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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 2018·03 | Nave Nave Fenua | woodcut printed in black, cinnamon and yellow with pochoir in brick red, 1893-94, on | $28,304–$42,456 | Christie's | ||
| 2018·03 | La luxure | Bronze à patine brune | $12,376–$18,564 | Artcurial | ||
| 2018·03 | femme assise – rectojeune garçon – verso | $13,749–$20,624 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Brush Holder, 1887 | $58,745–$82,243 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Tahitienne assise | $200,000–$300,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Chemin de village (La Sente du Père Dupin) | $350,000–$450,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Eve Bretonne (II) | $800,000–$1,200,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Cavalier devant la case | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·11 | Parau Parau | brush and black and brown inks on toned paper | $30,000–$40,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·11 | Portrait d'Aline Gauguin | watercolor and charcoal on paper | $50,000–$70,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·10 | Paysage, probablement Pontoise | $70,908–$94,544 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·06 | Portrait d'enfant | watercolour on paper laid down on an original business card | $25,699–$38,548 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·06 | Environs de Paris | gouache on paper | $154,194–$231,291 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·06 | La Femme aux Figues | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·05 | ondine (iii) and étude pour joies de bretagne (a double-sided drawing) | $600,000–$800,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·05 | Etude pour I raro te oviri | watercolor and pen and black ink on paper | $10,000–$15,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·05 | Bretonne et oie au bord de l'eau | oil on canvas | $3,000,000–$5,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·04 | La Orana Maria | $2,500–$3,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·04 | Le Calvaire Breton | $1,000–$1,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2017·04 | L'enlèvement d'Europe (Kornfeld, Mongan, Joachim 47) | $7,464–$9,952 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Manao Tupapau | L'Estampe originale | $18,663–$24,884 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·03 | Tahitienne étendue (recto); Tahitienne vue de dos (verso) | charcoal on paper | $49,248–$73,873 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·03 | Te Arii Vahine – La Femme aux mangos (II) | $8,618,469–$12,312,098 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2017·03 | Figure tahitienne (recto); Etudes de félin et d'enfant (verso) | black chalk and pencil on paper | $246,242–$369,363 | Christie's | ||
| 2017·02 | Te Fare (La maison) | oil on canvas | $14,906,981–$22,360,471 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·12 | Le Calvaire Breton | $1,500–$2,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2016·11 | Fleurs d'été dans un gobelet | $350,000–$550,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·11 | Femme someillant | $20,000–$30,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·07 | Girl in Tahiti | $100–$150 | Montefiore auction house | |||
| 2016·06 | Nature morte aux pommes | $3,271,206–$4,163,353 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | étude | $16,761–$22,348 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | Homme assis tourné vers la gauche | $5,587–$7,822 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·06 | Deux Bretonnes | $22,348–$33,522 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·05 | Petit berger Breton | gouache over pencil on silk | $300,000–$500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Ja Orana Ritou | watercolor and pencil on paper | $300,000–$500,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Paysage tahitien avec figure ( recto ); Etude de figures ( verso ) | ); charcoal and pencil on paper ( | $20,000–$30,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Cuillère | carved wood | $35,000–$45,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Femmes tahitiennes et anges dans un atelier | oil transfer heightened with gouache on paper | $200,000–$300,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·05 | Oviri | $150,000–$250,000 | Christie's | |||
| 2016·05 | Bouquets et céramique sur une commode | $2,000,000–$3,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2016·02 | Portrait de Paul Palonini (recto); Bord de rivière (verso) | charcoal on paper (recto); charcoal and pencil on paper (verso) | $10,187–$14,553 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Croquis de femmes martiniquaises | watercolour, black crayon and pencil on paper | $29,027–$43,540 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Tête de marquesan ( recto ); Nativité ( verso ) | gouache and watercolour monotype with gouache and watercolour on Japan paper ( | $87,081–$116,108 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Trois têtes Tahitiennes | oil transfer drawing on paper | $290,269–$435,404 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Portrait d'enfant | oil on panel | $72,567–$116,108 | Christie's | ||
| 2016·02 | Nature morte aux mangos et à la fleur d'hibiscus | $2,902,695–$4,354,042 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·12 | [Noa Noa, Vojage de Tahiti. 1893-1894.] | $15,000–$25,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·12 | carnet de tahiti par bernard dorival. paris: quatre chemins, 1954 | $6,024–$9,036 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Manao Tupapau | $3,771–$5,279 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·11 | Jeune homme à la fleur | oil on canvas | $12,000,000–$18,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Thérèse | carved miro wood, gold gilding and copper nails | $18,000,000–$25,000,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·11 | Soyez Symboliste - Portrait de Jean Moréas | $150,000–$250,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Le Fils de l'artiste | $15,000–$20,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Lion | $18,000–$25,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Sur l'Aven en amont de Pont-Aven | $1,000,000–$1,500,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·11 | Famille tahitienne 16 1/2 x 10 3/8 in (42.5 x 26.2 cm) | $100,000–$150,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·10 | portrait de stéphane mallarmé "au corbeau". eau-forte et pointe sèche. 2 épreuves dont le cuivre rayé [vers 1919]. | (184 x 145 mm). Encadrées dos à dos, sous cadre à baguette de bois moderne | $5,720–$9,151 | Sotheby's | ||
| 2015·10 | Les Vieilles Filles a Arles, from the Volpini Suite | $3,014–$4,521 | Strauss & Co | |||
| 2015·09 | la femme aux mangos - fatigué (mongan/kornfeld/joachim 44) | $4,548–$7,579 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·09 | Arearea no varua ino (Words of the Devil) | $309,035–$463,552 | Christie's | |||
| 2015·09 | Bathers | gouache monotype, 1902, on firm machine-made tan | $77,259–$108,162 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·06 | Le Poulailler | $393,138–$550,393 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | Nature morte aux mangos | $15,753,021–$23,629,531 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·06 | Le rêve, Moe Moea | oil on canvas | $1,577,806–$2,366,709 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | autograph letter signed ("paul gauguin"), to an unidentified correspondent | $3,059–$4,588 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·05 | Manao Tupapau (Elle pense au revenant, ou l'esprit des morts veille), Um 1894 | Lithograph | $16,746–$16,746 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2015·05 | Ta-Matete | gouache, watercolor and pen and black ink over pencil on paper | $500,000–$800,000 | Christie's | ||
| 2015·05 | Nativité | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2015·04 | Manao Tupapau | $3,000–$5,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2015·02 | Te fare Hymenee (Copy for Monfreid) | watercolour on paper | $61,000–$91,500 | Christie's | ||
| 2014·12 | Noa Noa | $4,696–$7,827 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·12 | Nave Nave Fenua | $4,696–$7,827 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·12 | noa-noa, voyage de tahiti. [munich, r. piper, 1926] | $3,000–$5,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·11 | Les Mas, environs d'arles | $4,000,000–$6,000,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·10 | les vieilles filles à arles (mongan/kornfeld/joachim/stauffer 9) | $10,000–$15,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·10 | Manao Tupapau | $3,500–$4,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·06 | Sabots | $203,888–$305,832 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·06 | charette de varech - rectopaysage breton - verso | $25,486–$33,981 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·06 | Femme nue | $25,486–$33,981 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·06 | Bouquet de roses | $1,360,620–$2,040,931 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·06 | autograph letter signed ("paul gauguin"), in french, to ambroise vollard | $12,000–$18,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to Émile Schuffenecker, Martinique, 25 August 1887 | $13,399–$20,098 | Unsold listing | Christie's | ||
| 2014·05 | Autograph letter signed ('Paul Gauguin') to Daniel [de Monfreid], [Tahiti], April [1901] | $10,049–$15,073 | Christie's | |||
| 2014·05 | Le Calvaire Breton | woodcut in black with hand-colouring in reddish-brown, blue, and touches of yellow | $50,522–$84,203 | Unsold listing | Christie's | |
| 2014·05 | Les vieilles Filles à Arles, 1889 | Zinkdruck | $2,044–$2,044 | Ketterer Kunst | ||
| 2014·05 | tête de femme (recto); trois personnes et un canard (verso) | $40,000–$60,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Masque d'une femme | $60,000–$80,000 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·05 | Village en Martinique 5 1/4 x 7in. (13.3 x 17.8cm) | $25,000–$30,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·05 | Etude de vaches (recto); étude de cochons (verso) 11 x 8 7/8 in. (28 x 22.5 cm) | $10,000–$15,000 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·04 | Manao Tupapau | $3,500–$4,500 | Bonhams | |||
| 2014·02 | Portrait de Meyer de Haan | $24,425–$32,567 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Tahitiennes | $488,507–$814,178 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | étude de tête de femme bretonne - rectoétude de jambes - verso | $65,134–$97,701 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Nègreries Martinique | $488,212–$650,949 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Bretonne de Pont-Aven de profil | $406,843–$569,581 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Adam et Eve (Le départ) | $244,106–$325,475 | Sotheby's | |||
| 2014·02 | Portrait d'enfant, peut-être Aline Gauguin | oil on panel | $130,190–$195,285 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·12 | La femme aux figues | eau-forte sur papier simili Japon | $3,415–$4,781 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·12 | Autoportrait (recto); Silhouettes tahitiennes (verso) | plume et encre et graphite sur papier | $27,156–$40,734 | Christie's | ||
| 2013·12 | Buste de tahitienne | relief en bois polychrome | $203,670–$407,340 | Christie's | ||
Realized prices are sold by the record: 50 for $19, non-expiring. Reading them at volume is what Starter is for.