French, 1848–1903
Paul Gauguin
575results on record
78%sell-through
$48,433median result (USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% estimated from hammer)
$39,241,000record in our coverage
Drawn from 575 recorded results (538 sold · 37 passed) across 19 auction houses, 1998–2026. 4 upcoming lots on the ledger. What we cover
Median sold price by year typical estimate range median result USD, incl. premium; 96% observed, 4% 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 | 134 | 80% | $14,187 |
| works on paper | 77 | 89% | $51,460 |
| painting | 56 | 73% | $825,000 |
| other | 39 | 100% | $9,158 |
| sculpture | 24 | 100% | $29,897 |
| ceramics & design | 17 | 80% | $305,685 |
Medium is recorded for 347 of 575 results (60%) — rows above cover that subset; the rest of the record is in the full ledger below.
Compared with Pablo Picasso Paul Gauguin Pablo Picasso
| Metric | Paul Gauguin | Pablo Picasso |
|---|---|---|
| Median result | $48,433 | $10,507 |
| Record price | $39,241,000 | $179,365,000 |
| Results on record | 575 | 29,706 |
| Years active at auction | 1998–2026 | 1998–2026 |
Related artists: Pablo PicassoMarc ChagallJoan MiróHenri Matisse
Market strength liquidity score, 0–100 · method
76/ 100
- Sell-through78%
- Meets estimate62%
- Market depth575 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 | 251 | 82% | $78,346 | 0.94× |
| Christie's | 230 | 85% | $57,494 | — |
| Bonhams | 30 | 70% | $7,541 | 0.86× |
| Artcurial | 14 | — | $15,794 | 0.87× |
| Ketterer Kunst | 9 | — | $3,115 | — |
| Heritage Auctions | 7 | 86% | $3,875 | — |
| Phillips | 6 | 83% | $4,410 | — |
| Freeman's | Hindman | 5 | 100% | $1,536 | 0.75× |
| Dorotheum | 4 | 75% | $1,171 | — |
| Hammersite | 2 | 100% | $2,625 | 0.11× |
| Doyle | 1 | 100% | $1,536 | — |
| SBI Art Auction | 1 | 100% | $5,131 | — |
| Bertolami Fine Art | 1 | 100% | $593 | — |
| Art collect | 1 | — | $12 | 0.18× |
| Montefiore auction house | 2 | 50% | $212 | 1.36× |
| Wright | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Kamelot Auctions | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Aste Dams | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Strauss & Co | 1 | 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 767 recorded lots — sold, passed, and upcoming — results in USD incl. premium; est. marks a premium estimated from the house's schedule ✓ Includes 37 passed lots
| Date | Lot | Medium | vs. estimate | Estimate USD | Result USD, incl. premium | House |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021·09 | L'Univers est Cree | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
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| 2021·09 | Silhouettes polynésiennes | $15,000–$20,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2021·09 | Fragrent Scent (Noa Noa) | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | Te Po (The God of Darkness) | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | L'Univers est Cree | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | Spirit of the Dead Watching | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | The Devil's Speech | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | Maruru (Thank You) | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·09 | Nave Nave Fenua | $1,500–$2,000 | Unsold listing | Dane Fine Art | ||
| 2021·08 | Te Atua | $3,000–$4,500 | Dane Fine Art | |||
| 2021·05 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2021·05 | Tahitian Menu | lithograph | $300–$500 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2021·04 | Misères humaines (Mongan, Kornfeld & Joachim 11) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·04 | Peasant Woman | $40,000–$50,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2021·03 | Portrait de jeune fille | charcoal on paper | $20,565–$34,275 | Christie's | ||
| 2021·03 | noa noa (the small plate) (g. 47; k. 34) | $13,899–$20,849 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Idol with a Pearl | $8,000–$12,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·12 | Sketch of hands | Charcoal on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2020·11 | hina et te fatou | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Anémones et anthémis dans un vase | $250,000–$350,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·11 | Tahitienne assise | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2020·10 | Misères humaines (Human Misery) (from the Volpini Suite) | $8,000–$10,000 | Wright | |||
| 2020·09 | noa noa (the small plate) (g. 47; k. 34) | $19,333–$25,777 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | idole tahitienne (g. 44; k. 32) | $90,221–$115,998 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·09 | "The white horse" 1964 | — | Aste Dams | |||
| 2020·06 | portrait d'aline | $100,000–$150,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2020·05 | Nave Nave Fenua, 1893-1894 , 1921 | woodcut | $3,000–$5,000 | Freeman's | Hindman | ||
| 2020·05 | Les Vieilles Filles (Arles) | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2020·02 | bretonne de trois-quarts à gauche | $65,268–$91,375 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | les pivoines ii | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | petit breton | $35,000–$45,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·11 | Te Atua, from Noa Noa | paper | $35,000–$45,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Scène d'intérieur tahitienne | pencil on paper | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | L'Enlèvement d'Europe | paper | $7,000–$10,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Le chapeau rouge | oil on canvas | $300,000–$500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Vase aux trois bretonnes vêtues de jupes bleuâtres, réhauts d’or | stoneware with colored glaze and gold paint | $40,000–$60,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Vase décoré avec feuillage, raisins et animaux | dark brown stoneware, partially engraved, with colored engobe and glaze | $100,000–$150,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Vase avec une baigneuse | reddish-brown stoneware with colored glaze and gold paint | $200,000–$400,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | La ferme de la Groue à Osny | oil on canvas | $250,000–$350,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Nature morte au compotier | gouache and watercolor on silk laid down on board | $150,000–$250,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Coin de ferme II | oil on canvas | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Les vieilles filles à Arles | zincograph, on canary yellow wove paper | $6,000–$8,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Manao Tupapau | lithograph, on wove paper | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Oviri (recto) with Mahna No Varua Ino (verso) | paper (verso) | $70,000–$100,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Femme cueillant des fruits et Oviri | paper | $15,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Te Atua | paper | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Nave Nave Fenua, from Noa Noa | paper | $60,000–$80,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Noa Noa : six plates | paper; together with | $25,000–$35,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Changement de résidence | paper | $18,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Changement de résidence | paper | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Femmes, Animaux et Feuillages | paper | $15,000–$20,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Titre pour 'Le Sourire' | paper | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Four issues of 'Le Sourire' | four woodcuts with mimeographic text in French, on six folded sheets of paper | $70,000–$100,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Christ en croix | paper | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Etudes de chats et d'enfant | charcoal and pastel on paper | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | Etable près de Dieppe II | oil on canvas | $800,000–$1,500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·11 | La Boudeuse | watercolor over pencil on paper | $400,000–$600,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·05 | lettre autographe signée à charles morice, datée [tahiti] août [18]98. | $8,937–$11,171 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | lettre autographe signée à camille pissarro, [1882 ?]. | $13,405–$16,756 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | lettre autographe signée à camille pissarro, [1883]. | $13,405–$16,756 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | bretonne de trois-quarts à gauche | $150,000–$250,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | femme caraïbe | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·05 | chemin sous les palmiers | $6,000,000–$8,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·04 | pastorales martinique (guérin 9; mongan, kornfeld & joachim 6) | $20,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·04 | Misères humaines, from 10 Zincographies | lithograph, on | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Ia Orana Maria, from L'Epreuve--Album d'Art , No. 4, March 1895, Paris | lithograph in dark blue, on | $2,000–$3,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Mahna no Varua ino, from Noa Noa | woodcut, on | $1,000–$1,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | L'Univers est créé, from Noa Noa | woodcut, on | $4,000–$6,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Pastorales Martinique, from 10 Zincographies | lithograph, on | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·04 | Les Drames de la mer - Une Descente dans la maelstrom, from 10 Zincographies | $3,000–$5,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2019·04 | environs de paris | $127,391–$254,782 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | portrait de camille pissarro - rectopaysage - verso | $33,654–$44,872 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2019·03 | Manao Tupapau (Watched by the Spirits of the Dead), from: NOA NOA | woodcut printed in black, reddish brown and yellow, 1893-94, on | $32,853–$45,995 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | L'Univers est créé (The Creation of the Universe), from: NOA NOA | woodcut printed in black and cinnamon with pochoir in pale red, 1893-94, on | $32,853–$45,995 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | Te atua (The Gods), from: NOA NOA | woodcut printed in black and ochre, 1893-94, on | $32,853–$45,995 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | Te Faruru (Here we make Love), from: NOA NOA | woodcut printed in black and cinnamon with pochoir in brick red, 1893-94, on | $39,424–$65,707 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | Nave Nave Fenua (Delightful Land), from: NOA NOA | woodcut printed in black, cinnamon and yellow with pochoir in brick red, 1893-94, on | $39,424–$65,707 | Christie's | ||
| 2019·03 | Pastorale | Collotype with pochoir in colors on laid paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2019·02 | Portrait de Clovis | black crayon on paper | $26,600–$53,200 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·11 | sur une chaise | $700,000–$1,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·11 | portrait d'enfant | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·11 | Etudes de lion, chevreuil, profil d'homme | charcoal and pen and ink on paper | $18,000–$25,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·10 | tête de chat | $38,269–$63,782 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·10 | te po (mangold/kornfeld/joachim 21) | $30,000–$40,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·10 | tête d'enfant | $23,010–$34,515 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Reine-marguerites, chapeau et livre | oil on panel | $396,177–$660,295 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·06 | Nu assis | pencil on paper | $23,771–$33,015 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·06 | Fleurs dans un panier | $1,315,270–$1,972,905 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·06 | Paysan Breton | Watercolor and sanguine on paper | — | Heritage Auctions | ||
| 2018·06 | [no title recorded] | — | Dorotheum | |||
| 2018·05 | vente de tableaux et dessins par paul gauguin, artiste peintre. paris, drouot, etude de me sarrus, 1895. | $3,518–$5,864 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·05 | le sourire. n° 2. [tahiti], 19 septembre 1899. | $3,518–$5,864 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·05 | Dahlias et mandoline | oil on canvas | $1,200,000–$1,800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·05 | Fleurs dans un vase | oil on canvas | $5,000,000–$7,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·05 | La Vague | oil on canvas | — | Christie's | ||
| 2018·04 | Noa Noa (Mongan/Kornfeld/Joachim 13) | $5,000–$7,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2018·04 | Manao Tupapau (Kornfeld 20/Ⅳ/F) | — | SBI Art Auction | |||
| 2018·03 | Femmes, Animaux et Feuillages | $14,152–$21,228 | Christie's | |||
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