Édouard Cortès
French · 1882–1969 · Painter
Edouard Léon Cortès (1882–1969) was a French post-impressionist painter of French and Spanish ancestry. He is known as "Le Poète Parisien de la Peinture" because of his diverse… (Wikipedia)
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Record prices
La MadeleineCoeur d'Alene Art Auction · $89,600≈ £48,255≈ €70,662Sign up to see
Place De La BastilleScottsdale Art Auction · $64,350≈ £51,496≈ €60,191Sign up to see
- Cafe de la PaixHelmuth Stone Gallery · $54,180$43,000 + $11,180 premium≈ £48,315≈ €55,490Sign up to see
Édouard Cortès’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).
Price trend
8 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.
13 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.
By medium
| Medium | Offered | Sold | Sell-through | Average | Median | High |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paintings | 88 | 82 | 93% | $21.5kSign up | $17.6kSign up | $89.6kSign up |
| Oil | 88 | 82 | 93% | $21.5kSign up | $17.6kSign up | $89.6kSign up |
| Works on paper | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.7kSign up | $5.1kSign up | $7.7kSign up |
| Gouache | 3 | 3 | 100% | $5.7kSign up | $5.1kSign up | $7.7kSign up |
| Other | 1 | 1 | 100% | $17.5kSign up | $17.5kSign up | $17.5kSign up |
Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.
By year
| Year | Offered | Sold | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 13 | 11 | $15kSign up |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | $12kSign up |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | $9kSign up |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | $15.5kSign up |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | $25.5kSign up |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | $19.9kSign up |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | $12.2kSign up |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | $8.5kSign up |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | $22.2kSign up |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | $22kSign up |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | $17.3kSign up |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | $22.3kSign up |
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | $32.6kSign up |
| 2013 | 6 | 4 | $29.5kSign up |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | $15.5kSign up |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | $53.2kSign up |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | $42kSign up |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | $9.8kSign up |