Phillips
2019·10 I Do $3,000–$5,000 Phillips
2019·10 He Disappeared into Complete Silence: Untitled (Ceiling Floating), alternative plate $10,000–$15,000 Phillips
2019·10 untitled $9,864–$14,796 Sotheby's
2019·10 nature study $1,480,032–$2,220,047 Sotheby's
2019·09 Beautiful Night, from BAM portfolio $2,466–$3,699 Phillips
2019·09 Sainte Sébastienne $18,494–$24,658 Phillips
2019·07 Reply to Stanley Hayter $3,000–$5,000 Bonhams
2019·06 untitled $88,999–$114,427 Sotheby's
2019·06 listening one $1,902,057–$2,536,076 Sotheby's
2019·06 Mother gouache on paper $63,402–$88,763 Christie's
2019·06 Sans titre encre et gouache sur papier rose $22,514–$33,771 Christie's
2019·06 Small Eye #3 $7,000–$9,000 Wright
2019·05 arch of hysteria $3,000,000–$4,000,000 Sotheby's
2019·05 untitled $40,000–$60,000 Sotheby's
2019·05 untitled $20,000–$30,000 Sotheby's
2019·05 Spider bronze $25,000,000–$35,000,000 Christie's
2019·04 Together $50,000–$70,000 Phillips
2019·04 Pink Days $2,000–$3,000 Christie's
2019·04 Les Fleurs $5,000–$7,000 Christie's
2019·04 Progression Engraving on wove paper — Heritage Auctions
2019·04 Untitled $10,482–$15,723 Phillips
2019·03 Untitled ( Pink Days ) $2,628–$3,942 Christie's
2019·03 Untitled ( Toi et Moi ) $3,942–$6,571 Christie's
2019·03 remembering $918,305–$1,311,865 Sotheby's
2019·03 torso, self-portrait $1,311,865–$1,967,797 Sotheby's
2019·03 hanging janus with jacket $250,000–$350,000 Sotheby's
2018·12 thompson street (moma 540) $2,500–$3,500 Sotheby's
2018·11 Couple fabric and marble in a stainless steel, aluminum, wood and glass vitrine $800,000–$1,200,000 Christie's
2018·11 spider $50,000–$70,000 Sotheby's
2018·11 figure $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2018·10 mirror for red room; insomnia; and insomnia (moma 544, 556 & 557) $10,000–$15,000 Sotheby's
2018·10 Progression Engraving on wove paper — Heritage Auctions
2018·10 Twosome, first version, state VI $5,000–$7,000 Phillips
2018·09 untitled $613,440–$869,040 Sotheby's
2018·09 Storm at Saint Honoré $2,635–$3,953 Christie's
2018·09 untitled (spider and snake) $5,270–$7,905 Sotheby's
2018·09 Untitled (I love You) $3,953–$6,588 Christie's
2018·09 Untitled (Les Fleurs) $3,953–$6,588 Christie's
2018·06 I Do $2,500–$3,500 Phillips
2018·06 Untitled (Maggot), from Anatomy portfolio $2,000–$3,000 Phillips
2018·06 The Birth $79,045–$105,393 Sotheby's
2018·06 [no title recorded] — Dorotheum
2018·06 [no title recorded] — Dorotheum
2018·06 [no title recorded] — Dorotheum
2018·05 Swaying ink, watercolor and graphite over etching on paper laid down on paperboard $120,000–$180,000 Christie's
2018·05 Topiary $200,000–$300,000 Sotheby's
2018·05 Untitled (Fingers) $250,000–$350,000 Sotheby's
2018·05 Clutching Hands $900,000–$1,200,000 Sotheby's
2018·05 Rondeau for L $80,000–$120,000 Phillips
2018·05 Untitled $70,000–$100,000 Phillips
2018·05 The Loved Hand $80,000–$120,000 Phillips
2018·04 Les Fleurs $1,500–$2,500 Phillips
2018·04 Le Père et les 3 Fils (The Father and the 3 Sons), Version 2 $2,500–$3,500 Phillips
2018·04 I Do $2,500–$3,500 Phillips
2018·04 Untitled (Holiday Laurel) $1,500–$2,500 Phillips
2018·04 He Disappeared Into Complete Silence , Gemor Press, New York, 1947 $400,000–$600,000 Christie's
2018·04 Pregnant Caryatid $5,000–$7,000 Wright
2018·03 house $138,836–$208,255 Sotheby's
2018·03 untitled (chairs) $416,509–$555,346 Sotheby's
2018·03 Spider III steel $5,567,655–$8,351,483 Christie's
2018·03 untitled $30,000–$50,000 Sotheby's
2018·03 Untitled wax crayon, correction fluid, ink and graphite on paper $20,000–$30,000 Christie's
2018·02 Hamlet and Ophelia $4,000–$6,000 Christie's
2018·02 Paris Review $5,000–$7,000 Christie's
2018·02 Bed $2,500–$3,500 Christie's
2018·01 Yes $14,255–$21,382 Phillips
2018·01 I Do $4,000–$6,000 Wright

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